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A Safe Place For Attending Church
 Abuse has become a major concern in our society--one that church leaders MUST NOT ignore. While safeguards do not provide 100% guarantee that accidents or abuse will not happen, they will greatly reduce the risk of such occurrences. One of the most vital needs in creating a safe place is to safeguard against child abuse. Safety guidelines in our church are designed to provide protection and to promote spiritual growth, building healthy disciples at every age level.
"We speak loudly in the hope that many who are in the bondage of abuse might be released and restored to person hood and esteem. We speak loudly because we desire that abusers, who in their lust for power over others have become captives themselves, may find healing through the power of acknowledgment, responsibility, restitution, and new patterns of relating that put abuse and violence behind them. We speak loudly in the hope that mutual respect and love for one another, as being created and redeemed at great cost in Christ, might distinguish us as a community of faith.
"Resident within the truth as it is in Jesus is wonderful news. He is our peace (Eph 2:14). In Him, we are at peace with God. In Him, we know internal peace from the ceaseless unrest and disturbance of the soul that is the legacy of sin. In Him, the walls that divide are broken down and we are at peace with each other. The followers of Jesus, as no others on earth, may live intimately in peace In no other arena of life is this reality of our faith more desperately needed than within the family circle. May the angel herald of God's peace bring hope and courage to each one in whose hands this resource falls, that you may be an instrument of His peace in your family, in the church, and in the world."--Karen and Ron Flowers, Dept of Family Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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