Faith-based organizations must increase their awareness of, and preparation for, the accidental, criminal, and environmental hazards capable of compromising their primary ministry purpose.
Updated 5/31/2010
The intention of this website is to help churches and ministries recognize and accept the need for intentional security, then to provide simple methods of starting or strengthening security programs.
Ministry safety and security must be a decision of leadership. It should be based and managed in prayer, but it requires action.
Being confident in our spirituality doesn’t mean we stop participation in our own preservation and social interaction. We should embrace biblical teachings to “not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear…”[i] We trust Him for provision, but we don’t sit up in bed in the morning and raise our hands for clothes to float down on us out of heaven. We don’t stroll leisurely through the day with a heavenly mist occasionally sprayed into our mouths to keep us hydrated in between tasty morsels of surprise that find themselves in our teeth satisfying our hunger.
The procurement & administration of those needs is an intentional process.
Very few faith-based organizations are intentional about safety or security. This is especially true of churches. Many still say, “God will provide”. He does – but He expects a little participation. The people in our care and the properties they have funded with their giving deserve carefully developed security considerations.
This website is maintained as a well of information – to be visited often for new ideas and current data as ministries respond to the wake up call, increase awareness and improve response actions.
Teddy Roosevelt said, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”. While speaking to reluctant troops preparing for the battle for
“We prayed to our God and posted a guard…” Nehemiah 4:9
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Disclaimer Notice on incident stories and statistics: Extensive effort has been made to verify the accuracy in each story. Information is gathered from major news syndicates, law enforcement press releases, and public court records. While great care is taken with the wording of each incident, a certain margin of error exists in any collection of statistics. We welcome any corrective type suggestions discovered by readers.
Thank you,
Carl Chinn