Make Your Church the Safest Place in the Community
Safe Pathways is the all‑in‑one safeguarding platform built for Canadian churches.
Join our national launch webinar — Wednesday, April 15 at 1:00 PM ET — and get 10% off your first year. See the platform live in under 30 minutes, then stay for open Q&A.
What is Safe Pathways?
Why Choose Safe Pathways?
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Role-based training pathways take under 20 minutes. Volunteers learn only what’s relevant to their role and can start serving the same day they sign up. No more losing eager helpers to hours of training requirement.
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References, reminders, background check tracking, policy sign-offs, renewals. Safe Pathways automates the work your staff is doing manually today. That’s hours of paid staff time returned to your church every week, and fewer volunteers falling through the cracks because no one had time to follow up.
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A visibly safe culture means your safeguards aren’t just in a document somewhere. They’re experienced by every guest, every Sunday. When a new family walks in, they see the check-in process, the trained volunteers with lanyards, the consent forms, the supervision ratios in action. That visible experience builds trust. Safe Pathways gives you the tools, training, and evidence to make that culture real.
How It Works
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You will receive your insurance-specific policy suite, optional clauses, and editable resources like consent forms and board resolutions. We walk your board through what’s required vs. recommended. You will have admin accounts created for your church admins.
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Import your volunteers from Planning Center or a spreadsheet, assign volunteers their role-based pathway, and let them complete their under-20-minute training on their own time or together in person in a Watch Party.
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From here, Safe Pathways takes care of your safeguarding. Reminder emails go out automatically. References are contacted and collected automatically. Expiring credentials get flagged. Police checks ordered. Policy acknowledgements collected. And anytime you need it, pull a comprehensive Audit Trail in under two minutes.
Discover our learning pathways.
Onboarding your volunteers has never been easier.
Each learning pathway is delivered through Safe Pathways engaging video content. Volunteers can complete their pathway under 20-minutes.
Our safeguarding learning pathways
Introduction
Babies & Toddlers
Youth
Children
Comprehensive
Vulnerable Adults
All pathways include video instruction, a knowledge check quiz, and a completion certificate. Training can be completed solo or in a Watch Party for group learning.
Pay as you grow.
Straightforward per-volunteer pricing for Canadian churches. No hidden fees. No membership fees. No add-on fees.
Volume pricing and denominational pricing available. Seats are for volunteers serving directly with children, youth, or vulnerable adults.
Tier 1
$14.99 / volunteer / year
For churches that need 1-99 seats.
Tier 2
$12.99 / volunteer / year
For churches that need 100-299 seats.
Tier 3
$9.99 / volunteer / year
For churches that need 300+ seats.
Every plan includes the following features:
✔Access to role-based pathways
✔ Under-20-minute training videos
✔ Automated reminders
✔ Policy sign-off
✔ Police checks
… and more!
Meet our team.
Husband & wife Co-Founders.
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Pastor Stephanie (Registered Early Childhood Educator) translates the art and science of early childhood development into clear, role-specific training for church volunteers. With an Early Childhood Education diploma, an honours bachelor’s degree in ECE, and a Master’s in Early Childhood Studies where she explored how children construct identity and belonging, she channels rigorous research into the micro-learning pathways and policy templates.
Over more than a decade on the front lines of pastoral care she has managed six-figure children’s ministry budgets, led volunteer teams, taught in licensed daycare classrooms, provided one-on-one family support as a nanny and parent-relief worker, and partnered with public schools to embed age-appropriate safeguards. Stephanie has also developed concise courses that equip pastors to weave truth and reconciliation principles and robust duty-of-care standards into everyday ministry practice.
Certified in Mental Health First Aid, First Aid and CPR, the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths tool, and High Five quality assurance, she ensures every Safe Pathway lesson is trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and ready for Sunday morning reality.
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Steve transforms world-class safeguarding standards into streamlined, evidence-backed processes that churches can implement with confidence. He helped the United Nations develop its system-wide Zero Tolerance of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy suite and e-learning course, experience that now informs the evidentiary standards Safe Pathways builds into every volunteer pathway.
Founder of a Canadian charity Finance Engage Sustain (FES), Steve created and delivered engaging education - both in-person and online - to more than 500 high schools, colleges, and universities in all 13 Canadian provinces and territories, reaching over 100,000 trainees. The mastery-based micro-learning model he pioneered there sits at the core of Safe Pathways digital curriculum.
Steve has also served as committee member, board director, and elder in congregations ranging from church plants to multi-sites, giving him an insider’s grasp of pastoral realities and governance.
A Certified Fund Raising Executive, University of Toronto science graduate, and owner of a strategy consultancy, Steve has served clients like the United Nations, governments, foundations, and nonprofits.