Protecting children and those who serve them.
A complete child safety system
MinistrySafe provides a 5-Part Safety System to protect children and those who serve them in churches and child-serving organizations.
Safety and Security Resources
Insurance Company Resources
- brotherhoodmutual.com/resources/background-screening
- churchmutual.com/169/Child-and-Youth-Sexual-Abuse
- guideone.com/policyholder/guidevantage/safechurch
- guidestonepropertycasualty.org
Screening Companies
- ministrysafe.com/the-safety-system/background-checks
- backgroundchecks.com
- safehiringsolutions.com – Discount offered for those insured by Brotherhood Mutual
- protectmyministry.com – Discount offered for those insured by Brotherhood Mutual, recommended by Guidestone Insurance and International Mission Board
- securesearchpro.com – ACS Technologies
- fellowshipone.com
- Lifeway One Source
Church Check-In Systems
- fellowshipone.com – Includes features and church check-in systems
- powerchurch.com/products/checkin
- acstechnologies.com
- kidcheck.com
Registered Sex Offenders Resources
- sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov
- nsopw.gov – Government checklist of registered sexual offenders
Samples of Forms and Policies
- ministry-to-children.com – Search “Sunday School Safety” and “Security and church nursery manual”
- ncbaptist.org/children
- tnbaptist.org/missions-ministries/children
- www.uslegalforms.com/waivers
- churchmutual.com
General Articles
- cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/PreventingChildSexualAbuse-a.pdf
- mrmarksclassroom.com/resources
- www.vanderbloemen.com/blog/5-ways-to-ensure-your-childrens-ministry-is-safe-and-secure
- childrensministry.com/safety
- www.steinlawoffices.com/getting-to-school-safely
- religionnews.com/2014/01/09/startling-statistics
- www.churchmutual.com/media/safetyResources/files/SafetyTipsSenSubject.pdf
- churchleaders.com/children/childrens-ministry-articles/165440-keep-your-kids-safe-15-church-security-tips
On-line Training Resources
- www.protectmyministry.com
- www.guideone.com/safechurchr-resources
- churchtechtoday.com/3-reasons-why-video-child-safety-training-is-critical-to-your-ministry
- ministrygrid.com/Church-Abuse-Prevention-and-Response-Training
- www.imb.org/for-churches/mission-trip-prep – Go to Child Protection, click on Training Videos and Guides
ChildHelp National Abuse Hotline
- 1.800.4.A.CHILD (1.800.422.4453)
Want to see more church templates and policies?
Contact Cindy Middaugh (cmiddaugh@sbcv.org), our children’s ministry strategist, to find more church templates/policies and other convention templates.
