{"id":2702,"date":"2026-03-09T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.icf.church\/zuerich\/about\/code-of-honor\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:03:52","slug":"code-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/about\/code-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Code of Honor \u2013 ICF Zurich Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-7\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n\n<div id=\"block-6\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <h1 id=\"block-1\" class=\"h1 display-1 text-start\">\n  Code of Honor<\/h1>\n\n<h3 id=\"block-2\" class=\"h3 text-start\">\n  for ICF Zurich Staff<\/h3>\n\n<p id=\"block-3\" class=\"text-start\">\n  <em>\u201cThat is why we, too\u2014like runners in a race\u2014want to run toward the goal with all perseverance. We want to lay aside everything that hinders us as we run, separate ourselves from the sin that so easily entangles us, and fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer of faith, who has gone ahead of us to the finish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-4\" class=\"text-start\">\n  <em>The Bible \u2013 Hebrews 12:1\u20132 (NG\u00dc)<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-5\" class=\"text-start\">\n  As employees and Core Leaders at ICF Zurich, it is our deep desire to finish the race of faith victoriously. We are determined to live by biblical moral standards. After many conversations about lifestyle as leaders in the church, and inspired by the \u201cModesto Manifesto\u201d by Billy Graham and his friends, we agree on a set of voluntary principles: the \u201cCode of Honor for ICF Zurich Staff\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-18\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n\n<div id=\"block-17\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <div id=\"block-16\" class=\"accordion\">\n  <body>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-9\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"overflow-hidden wp-block-yellowtree-accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button rounded-0 collapsed focus-ring-inset\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#block-9-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"block-9-collapse\">\n      <div>\n        <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n          Salaries and Finances        <\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ms-auto accordion-icons icon-container-base\">\n        <i class=\"icon fa-arrow-right accordion-icon-default\"><\/i>\n        <i class=\"icon fa-close accordion-icon-alt\"><\/i>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"block-9-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#block-16\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body pt-0\">\n      <p id=\"block-8\" class=\"text-start\">\n  ICF Zurich is an association. It is funded by voluntary donations. A salary model independent of commissions applies to all staff. The proceeds from sales of all ICF Media products, such as books, music, and apps, flow entirely into the organization. Upon request, we provide insight into our finances. We are committed to complying with legal requirements, such as the regular auditing of the accounts of our associations.<\/p>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-11\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"overflow-hidden wp-block-yellowtree-accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button rounded-0 collapsed focus-ring-inset\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#block-11-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"block-11-collapse\">\n      <div>\n        <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n          Health and Sexuality        <\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ms-auto accordion-icons icon-container-base\">\n        <i class=\"icon fa-arrow-right accordion-icon-default\"><\/i>\n        <i class=\"icon fa-close accordion-icon-alt\"><\/i>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"block-11-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#block-16\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body pt-0\">\n      <p id=\"block-10\" class=\"text-start\">\n  We cultivate a healthy, addiction-free lifestyle. We actively and personally take responsibility to resist sexual sin. As an organization, we take preventive measures against sexual abuse and sexual boundary violations, such as a sensitized application process, staff training, and a code of conduct for employees. For this, we work together with the specialist office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limita.ch\">\u201cLimita\u201d<\/a>. Every person in our church has the right and the duty, in case of suspicion, to contact the national and independent specialist office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opferhilfe-schweiz.ch\">\u201cOpferhilfe\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-13\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"overflow-hidden wp-block-yellowtree-accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button rounded-0 collapsed focus-ring-inset\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#block-13-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"block-13-collapse\">\n      <div>\n        <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n          Power and Responsibilities        <\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ms-auto accordion-icons icon-container-base\">\n        <i class=\"icon fa-arrow-right accordion-icon-default\"><\/i>\n        <i class=\"icon fa-close accordion-icon-alt\"><\/i>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"block-13-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#block-16\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body pt-0\">\n      <p id=\"block-12\" class=\"text-start\">\n  We submit to and commit ourselves to the mission statement of ICF Zurich. We use entrusted power and responsibilities responsibly and actively counteract abuse of power. Leo and Susanna Bigger lead the organization as Senior Pastors and therefore also the Core Team as its leadership team. In the Core Team, every opinion counts. We work through decisions until everyone can support them and no one has any serious reservations. Strategic and operational responsibility is assigned to the respective areas, side businesses, and locations in the sense of self-organized teams. Responsibilities in the legal branches of the organization are always distributed between two authorized signatories.<\/p>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-15\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"overflow-hidden wp-block-yellowtree-accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button rounded-0 collapsed focus-ring-inset\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#block-15-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"block-15-collapse\">\n      <div>\n        <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n          Credibility and Integrity        <\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ms-auto accordion-icons icon-container-base\">\n        <i class=\"icon fa-arrow-right accordion-icon-default\"><\/i>\n        <i class=\"icon fa-close accordion-icon-alt\"><\/i>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"block-15-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#block-16\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body pt-0\">\n      <p id=\"block-14\" class=\"text-start\">\n  Our published figures and statistics are truthful. We have commissioned and appointed an independent, external, and non-instructed clearing office (ombuds office). Every person from the church and its wider community has the opportunity to report there in the event of conflicts with leadership, suspicion of abuse of power, or observation of unhealthy behavior. Information and links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icf.church\/clearing-stelle\">www.icf.church\/clearing-stelle<\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-21\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n\n<div id=\"block-20\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-19\" class=\"text-start\">\n  <strong>May God help us to live faithfully, passionately, and as a role model.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":864,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"yt_custom_styles_scss":"","yt_custom_styles_rounded_corners":false,"yt_custom_styles_color_scheme":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2702","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2702\/revisions\/2968"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/zuerich\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}