âïž Good Intentions Wonât Stop a Crisis â Training Will
đš If your church doesnât have a clear, repeatable safety plan⊠you donât have âsecurity.â You have hope. Iâm a Christian, Army veteran, and husband of 40 years. Iâm also a dad to two daughters and a proud pappy to six grandkids. I help lead our church security team and thatâs exactly why I canât stay quiet about what I keep seeing: Good people volunteering to protect Godâs house⊠but no written plan, no defined roles, and too much pressure on one person to âfigure it outâ when seconds matter. Hereâs the part that should wake every church leader up: - 2024: the FBI documented 24 active shooter incidents, and âhouses of worshipâ is specifically listed as a location category. - 2023: the FBI documented 48 active shooter incidents with 244 total casualties (105 killed). - 2023: 2,699 hate-crime incidents were reported as religion-based. - A major open-source tracking report documented 485 hostile incidents against churches in 2023 and 415 in 2024 (still dramatically higher than prior years). â
This is why I created Global Church Security Academy. Not to replace your team to strengthen it with a simple, repeatable, Sunday-ready system that reduces risk and removes guesswork. Global Church Security Academy isnât âbasic training for untrained volunteers.â Itâs designed to strengthen existing teams too because even well-trained security ministries often have unknown gaps that only show up when you pressure-test the system. Inside you get: - A Sunday-ready safety system (briefing, roles, coverage, response flow) - Done-for-you templates (SOPs, role cards, incident reports, AARs) - Scenario-based training packs you can run with your team - A growing church-specific training library - Weekly live training + Q&A + real-world problem solving - Guest speakers + experienced professionals focused on church environments â ïž Please donât scroll past this. The worst time to get prepared is after something happens. If youâre responsible for safety at a church (or know someone who is), comment âPLANâ and Iâll reply with the details.