CHURCH BOARD GUIDE TO A CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION POLICY Conclusion


For most churches, risk management, specifically child abuse preven- tion, falls into one of two categories:


• Unnecessary • Overwhelming


It feels unnecessary before any abuse, accidents, or disasters take


place. It’s easy for us all to believe that “our church” is the one where nothing bad will happen—it takes too much time and money to protect your church from all the unknowns—right? When an incident does occur, risk management suddenly becomes


overwhelming. Everywhere you look, you see another opportunity for your church to repeat the legal and emotional trauma it just experi- enced. This is when pastors and administrators start losing sleep, won- dering where to start, and what needs to happen next to keep your church safe in every way possible. Neither of these scenarios are ideal. Instead, what every church


needs is to accept the possibility of risk, and work towards the pre-


vention of risk. Possibility and prevention. This is the mindset your church needs. We hope this eBook has been a step in the right direction for your


church board. Interested in learning more about church-related risk prevention?


We’ve created countless resources to walk you through the possible risks at your church, and we never leave you empty-handed when it comes to prevention. Richard Hammar and a whole advisory board of Christian lawyers work with us on a regular basis to make sure we’re keeping churches up-to-date on matters of church safety and legality. Check out the Risk Management section of our website, here, for


more information. Prevention starts from the top, down. Take the time to walk through further risk management strategies as a church board. Pray for wisdom about where to focus first. And then, get started Make it the goal of your church board to always be working to make your church a safer place!


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