The American church is facing an abuse crisis.
Is your church doing all it can to be safe for survivors and safe from abuse?
The Caring Well Challenge provides churches with a clear pathway to immediately enhance their efforts to prevent abuse and care for abuse survivors. Will your church join congregations from around the country by committing to the challenge over the next year as an important next step in addressing the abuse crisis?
The centerpiece of the Caring Well Challenge is your commitment to empower a Caring Well Team to lead a year-long effort to enhance how your church addresses abuse. Tools and training will be provided throughout the Caring Well Challenge to give your church the resources it needs to take each step.
Each church that takes the Caring Well Challenge would commit to these eight steps:
1 Commit
Commit to the Caring Well Challenge
2 Build
Build a Caring Well Team to lead your church’s effort
Who is the Caring Well Challenge for? Churches who sense the urgency of the abuse crisis and are ready to take the next step. It provides a pathway for progress that is flexible enough for your church to start it and attainable enough for your church to complete it.
The ERLC and the Sexual Abuse Advisory Group are grateful for many partners—Southern Baptist entities, state conventions, associations, and churches as well as outside organizations—who are encouraging the effort of the Caring Well Challenge.