3rd Annual Faith Leaders Breakfast

Did you know 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday?

Or that 93% of sex offenders self identify as "very religious"?

With these in mind, Faith Leaders must be equip to answer questions like:

• How are you screening/interviewing individuals who want to work with children?
• Do you have policies on protecting children from sexual predators? Are these policies updated?
• What have you learned from past experiences where children have been harmed by sexual predators in the faith community? How have you adjusted your procedures accordingly?

These may not be questions you're thinking about every day, but we're ready to equip you with how to answer and act on them. Join us and other Faith Leaders around the Lowcountry as we learn the best practices and policies to protect children from sexual predators in the faith community.

A hot southern breakfast will be served!

Keynote Speaker, Jay Kieve , M.Div, Th.M, D.Min

Reverend Dr. Jay Kieve serves as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Director of Ministerial Transitions and Abuse Prevention and Response Advocate. He is passionate about helping churches become places free from abuse where everyone can thrive. Jay is a safeguarding specialist for GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) and a facilitator for Darkness to Light Stewards of Children. Jay volunteers with local rape crisis / child advocacy centers and supports churches as they develop great policies and procedures for preventing abuse.

Prior to his current position at CBF in 2021, Jay led CBF South Carolina for 9 years and served local churches in North and South Carolina, and Alabama for 21 years. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, a Master of Theology and a Master of Divinity degrees from the Divinity School at Duke University, and Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University. He parents two adult children with Melanie, his wife of 33 years.

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