Protect Your Ministry: Religious Freedom, Youth Protection, & Gender - Trail Life USA

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“Since we partner with so many churches, we want to provide the best counsel around protecting children, protecting leaders, & securing religious freedoms.”
– Mark Hancock, CEO, Trail Life USA

Alliance Defending Freedom

Protecting Your Church – General Counsel – Kyle McCutcheon – Executive Director – Jeff Dalrymple

Kyle McCutcheon surveys the current landscape of religious liberty in America, discusses the challenges facing church leaders, and offers best practices to protect religious freedom in your church.

eBook – Legal Guide: 11 Ways to Prepare Your Ministry for Religious Freedom Threats – The culture is changing. As you serve, your ministry has a front row seat to these changes. That front row seat comes with greater exposure to risk – especially as the government increases regulations. Changing laws may affect your religious freedom in surprising ways. And some ministries are caught off guard when these laws go into effect. It’s important to be prepared so these changes are less likely to hinder your ministry.
eBook – Legal Guide: 10 Ways to Protect Your Church – Church leaders know the culture is changing. City, state, and federal laws are changing as a result. Those laws may affect your religious freedom in surprising ways – and they could hinder your ministry. Whether you are a pastor, elder, deacon, church board member, or an advisor to church leaders, you can protect your church from increasing threats to religious freedom.
Defending Freedom During a Pandemic – Free Church and Ministry Resources.
The Equality Act, Abortion, and The Obamacare Abortion-Pill Mandate

Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention

Protecting the Least of These – Executive Director – Jeff Dalrymple

With shocking statistics on sexual abuse in our culture, it is critical that ministry leaders steward their responsibility of creating safe environments where kids can learn, grow, and thrive. Learn about key ingredients in abuse prevention and protection in this overview which will include resources, next steps, and how to safeguard vulnerable persons.

Abuse Prevention Risk Assessment
Article: Abuse Prevention Policy Essentials: Protecting the Least of These
Training Webinar: Creating the Capable Guardian – a 26 minute course that teaches your staff and volunteers to keep out would-be offenders, make safe potential victims, and to turn your entire organization into a capable guardian that is on the watch against evil.

Focus on the Family

Navigating the Dangers of Contemporary Sexuality – Director of Family Formation Studies – Glenn T. Stanton

Unfortunately, ministry leaders are facing increased complexities around issues of sexuality today. With practical examples, Glenn Stanton will explain how to navigate these with just the right balance of Christian truth and grace.

Article: God’s Design for Sex and Why it Matters
Article: Sexual Orientation is Not What You Think it is
Article: Reliable Resources for Teaching Children About Marriage, Sexuality, and Homosexuality
Article: The Making of a Man
Article: What Fathers Do for Their Sons

Trail Life USA

Engaging Men, Mentoring Boys, Growing the Church

Trail Life USA is a Church-Based, Christ-Centered, Boy-Focused mentoring and discipleship journey that speaks to the heart of a boy. Established on timeless values derived from the Bible and set in the context of outdoor adventure, boys from Kindergarten through 12th grade are engaged in a Troop setting by male mentors where they are challenged to grow in character, understand their purpose, serve their community, and develop practical leadership skills to carry out the mission for which they were created.

eBook: The 5 Critical Needs of Boys eBook – Boys are getting a tough break. Everywhere a boy goes he’s told to sit still, be quiet, and behave like the girls. But, properly channeled and intentionally challenged—the exuberance, drive, and daring of healthy boys is exactly what’s right with society.
The need for boy-specific activities and mentoring that provides challenge and reward has never been greater! If we fail this generation, it won’t be because we over-challenged them. It will be because we under-challenged them. Trail Life USA CEO Mark Hancock reveals the unique challenges facing boys today and shares five essentials you can use to help a boy grow to become a godly man.
Article: Dennis Rainey – The Five Stages of Growing Courageous Men
Article: Walking the Ministry Tightrope: Religious Freedom, Child Safety and Gender Confusion
Article: Building Men – Milestones on the Journey to Manhood
Article: A Call to Courageous Manhood
Article: A Christmas Masculinity

Questions and Answers Session

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Boy Scouts bankruptcy could leave churches liable in future sex abuse claims

Important Notice About Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

Molding Boys

In the outdoors boys are engaged in real-world challenge, find opportunity to achieve significant accomplishment, and develop character and leadership in a hands-on manner.

A message for pastors

Through adventure, comraderie, and meaningful service, men discover how to make a difference as they nurture spiritual growth, teach life lessons, and mold boys in their community to become bold, courageous, godly men.

Engaging men

Ever since that first adventure together, my dad and I have grown closer and closer. I can honestly say that he’s moved from being just my dad to being one of the closest people to me.