{"id":2030,"date":"2014-11-11T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:57:03","slug":"confidentiality-church-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/confidentiality-church-records.htm","title":{"rendered":"Confidentiality in Church Records Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/confidential-records.jpg\" alt=\"Confidentiality in Church Records Management\" width=\"199\" height=\"127\" \/>While a <a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-records-management.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">church records management<\/a> policy can assist you in the efficient use of the records, it should also guide you in the ethical use of those records. You have record of people&#8217;s financial giving and other personal details. Privacy must be guarded. Keeping people&#8217;s information confidential is an issue of respect.<\/p>\n<h2>Keeping records confidential means:<\/h2>\n<p>1) You only share their records on a need to know basis.<\/p>\n<p>2) You do not otherwise give out information without their express permission.<\/p>\n<p>3) You guard any lists of personal data from being accessed by anyone outside of the church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; padding-top: 14px;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-christlike-character-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steering the Church Toward Christ-like Character Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> provides examples for each of the above points and also briefly reflects on how confidentiality guards against the misuse of their information.<\/p>\n<p>For More on These Topics:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-record-keeping-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Record Keeping Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/christlikeness-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources about Christlikeness in the Church<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>All Posts about Records and Reporting:<\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-measure.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Measure Your Objectives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-reporting-pulse.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Keep Pulse on Body<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-ministry.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Facilitate Ministry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-growth.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Assess Growth<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-records-management.htm\">Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/transparency-church-records.htm\">Transparency in Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/confidentiality-church-records.htm\">Confidentiality in Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/safe-records.htm\">Responsibility in Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-records-hacked.htm\">We&#8217;ve Been Hacked!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-power.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; God&#8217;s Power?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-human-wisdom.htm\">Record Keeping Based on Human Wisdom<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-gods-grace.htm\">Records &#038; Reporting Point Back to God&#8217;s Grace?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-kept-check-grace.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting Kept in Check by God&#8217;s Grace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-keeping-spiritual-gifts.htm\">Records Keeping &#038; Spiritual Gifts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-not-mundane.htm\">Record Keeping That&#8217;s Not Mundane<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/lay-it-all-before-the-lord.htm\">Lay It All Before the Lord<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/meaningful-record-keeping.htm\">Meaningful Record Keeping<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/make-records-about-the-name-of-the-lord.htm\">Whether Good or Bad, Make Records about the Name of the Lord<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-and-reports-from-the-resurrection.htm\">Records and Reports from the Resurrection<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-precedence-in-word.htm\">Record Keeping Precedence in the Word<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/biblical-leadership-roles-affect-record-keeping.htm\">How Biblical Leadership Roles Affect Record Keeping<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/example-in-use-of-church-records.htm\">Are You a Good Example in the Use of Church Records?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-dont-lie-but.htm\">Records Don&#8217;t Lie But &#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While a church records management policy can assist you in the efficient use of the records, it should also guide you in the ethical use of those records. You have record of people\u2019s financial giving and other personal details. Privacy must be guarded. Keeping people\u2019s information confidential is an issue of respect.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping records confidential means:  .  .  . <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/confidentiality-church-records.htm\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Confidentiality in Church Records Management<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-records-reporting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Churches have records of financial giving and other personal details. Privacy must be guarded. 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