Sample child protection policies for your church

Here is a quick checklist to use in writing or reviewing a church's child and youth protection policy. Here is also a checklist to use in writing a child and youth protection policy for a school.

You are welcome to download these files and edit them to fit your needs. Please give credit to the original author.

Short [doc] by Jeanette Harder, PhD

Medium [doc] from Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA

Thorough [doc] by Julie Prey-Harbaugh, MDiv

On mentoring [pdf] by Marlene Bogard

Also, find samples from Mennonite Church congregations.

Related:

Collection of child protection policies in Mennonite Church USA congregations

Car seats and prevention policies [pdf] by Marlene Bogard

Young children and bathroom use [pdf] by Marlene Bogard