The church has a responsibility to highlight all issues and aspects that are important in life. Sexual abuse qualifies as an important issue in life. Sexual abuse is not a preserve of the unfortunate or ungodly.
Sexual abuse can happen to the best of as and at the most unexpected of times. It is therefore very necessary to have measures in place that serve as preventive measures with regard to sexual abuse.in the event that sexual abuse does occur despite the measures put in place to prevent it is also necessary to have measures in place that serve to rehabilitate the victim. The most vulnerable members to sexual abuse in the church setting are children and youth. This is because children tend to fully trust people in the church. It is therefore very easy for someone in the church to take advantage of the children. Thiss makes children very vulnerable to sexual abuse in church
During baptism the church promises the children being baptized a safe sanctuary. Thus means that the whole congregation promises to protect the children and keep them safe.it is therefore very important to the church to ensure that children are not under threat of sexual abuse. This can be achieved through thorough screening of any person that might have access to the children when they are in church. The church should also evaluate all church workers and apply the same level of severe screening to all people.
This will reduce the risk of a person who might harm the children accessing them while they are in church.
Works Cited
Melton t.joy. Reducing risk o fabuse in the church for children and youth. lynchburg: liberty University Press, 2007.
Welch Robert h.. Creating efficiency for effective ministry Church administration. Nashville, tennessee: Greenhaven Press, 2003.
