Boz Tchividjian is something of an authority on child protection and child abuse in the USA, with relevance to the responses that churches should have in this area.
Ed Stetzer recently concluded an extensive interview with Tchividjian.
Taken alongside existing abuse and protection protocols, his insights are helpful.
Certain aspects of the interviews touch on the difficulties of implementing and observing appropriate protocols in churches that are independent or loosely associated, which is a US distinctive, I guess.
Other of the content is very helpful in terms of growing a culture that seeks to care for victims, including regular preaching which seeks to address the key issues directly.
As much as I’d like the Presbyterian Church of Australia to have one standard across all its congregations, the simple fact of differing standards of compliance in the various states don’t seem to make it feasible.
But our standards are compatible, and are in place everywhere, which is of first importance.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
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