Safe Sanctuaries Process

There are four steps to complete the Safe Sanctuaries training.

STEP ONE: Take the Sexual Abuse Awareness Training through Ministry Safe.

Instructions for Accessing the Training:

FOR CLERGY APPOINTED TO CHURCHES:

• In order to take the training, you must log on to your local church’s MinistrySafe account.
  • As the pastor of the church, be sure that you are the account administrator. If you need assistance with this, contact Gabrielle Corbett at gcorbett@gnjumc.org.
  • The account must have a credit card on file. You will NOT be charged for the training, but Ministry Safe requires a card on file in order to have an active account. If the website asks for a fee, contact Gabrielle Corbett at gcorbett@gnjumc.org.
  • Once you have accessed the account and it is active, you will be able to take the training.

FOR CLERGY APPOINTED OUTSIDE THE LOCAL CHURCH:

• If you are not appointed to a local church, please contact Gabrielle Corbett at gcorbett@gnjumc.org for access to the training.

STEP TWO: After completing the training, you will receive a certificate of completion from Ministry Safe.  Upload this certificate to Arena and enter the date you completed the training.  Instructions for uploading to Arena are found here.

• NOTE: If you are appointed outside of the local church, this is the final step of the training process.  Those appointed to a local church, please continue on with steps three and four:

STEP THREE: Work through the Safe Sanctuaries videos on Teachable to begin to create a Safe Sanctuaries Task Force with your local church. There are three videos, less than 10 minutes in total.

STEP FOUR: Submit your local church’s Safe Sanctuaries policy using website guidelines to the GNJ Safe Sanctuaries Coordinator at gcorbett@gnjumc.org.  From there you will work through the process to obtain certification for your local church policy.