Church Safety

Keeping your Congregation Safe

We know providing a safe space for everyone in your congregation is a priority for your local church. Here are several resources that can help you create policies and procedures that will help ensure the safety of people in your church, especially children and vulnerable individuals.

The Insurance Board provides a whole host of high-quality, free safe church resources for local churches through their Safe Conduct Workbench including:

• Complete Policy Template
• Free Online Training for Staff and Volunteers
• Affordable Online Background Checks

Other United Church of Christ resources:

• Liability Insurance for your church.
  • Contact the Insurance Board’s local UCC agent, Chris VanderWaal  chris@worgess.com
  • Worgess Insurance & Financial Services
    2 West Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017
  • 269/488-3221
• Sample policies from the United Church of Christ 
• “Making Our Churches Safe for All: An Introduction to Abuse Prevention for Churches” A free downloadable guidebook made available by the Insurance Board. 
• Michigan Conference’s Safe Church Policy