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titleWhat courses do I take? How long will it take?

All employees must take the Sexual Abuse Awareness Course (length 1.5 hours) and the the Preventing Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in the Christian Workplace Course.

  • The Skillful Screening Course (length: 2.25 hours) is optional. This course may be helpful to you if you oversee a children's or youth ministry or if you are involved in interviews or the hiring process for staff or volunteers. If you would like to take the course and do not see it on your MinistrySafe home page, email hr@reliant.org.

For most staff, the training will take about 3 hours. All of the courses can be taken at the user's own pace and they do not have to be completed in one sitting. Here's more detailed information about the Required Education Courses.

If you are a Supervisor/Manager you will also need to complete the following course in LEARN: 

  1. Manager Training: Quelling Misconduct (length: 2.5 hours): Take this course if you supervise other Reliant staff OR are at a staff level of Pastor, Minister, Manager, or Director. 

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General Questions

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titleWhy did Reliant select Telios Teaches and MinistrySafe as vendors for this training?

Telios Teaches

Theresa Sidebotham, the instructor in the Telios Teaches courses, is an attorney and one of the leading experts in employment law for religious and nonprofit workplaces. She regularly presents at Missio Nexus conferences and events and is an Advisor at Large for Church Tax & Law. Plus, she was an "MK" and spent much of her childhood in Indonesia, where her family served as missionaries. You can learn more about Ms. Sidebotham and Telios Teaches here. 


MinistrySafe

MinistrySafe has literally trained millions of church and ministry staff members and volunteers since its inception. After decades of litigating sexual abuse cases, Gregory Love and Kimberlee Norris founded MinistrySafe to help ministries meet legal standards of care and reduce the risk of sexual abuse by creating preventative measures tailored to fit the needs of churches and ministry programs. With over 50 years of combined experience in sexual abuse litigation, consultation, and crisis management, Love and Norris understand the risk of sexual abuse and how it unfolds in children’s programming. You can learn more about MinistrySafe here.


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titleI don't work with children. Why do I need to take the Child Abuse Awareness course?

We realize that not all of our Reliant Missionaries and Associates work directly with children under the age of 18 in their church or ministry. However, many do work with college-aged students, young adults, or other members of a vulnerable population who may be susceptible to grooming and abuse. The principles shared in the training can also apply to those groups. And even if you don't feel like what you learn about in the MinistrySafe course is relevant to your day-to-day work, we hope the training increases your awareness of the issue and teaches you how to help recognize and prevent sexual abuse in any context that you may be.    


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titleCan we go through these together as a ministry team?

The courses are available to you, your supervisor, and your ministry leaders (even if Reliant does not employ them). You will need to complete the course on your own. However, we encourage you to discuss as a team how this information and the related policies may impact your ministry work. 


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titleWhat is the difference between the Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention courses?

Preventing Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in the Christian Workplace

Content:

  1. Overview: Introduction
    • Religious Organizations, Harassment, & Discrimination
    • What We Will Cover in This Training
    • A Theological Basis for Preventing Harassment & Discrimination
  2. Overview: Secular Laws
    • Title VII and Accompanying Laws
    • Other Laws Against Harassment & Discrimination
  3. Overview: Definitions
    • What is Harassment? What is Discrimination?
    • Types of Harassment & Discrimination
  4. Overview: Reporting, Investigation, and Discipline
    • When & How to Report
    • What Investigations Are & Are Not
    • Discipline & Follow-Up
  5. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Introduction
    • Do Churches Have to Worry About Sexual Harassment?
    • A Theological Basis for Confronting Sexual Harassment
  6. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Definitions
    • What is "Sexual Harassment?"
    • Components of Sexual Harassment
  7. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Costs and Risks
    • Sexual Harassment Prevention: Financial Costs of Sexual Harassment
    • Sexual Harassment Prevention: High-Risk Environments
  8. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Response and Discipline
    • How Can Churches and Ministries Guard Against Sexual Harassment?
  9. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Apply What You've Learned
    • Story Quiz 1: Overly Affectionate Coworkers
    • Story Quiz 2: "The Pence Rule"
    • Story Quiz 3: Teacher at a Religious School
    • Story Quiz 4: Social Media Problems


Manager Training: Quelling Misconduct

Content:

  1. For Managers: Risks to Religious Organizations
    • Risks to Religious Organizations
    • PR Risks
  2. Manager Training: Leadership Responsibility
    • Managers and Responsibility
    • Faragher Ellerth Defense
  3. For Managers: How Training Helps
    • How Training Helps
    • Anti-Harassment & Anti-Discrimination Policies
  4. For Managers: Laws and How They Apply
    • How Laws Apply to Religious Organizations
  5. Manager Training: Reports and Reporting Mechanisms
    • Designing a Reporting Mechanism
    • What about Matthew 18 Policies
  6. For Managers: Beyond Reporting
    • Beyond Reporting
    • Retaliations: Don't Do It.
  7. For Managers: Caring for Complainants & Witnesses
    1. Addressing the Complainant
    2. Safety Plans
    3. Resignations, Criminal Allegations, and Investigations
  8. For Managers: Discipline and Follow-up
    • Disciplinary Decisions
    • Follow-Up
  9. Litigation and Common Mistakes
    • Litigation and Legal Proceedings
    • Common Mistakes


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titleI think I was assigned the wrong course. What do I do?

Email hr@reliant.org.


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titleAre the courses available in other languages or with closed captioning?

Preventing Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in the Christian Workplace and Quelling Misconduct courses from Telios Teaches

  • English subtitles are available on all courses. 
  • The courses are not available in any other language at this time.

Sexual Abuse Awareness course from MinistrySafe

  • A version of the course is available in Spanish with both the video and quiz in Spanish. 
  • A version of the course is available with the following subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese and Thai. Click the CC button in the right-hand corner of the video player to select the preferred language. The quiz is in English.
  • Please email hr@reliant.org to request the training link to the Spanish version or the Multilingual/Closed Captioned version.

Skillful Screening course from MinistrySafe

  •  English and Spanish subtitles are available on the course. Click the CC button in the right-hand corner of the video player to select the preferred subtitles.


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