Growing Edge
October 1, 1996
Sex, Lawsuits, & Videotapes
Three new videos help prevent legal and sexual
entanglements.
Joan Brown loves children. When Pastor Jim asked her to pick
up three children in Greenwood Meadows for Sunday school, she was honored.
On the way to church, however, Joan ran a stop sign and was hit by another
driver. Joan and two of the children were injured. The church offered comfort
and support to Joan, the children, and the families of the injured.
What did the church get in return?
Two lawsuits claiming negligent hiring and negligent supervision.
No one knew that Joan was nicknamed "Indy 500 Joan" by the Motor Vehicle
Department. No one knew that asking her to pick up kids fell under the same
rules as hiring an employee. To their chagrin, no one knew the church's insurance
didn't cover these eventualities.
If they had viewed the video, How to Protect Your Children's Ministry
from Liability (Gospel Light, $49.99), they would have.
J. David Epstein, an attorney, hosts this video, stressing there are two
situations the church can be held liable for: negligent hiring and negligent
supervision. He stresses that the answers are not complicated. He gives many
helpful pointers, but his two main concerns are: (1) that a church
thoroughly know its volunteers, and (2) that all children's
activities have two adult supervisors.
The video also gives helpful advice on church liability insurance. This should
be required viewing by all pastoral staff.
"Pastor, I'm gay, and I don't want to be!"
Some pastors, after hearing such a confession, may mutter to themselves,
"Great! Another situation for which I was never trained."
Two videos by Exodus International, the worldwide referral network of "ex-gay"
ministries, can ...
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