Safe Church Team

What is a Safe Church Team

• Training for Team Members
• Classis structure
• Suggested mandates
• Brochure: Safe Church Team: what a church member needs to know
• Guidelines for Ministerial and Counseling Relationships
   

How to form a Safe Church Team

• Step by Step Process to Form a Team
• Criteria for Selecting Team Members
• Sample Recruitment Announcements
• Sample Letters of Invitation to Pastors and Team Members
   

Listing of Classis Safe Church Team Chairpersons

What is the Advisory Panel Process

• Synod Guidelines 2010 
• Abuse Victims Task Force Report from the 2010 Agenda for Synod
• Brochure: Advisory Panel Process: procedures for handling abuse allegations against a church leader
• Brochure: Advisory Panel Process: what the accuser and accused need to know 
   

What is a Regional Advisory Panel

• The BOT Regions color coded: Black means the classis has a Safe Church Team; red means the classis is forming a Safe Church Team; blue means all others are Classes without a Safe Church Team; and green CA means the classis has a claimant advocate.

What does an advocate do

• The Advocate role on the Safe Church Team 
• Building Safe Church Ministry, a conference for Safe Church Team Chairpersons and Claimant Advocates together.  April 29-30, 2011 at the Prince Conference Center, in Grand Rapids, MI
   

 Listing of  Safe Church Team Advocates

For copies of the above documents, questions or to inquire about resources you couldn't find here, please contact Safe Church Ministry at 616-224-0735; safechurchministry@crcna.org