All employees and volunteers who work with children at St. Peter’s Lutheran must comply with the certification guidelines of the Child Protection Program. The certification process includes, but is not limited to, the following: the selection process used to secure employees and volunteers, church procedures for reporting abuse, a definition of abuse, signed statements from the applicants stating that the applicant has never been formally accused, found guilty, or entered a guilty plea in a court of law to any form of child abuse and neglect, and signed statements from the applicants that they will abide by church policies.