Policies

The rules we hold ourselves to.

Each policy is marked with where it stands today. "Drafted" means written and waiting for the full board to adopt it at its first meeting.

Statement of faith

Drafted

Written into the bylaws; adopted at the first board meeting

The corporation holds to The Baptist Faith and Message (2000). Every division teaches and publishes in keeping with it, and the Spiritual Director reviews its material for faithfulness.

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Openly Christian, never forced

Drafted

Written into the bylaws; adopted at the first board meeting

Our work is Christian, and we say so: Bible Guide publishes the Scriptures, and Church Family serves congregations. Redeemer Pathways, the one division that works with children in person, opens and closes every session with prayer, and parents are told so before their child joins. A child may pray with us or simply listen. No child has to pray, profess faith or belong to a church to take part, and none is treated differently for it.

Keeping children safe

Drafted

Drafted for Redeemer Pathways; not yet adopted

No adult is ever alone with a young person, and no adult drives one alone. Every adult who serves passes a Level 2 fingerprint background check and has been known to the community for six months. Any suspicion of abuse is reported at once to the police and the Florida Abuse Hotline. No session runs until the policy is adopted, a safeguarding lead is appointed and every adult is screened.

Conflicts of interest

Drafted

Drafted; adopted at the first board meeting

Based on the sample policy the IRS publishes. Every director and officer discloses any interest, leaves the room for decisions it touches, and signs a statement each year.

Gifts and restricted funds

Drafted

Written into the bylaws; adopted at the first board meeting

Each restricted gift is recorded with the giver, the date, the amount and the restriction in the giver’s own words, and its balance is tracked until it is spent as the giver intended.

Privacy on this website

In force

In force on this site today

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