Your Church: A Safe Ministry Team
Teamwork really does make the dream work. Teams are made up of people in different positions and rolls working towards the same goal. You have coaches, captains, senior players, rookies, …
Safe Churches Through Screening Volunteers
The ‘Not-For-Profit Law’ website helpfully explains the importance of screening potential employees and volunteers before recruiting them: “Screening applicants appropriately when your organisation is recruiting is a good way to …
SMC & The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
For those of us in Australia, we have the great privilege of living in a country that is striving to make things safe for all people. One of the initiatives …
The Question We All Ask
Everyday, kids all across the globe ask their parents the same question. It’s not a new question. It’s not even a question that only children are asking. At times, the …
A Safe Church: More Than Training For Kids Leaders
If you were to start a church from scratch, what would you do to develop a safe church and safe ministry culture? Would you put up signs around your church? …
Making Your Safe Ministry Policy Easy to Find
An important step in working towards making your ministry safer is writing a Safe Ministry Policy. This policy should clearly outline your ministry’s aims and principals for providing a safe …
SafeMinistryCheck.com.au and the 10 Child Safe Standards
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses the Child Sexual Abuse recommended 10 child safe standards, drawing on its findings and extensive research and consultation about what makes institutions child safe. …
What is a safe church culture?
One of the big recommendations to come out of the Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse was that the culture of institutions and communities needed to change …
Why would you train everyone in your church?
We want churches to be organisations that are safe for children and vulnerable people. The third national principle for Child Safe Organisations¹ is that “families and communities are informed and …
Elvanto Syncing with Safe Ministry Check
At Safe Ministry Check, we’re genuinely excited about making life easier for churches and organisations by lightening their administrative tasks. One great way we do this is by helping you …