Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church

by Joy Thornburg Melton

SAFE SANCTUARIES contains foundational guidance to help your congregation develop and implement a substantive plan of child abuse prevention. Unique features (1) A step-by-step plan for developing policies and procedures to prevent child abuse (2) Forms for screening workers, checking references, reporting suspected abuse (3) A suggested training session for all persons who work with children and youth (4) A sample worship service celebrating the adoption of policies/procecures. Additional resources in this series include SAFE SANCTUARIES FOR YOUTH (Book), SAFE SANCTUARIES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH (DVD AND VHS), AND SANTUARIOS SEGUROS (Spanish Edition).

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1998