Saturday Feb 01, 2025
How to Make Good Safety Decisions at Your Church: S7E2
Welcome to the Unlovely Truth. I'm your host church safety advocate and coach Lori Morrison. Physical, emotional, and spiritual safety issues exist in every church. I'm here to share real stories from real churches to foster awareness, initiate conversations, and encourage ministry leaders to take action. Our churches need to be the safest places in our communities, so my mission on this podcast is to give you actionable steps to make your house of worship a true sanctuary in your community. Let’s investigate the unlovely truth about real crime stories happening in real churches. I've got three cases to explore today, so let's dive right in.
Important points from this episode include:
- Character matters, especially in the pulpit
- Tough decisions require tough evaluations
- It’s time for a spring cleaning of sorts in our churches
Proverbs 12:15 ICB
A foolish person thinks he is doing right. But a wise person listens to advice.
The twelfth chapter of Proverbs has a lot to say about wisdom, and I think this verse sums up what we’ve talked about today very nicely. We talked about 2 times a decision should’ve been easy and one that has arguments on both sides. What they all have in common is that they support my argument that decisions that affect the safety of the church should always be discussed with a group of wise leaders who are willing to listen to the advice of the people who know the most about the situation.
Do you know what the decision-making process is at your church, especially where it comes to safety decisions? Are your leaders listening to the people who serve in the ministries that their decisions will affect? They need boots-on-the-ground perspectives to weigh as they make their choices. Are they attending conferences or reading books where they can get perspectives from people who study and analyze current best practices? Maybe you could take one easy step and share this podcast with them, or any other that you think gives soundly Biblical and practical advice.
It starts with us in the trenches of ministry my friends. Let’s speak up and improve the physical, emotional, and spiritual safety of the people God entrusted to our care.
Let me know what you think of this episode! Send me an email a lori@theunlovelytruth.com or message me on social media. I love it when people are willing to have hard, but impactful conversations.
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Read more about today’s cases:
Former pastor accused of stealing hurrican relief funds
Is it ok for registered sex offenders to serve at church?