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Dave Mayfield's avatar

Wise words, great insight, great wisdom for the team.

Bacon's avatar

Keith,

How many acts of Arson, or suspicious fire, were committed against US churches in 2025? I found an official number of 55 arson for 2024.

Michael Feehan's avatar

Thank You Keith -I've been in ministry 40 yrs . Back in the day 70's 80's 90's in NYC we always had security . The environment called for it. It's that simple. I've trained churches on behalf of á Denomination the response of churches at times is disheartening. This ministry is a breath of fresh air ❗️🙏🏼😎

Neural Foundry's avatar

Really solid threat assessment here. The lone wolf pattern you highlight makes alot of sense, especially the part about familiarity lowering hesitation. I worked in security consulting for a bit and that behavioral observation piece is always tougher than leadership wants to admit. The point about normalizing hostility as pre-attack signaling is super important and often overlooked.

Fra Juan Klees's avatar

The threats to the church? You did not mention govt/military actions, sir, which includes Maoist police activists. Why is that?

Donald S Thomas's avatar

God given points, instructions, direction, revelations etc. Thank you for listening to the Spirit and relaying to us and for keeping the focus on our Christ ordained mission.

Roots of Resilience's avatar

We’re in England and are only now putting together a security team within our church, after a number of Satanists and members of other religions, coming in to disrupt our services. The alert level is rising, but the law over here makes it very difficult to deal with intruders effectively. We don’t have the same self-defence rights as you do in the USA, It’s going to be a tricky few years, as I don’t see the level of terrorism abating, any time soon

Keith Graves's avatar

I was just in England and I saw how much it is changed! You guys are definitely dealing with a lot of problems there. I can do some research and talk to some law-enforcement folks. I know over there and try to come up with solutions for you all. If you’d like. You do have a tricky situation over there

Charles Humphries's avatar

Thanks for all you do to help keep our places of worship safe. I greatly appreciate the fact that you provide all this for free to churches. You are a blessing.

Elizabeth Hanks's avatar

Thanks again Keith for the info. Have a Blessed week. ❤️

Steve G. Johnson's avatar

Looking forward to seeing all the new ideas you have coming up, should be really exciting. With all this new and extra information I’m going to have to create a file to store it all. Thank you for all you do. 🙏