ELCA-Endorsed Insurance Program Safety and Loss Prevention Materials

for congregations and synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

As a current or prospective insured congregation under the ELCA endorsed property and casualty insurance program underwritten by Church Mutual Insurance Company, you may be interested in how effective risk management may assist your congregation.  Below are links to various Web sites and documents to further assist you in protecting your congregation from liability and loss. 

The ELCA is pleased to provide all interested congregations with free comprehensive safety resources from Church Mutual Insurance Company, the ELCA Endorsed Property and Liability Insurance Program insurer. Church Mutual provides these brochures free of charge or you may access them in PDF format  via the links on this Web page. This important information consists of a wide variety of risk management materials all of which can help your congregation operate in a safe manner thereby helping to prevent losses.

Disaster Preparedness

• Fire Safety at Your Worship Center 
• Weather Protection for Your Ministry 
• Preparing for Disaster : a Guide for Lutheran Congregations from Lutheran Disaster Response 
• An ELCA Congregation Discovers that Having a Disaster Plan Works -- ELCA News Service, July 24, 2008 
   

Making Activities Safer for All

• Safety Begins With People 
• Safety Outside Your Worship Center 
• The Road to Safer Transportation 
• Safety at Your Playground 
• Making Activities Safer for Your Congregation 
   

Addressing Crime and Violence

• Addressing Crime and Violence in Your Congregation
• Crime-Proof Your Worship Center 
   

Protecting Children and Adults

• ELCA Safe Place
• Questions About Protecting Children, Youth, and Adults from Abuse
• Safety Tips on a Sensitive Subject: Child Sexual Abuse 
• Reducing the Risk of Sexual Misconduct 
• Youth Safety and Your Congregation 
• Questions about Screening and Hiring Employees
• Church Mutual Webinar: Key Liability Risks for Religious Organizations (November 1, 2012) 
   

Protecting the Congregation's Financial Assets

• "Eleven Things I Have Learned from Dealing with Embezzlement" 
• Congregational Audit Guide from the ELCA Office of the Treasurer 
• Questions About Caring for the Congregation's Financial Assets
• Questions about Buildings and Property
• Questions About Protecting Members from Fraud
• Church Mutual Webinar: Key Liability Risks for Religious Organizations (November 1, 2012)

Prevention of Copper Theft

• Copper Theft Prevention
• Copper: A penny worth its weight in gold
• Proactive measures protect you against copper theft

Addressing Public Health Concerns

• H1N1 Flu Information
• Managing the H1N1 risk from Church Mutual
• ELCA Addresses Worship in Times of Public Health Concerns
   

Claims Handling

• Specific Pointers Regarding Church Property Losses
• Church Mutual Webinar: Key Liability Risks for Religious Organizations (November 1, 2012) 

Risk Reporter is a quarterly risk management newsletter designed to inform you about risk exposures as well as the procedures you can follow to control those risks.  Preventing and reducing injuries at your facility and damage to your property requires an ongoing effort. Church Mutual Insurance Company provides numerous items that address a variety of loss control techniques to assist you.