Baptist Churches Western Australia is churches working together to do what would be difficult as individual congregations.
Safe Church
The Bible consistently expresses God's concern for the well-being of the vulnerable members of society, children in particular. Christ's words and example provide a strong rationale for churches being responsible for all those in their care. Baptist Church Western Australia takes this responsibility very seriously. Our Safe Church program incorporates an awareness workshop for every person in a leadership role within our churches, from pastors and elders to those in home groups, seniors' ministry, youth group, Sunday school and more.
The workshop covers the following areas:
Biblical Foundations
- Vulnerable People
- Sharing in Ministry
- Duty of Care
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Legal & Insurance Implications
Protecting Vulnerable People
- Understanding abuse
- Responding to abuse
- Protective behaviours
Safe Leaders
- The right type of people
- Recruitment
- Supervision
- Responding to ministry misconduct
Safe Programs
- Safe Programs
- Incidents
- Physical environments
- Emotional environments
Safe Church Dates
Awareness and Refresher workshops will be run in Western Australia on the following dates:
Workshops Via Zoom (requires completion of Online Training before participation):
Wed 17 Feb 2021. 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Sun 28 Mar 2021. 2.00pm-4.00pm
Sun 23 May 2021. 2.00pm-4.00pm
Wed 16 Jun 2021. 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Tues 17 Aug 2021. TBC
Wed 15 Sep 2021. TBC
Tues 12 Oct 2021. TBC
Fri 10 Nov 2021. 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Face-to-face Workshop (requires completion of Online Training before attending):
Sat 20 Feb 2021. 10.30am-12.30pm (Busselton Baptist Church) – Refresher
Fri 26 Mar 2021. 6.30pm – 8.30pm (Albany Baptist Church) – Refresher
Sat 27 Mar 2021. 9.30am – 11.30am (Albany Baptist Church) – Awareness
Sat 24 Apr 2021. 9.30am-11.30am (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) – Awareness
Sat 24 Apr 2021. 9.30am-11.30am (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) - Refresher
Sat 24 Apr 2021. 12.30pm-2.30pm (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) – Awareness
Sat 24 Apr 2021. 12.30pm-2.30pm (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) - Refresher
Sat 12 Jun 2021. 9.30am-11.30am (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) – Awareness
Sat 12 Jun 2021. 9.30am-11.30am (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) - Refresher
Sat 12 Jun 2021. 12.30pm-2.30pm (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) – Awareness
Sat 12 Jun 2021. 12.30pm-2.30pm (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) - Refresher
Sat 6 Nov 2021. 9.30am-11.30am (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) – Awareness
Sat 6 Nov 2021. 9.30am-11.30am (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) - Refresher
Sat 6 Nov 2021. 12.30pm-2.30pm (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) – Awareness
Sat 6 Nov 2021. 12.30pm-2.30pm (Morling - Vose Campus, Bentley) - Refresher
Face-to-face Workshops (register by emailing safechurch@baptistwa.asn.au):
Sat 20 Feb 2021. 9.30am-12.30pm (Busselton Baptist Church) – Awareness
Sat 31 July 2021. 9am–1pm (Parkerville Baptist Church)
To book your place at an upcoming workshop click here.
If you would like to submit a group booking from your church, please fill out this form and email to safechurch@baptistwa.asn.au.
Churches: If you would like to host a Safe Church workshop in 2021, please contact us at 08 6313 6300 or email safechurch@baptistwa.asn.au.
For more information about Safe Church, please download and read through these helpful documents.
Safe Church Policy
Code of Good Leadership Practices
Risk Management & Safe Environment Guidelines
Further documents can be found by clicking here.
