Safe Church Introduction

Safe Church was introduced and approved at Synod 2022.  

To provide all churches with an overview and suggestions why the CRCA needs Safe Church - John Van Dijk shared a presentation on 17 September 2020.   This presentation introduces some of the legal challenges facing all churches. The presentation also provides an overview of the 10 Child Safe Standards that were accepted and endorsed by COAG in February 2019.  To assist all churches with the implementation of the 10 Child Safe Standards, the Safe Church Health Check was developed.  An explanation how to use the Health Check is included in the presentation.    

To view the presentation - please click here.  You may have to turn up the sound a little.  You can fast forward or skip the first 6 minutes of the presentation.  The poll introduced at the start was available on the day of the presentation only.  The results of the poll are included in the presentation.