Post by Persona non grata on Sept 23, 2023 0:22:13 GMT -5
A letter from a group of friends who'd like to see a cohesive safe church policy implemented:
The Safe Church Task Force came together this summer to identify what policy elements should be included in a safe church policy and what loopholes or “negative” policy elements should be avoided. The Task Force studied a wide range of external research, science, and reports from other organizations, including from various churches, youth-serving organizations, athletic groups, published academic research, as well as through direct conversations with survivors, experts, and other sources.
We are publishing our version 1.0 work product, in two files:
1) A slide deck overview of our effort: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ARtx-GKs8jLtfIK1_TQdyvGX6bDQCx6vU-pME-Ca4Ms/edit?usp=sharing
2) A Google Sheets file that contains five separate worksheet tabs, including the specific Safe Church Policy elements and the Safe Ministry Handbook elements plus an intro about the file, links to definitions, and resources: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xbefbeak-uRLSqb35w2MDRWJw5yQJzNZLqg0m0RfYxI/edit?usp=sharing
It’s probably best to go through the slide deck first, as it gives the background and gives the lead-in for the worksheet file, which is more actionable.
It is our hope that these findings will be considered as new policies are developed and existing policies strengthened, in order to end the abuse and provide healing for the survivors and the church at large.
We now move to the Engagement Phase of our effort. All members of the team (who are listed on slide 2 of the slide deck) would be happy to help support regional efforts to either implement policies or to improve existing policies. If you’d like to discuss, please reach out to any member of our team.
Also, we held a Zoom call on Sep 11th to present our preliminary findings, and that gives the voice-over for the slides (note that we did make tweaks to what was presented, based on inputs from that Zoom call, to arrive at the final v1.0 products noted above). The link to the Sep 11th Zoom meeting is: us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/ONPwDvRpS6PwUEjXA0hjk2HofEwA_m53hoilQcd6efPJjma8zhQNw3eAIAaCUI7p.695aDvo8a13nbDiD and the passcode is e=AH&8xG.
Thanks for your support. And feedback is always welcomed at safefellowshipfeedback@gmail.com
The Safe Church Task Force came together this summer to identify what policy elements should be included in a safe church policy and what loopholes or “negative” policy elements should be avoided. The Task Force studied a wide range of external research, science, and reports from other organizations, including from various churches, youth-serving organizations, athletic groups, published academic research, as well as through direct conversations with survivors, experts, and other sources.
We are publishing our version 1.0 work product, in two files:
1) A slide deck overview of our effort: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ARtx-GKs8jLtfIK1_TQdyvGX6bDQCx6vU-pME-Ca4Ms/edit?usp=sharing
2) A Google Sheets file that contains five separate worksheet tabs, including the specific Safe Church Policy elements and the Safe Ministry Handbook elements plus an intro about the file, links to definitions, and resources: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xbefbeak-uRLSqb35w2MDRWJw5yQJzNZLqg0m0RfYxI/edit?usp=sharing
It’s probably best to go through the slide deck first, as it gives the background and gives the lead-in for the worksheet file, which is more actionable.
It is our hope that these findings will be considered as new policies are developed and existing policies strengthened, in order to end the abuse and provide healing for the survivors and the church at large.
We now move to the Engagement Phase of our effort. All members of the team (who are listed on slide 2 of the slide deck) would be happy to help support regional efforts to either implement policies or to improve existing policies. If you’d like to discuss, please reach out to any member of our team.
Also, we held a Zoom call on Sep 11th to present our preliminary findings, and that gives the voice-over for the slides (note that we did make tweaks to what was presented, based on inputs from that Zoom call, to arrive at the final v1.0 products noted above). The link to the Sep 11th Zoom meeting is: us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/ONPwDvRpS6PwUEjXA0hjk2HofEwA_m53hoilQcd6efPJjma8zhQNw3eAIAaCUI7p.695aDvo8a13nbDiD and the passcode is e=AH&8xG.
Thanks for your support. And feedback is always welcomed at safefellowshipfeedback@gmail.com