The guiding principle of Safe Church is to protect the vulnerable and offer the opportunity for us, as Episcopalians, to be good neighbors to one another. The new and updated program, Safe Church, Safe Communities, was launched in the summer of 2021. Safe Church, Safe Communities provides new and updated training modules for clergy, laity, and parish staff. These resources give dioceses and parishes across the church the tools necessary to ensure that the most vulnerable among us find an Episcopal Church community of faith that is welcoming and safe.
The Diocese of Missouri is committed to keeping all people safe in our churches and community spaces and ask all our churches to comply with this program.
“The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri is committed to fully living out our Baptismal Covenant by keeping our siblings in Christ within our diverse communities of faith safe. We best live our Baptismal call by recognizing and honoring the divine presence in everyone we meet. Misconduct by clergy, lay employees, or members of our congregations violates the vows of our Baptism and harms the members of the Body of Christ.”
Bishop Deon K. Johnson