No Longer Optional: Why Child Protection Policies & Procedures are Necessary for Most Churches
Benjamin Franklin once famously recognized that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In the area of…
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New Book Addresses Handling Misconduct Allegations in a Ministry
From our friends at Telios... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monument, CO, October 25, 2022: Attorney and Telios Law founder Theresa Sidebotham…
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Child Safety for Church Special Events
Barna research indicates that more than 60% of Christians became believers before the age of 14, indicating how vitally important…
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The ECAP Accreditation Process–Interview With Jeremy Herron
This article is an interview of Jeremy Herron, the Director of Providence Kids and Providence Academy at Providence Church Frisco.…
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Child Safety Accreditation Q&A w/ Jeremy Herron
Learn more about ECAP Child Safety Standards and Accreditation with an ECAP Charter Member! Hear from Jeremy Herron as…
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Identifying Predatory Behavior
Whether you are a teacher, children’s ministry director in a local church, or camp administrator, what would you give to…
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When Pastoring Abuse Victims, Be Sure to Care for Yourself
This post originally appeared on The Gospel Coalition's website. You can read it here. In my work with churches and…
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12 Things To Consider When a Sex Offender Wants to Come to Church
This article originally appeared on Gospel-Centered Family's site. You can read it here. In 2010, Christianity Today International conducted a…
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Handling A Child Abuse Allegation in Your Church
Follow this link to watch "Handling A Child Abuse Allegation in Your Church" livestream from Christianity Today's Church Law & Tax.…
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Records Retention for Ministries
This post originally appeared here. Thank you to Brotherhood Mutual for letting us share with our audience. Know what to…
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I’m a Small Church Pastor, How Can I Make My Children’s Ministry Safe?
Several years ago, as one of the authors of the Plan to Protect Manual, a protection manual for churches, I…
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Three things a Child Abuse Pediatrician Wishes Every Congregation Knew
As we sat together in the exam room waiting for the nurse to come in, Josie* was coloring a picture…
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Why We Struggle To Report Abuse
Why do we struggle so much with reporting child abuse to the authorities? What makes this especially hard within the…
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Child Safety Coordinator White Paper
Download the CSC White Paper A Critical Factor in Child Safety The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention was created in 2019…
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Grooming or Mentoring? How Do We Tell the Difference?
Experts constantly tell youth organizations that in order to protect children from sexual abuse, we need to be alert to…
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Who Protects This House?
As parents of little girls, we find ourselves laying in their beds every night to pray, read, talk about the…
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How Denominations Can Lead In Child Protection
“… and a little child shall lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6) Isaiah is clear: children have a prominent place in the…
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Wolves Feasting on Lambs
Pastors and church leaders should be biblically aware that predators will prey on their church. One of the biblical roles…
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ECAP Statement on the SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force Investigation Report
We at the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention were heartbroken when we learned about the depth of the abuse problem…
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Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
This post originally appeared at https://www.nstlaw.com/child-safety/sexual-abuse/ THE TERRIFYING TRUTH ABOUT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Child sexual abuse is when a child…
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A Better Way to Handle Abuse
This post originally appeared on Relational Wisdom's website: https://rw360.org/2015/07/20/a-better-way-to-handle-abuse/ Sexual abuse in the church does not have to end in…
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Sexual Harassment: Lessons from Failure
Since 2007, Christianity Today (CT) has led the charge against sexual misconduct in the Christian workplace. But on March 15th,…
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California’s AB506 Law: What It Means for Ministries Nationwide
In early March of 2020, I was invited to attend an event in Pasadena, CA, where I was introduced to…
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month 2022
April is National Child Abuse Prevention month. The purpose of this month is to recognize "the importance of families and…
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Spotting and Preventing a Child Sexual Predator
Sexual predators walk among us. They are both men and women, young and old, and they are from all types…
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Sexual Misconduct Part II: Policies and Investigations
This post originally appeared on the Simms-Showers Blog. Recently, we wrote about how nonprofits, ministries, small businesses, and churches can…
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How Churches and Nonprofits Should Address Sexual Harassment In The #MeToo Era
This post originally appeared on the Simms-Showers Blog. The #MeToo generation has captured headlines and national attention in recent months,…
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Reducing the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse: A Call to Respond
The warning signs existed 30 years ago. Will we heed the call today? About 30 years ago, attorney Richard Hammar…
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A Healthy Church is a Safe Church
Every (good) seminary instructs students about healthy churches. From a biblical perspective, what are the qualities of a healthy congregation?…
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2021 National Conference Videos
In June of 2021, the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention hosted its first conference on Prevention and Redemption in Nashville,…
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Site Hardening: Predator-Proof Your Home
By Wendy Patrick, Ph.D. In many cases, the predators who threaten us are not strangers. They are neighbors and acquaintances, hiding…
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God’s Healing Word–Scripture and Speaking Up About Abuse
“Why didn’t we say anything?” This is a question my cousin and I recently pondered. We were both aware of…
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6 Steps for Creating a Child Protection Policy
Phoebe is a two-year-old that regularly attends your children’s ministry. She’s not fully potty-trained yet, so typically one of her…
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Reporting Child Abuse: What Is Your Duty?
This post originally appeared on the website of Simms-Showers, LLP. You can read it here. Consider the following scenarios: •…
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Telios Law Recommended Resources
You can find out more about Telios PLLC here. Books God Made All of Me, by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb…
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Child Abuse & Maltreatment–NST Law
This post originally appeared on NST Law's website. You can find it here. KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FOR CAN HELP…
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Displaying Hospitality In A Broken World
As a mother of two young girls, there is nothing more disconcerting than dropping your child off in a new…
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Hiding In Plain Sight
This post originally appeared on Gospel Centered Family's Substack. On Saturday night, November 6, 2011, I went to bed late.…
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Child Safety Standards Accepted and Released for Church Implementation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention (ECAP) has released the latest version of their Child Safety Standards…
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#ChurchToo: A Call to Action
What does it say about our society when our sanctuaries are no longer sanctuaries? #MeToo started a conversation centered around…
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Accreditation White Paper
What is Accreditation, anyway? And why should ministries that serve children care about it? In this informational White Paper, Executive…
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Restoring Faith
This post originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle's Op-Ed column on June 16th, 2021. You can find the electronic version here.…
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ECAP Blog–Purpose Essay
Why Another Blog? Education At ECAP, we believe that one of the best ways to prevent abuse is by increasing…
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