Child Protection and Community Assistance
"The General Board of Global Ministries will conduct all its ministries, both program and personnel, in ways that seek to ensure the physical and sexual safety, emotional well-being, and spiritual health of children, youth, and adults."
This paragraph, the introduction to a policy that the agency's board of directors adopted in April 2005, expresses a core value. Global Ministries is serious about the protection of children.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Global Ministries' Child Protection and Community Assistance Officer, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1549, New York, NY 10115; Phone: 212-870-3833; Email: jreich@gbgm-umc.org.
News and Resources:
Preventing Abuse, Creating Safety
Resources on sexual ethics, safe sanctuaries, preventing abuse of children, youth, and vulnerable people. Child Abuse is defined as the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child.
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Independent Panel for Review of Child Abuse in Mission Settings - Democratic Republic of Congo
A retired United Methodist bishop and two professors in the field of medical care make up an independent panel that receives and assesses reports on alleged child abuse more than 30 years ago at a denominational mission facility in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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United Methodist Mission Agency Names Child Protection Officer
July 14, 2005: Joanne Reich has been named interim child protection and community assistance officer of the mission agency of The United Methodist Church.
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