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What is the Essentials curriculum?
The Essentials: Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Training curriculum is designed to assist local churches of all sizes (with particular benefit for small and medium-sized churches which represent the overwhelming majority of the SBC) to walk step-by-step through five sessions that will help them establish or evaluate their abuse prevention and response plan.
For more information, or to request physical copies, email Ray Swift, or call the Pastoral Leadership Team at 318.449.4292.
What is the purpose of the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF)?
The ARITF was created by the messengers in 2022 to implement meaningful and lasting abuse reform within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It aims to provide assistance, produce resources, and create systems to help SBC churches prevent and respond to sexual abuse effectively. It is responsible for producing this resource.