5 Ways to Create a Culture of Child Protection at Your Church

The mission to share Christ can quickly—and tragically—derail without a proactive plan.

With summer in full swing, and many regular volunteers out on vacation, it's tempting to relax the rules a bit in order to keep your children's ministry volunteer staff up to capacity. However, your church still has first-time and regular visitors during the summer, and probably more child-geared activities. The risk of child sexual abuse doesn't take a vacation when the weather gets warmer. Instead, summer is an important time for your church to tighten up its Reducing the Risk action plan.

What is the Reducing the Risk action plan? Five steps that help keep your church's most vulnerable protected.... Read more