Safe Church Blog

  • Domestic and Family Violence

    I recently had the privilege of attending the Baptist World Congress being held in Brisbane, alongside representatives from Baptist Churches all over the world. It was encouraging to hear stories of how God is at work in different places … but at the same time I was saddened by a theme that appears in all…

  • Safe Church Records

    I don’t know about you, but it feels like 2025 has started in a rush with January already a distant memory! In the busyness of the year starting, school going back and ministries getting back into action in churches, it can be easy to neglect some of the regular checks that we should be doing…

  • Safer Internet Day

    Safer Internet Day is a global day of action dedicated to raising awareness of online safety. While churches necessarily focus a lot on making sure our physical environments are safe, part of our duty of care is to ensure that our online spaces are safe also for those in our community who engage in this…

  • Working with Children Check

    Working with Children Checks (WWCC) are an important part of the safety and screening process for staff and volunteers at churches. But did you know that when someone already has a WWCC from another organisation that if a negative notice is issued you won’t know about it unless the person tells you? This is because…