Can safeguarding be integral to Christian mission?
by Ian Paul, Psephizo:
Safeguarding in the church has become a high-profile and contentious issue. On the one hand, all agree that our churches must be experienced as safe places, and that the failures of the past must be addressed. On the other, the experience of many is that safeguarding administration has grown exponentially, and it is in danger of becoming a bureaucratic nightmare that does not deliver what is intended.
So can safeguarding actually been seen as something positive, an integral part to our mission? The latest Grove booklet in the Mission and Evangelism series, Safeguarding as Mission, addresses this head on, and is written by Justin Humphreys of Thirty-One Eight, a highly respected organisation in this area.
Justin begins by addressing the challenge head on:
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