Comments on: Church Violence Poll Results

By: JIMMY MEEKS

JIMMY MEEKS — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:47:51 +0000

Over 230 people have been murdered while on church property since 1999. In addition, over 136 people have been found dead on church property. And the sex crimes against children while at church or under the care of church workers is unbelievable. Go to safeatchurch.ORG for more info

By: Adam Whechel

Adam Whechel — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:32:40 +0000

Recently we hired one of our regular attendee’s for security any time we have service. He’s 6’2” weighs 260 lb. all muscle, he’s trained in green beret military takedowns and self defense, wears plain clothes, and carries a gun, (we’ve made sure that he’s legally allowed to carry it) and no one from our church knows about the gun, except staff. We also have a small camera behind the pastor that we are recording to mini DV and it captures 100 ft in front of and on both sides of the pastor, so that if the person tried attacking our pastor and got away.. we have his face on our camera.

By: Matt Branaugh

Matt Branaugh — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:06:40 +0000

Sorry–looks like the URL got cut off. You can find “Protecting Your Church From Crime and Violence” under the “Emergencies” section of ChurchSafety.com.
http://www.churchsafety.com/topics/emergencies/
violence/
protectingyourchurchfromcrime
violence

By: Matt Branaugh

Matt Branaugh — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:02:48 +0000

We have a free training download on this very topic available at ChurchSafety.com:
http://www.churchsafety.com/topics/emergencies/violence/protectingyourchurchfromcrimeviolence
We pray it helps!
Matt Branaugh
Editor, Your Church magazine
Christianity Today International
Twitter: @MattBranaugh

By: Joshua Cody

Joshua Cody — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:26:26 +0000

Hey Andy, thanks a ton for this resource!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:40:21 +0000

Our church is a medium sized church, around 800 on a Sunday and we have realized that we need to put some plans in place to keep it safe.
You can download my church’s Emergency Response plan at:
http://freecmstuff.com/downloads/administrative-forms-and-documents/
Hope that can be a help and guide to some other churches!

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:20:19 +0000

Our church has nothing like that in place at all. We are in a small, rural community. So most of our people just assume that this kind of stuff doesn’t happen to small town churches, it happens in big cities where all the crime is. While this is a big misnomer, it is where we are. I think maybe it’s about time to get serious about it. Churches are no longer “sacred” ground respected by all persons. They are open to attack and crime just like schools and public service buildings. There is no more “sacred” turf. Time to get serious about it. Good post.

By: Mike Hunter

Mike Hunter — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:09:03 +0000

Have you seen Trey Morgan’s blog this week? He’s raised $12,000 to feed the hungry in Honduras who live in a city dump.
see it here: treymorgan.net