A couple of years ago, my pastor approached me about starting a security force within our church, and I accepted, and soon we had security cameras and some of the congregants on the security detail. We are located in a small city in the midwest, but from spring through fall, our population grows because of the Truman Lake and also the Os…
A couple of years ago, my pastor approached me about starting a security force within our church, and I accepted, and soon we had security cameras and some of the congregants on the security detail. We are located in a small city in the midwest, but from spring through fall, our population grows because of the Truman Lake and also the Osage River, which flows right by the city for fishing and swimming, plus this is a great location for deer hunting.
Luckily in Missouri, anyone 21 or older without a felony record is allowed to carry concealed, and if the pastor, priest, preacher, etc. allows the church members to carry concealed if they are on a security team.
Having someone controlling the parking lot is essential, as well as locking the access points down .
Three churches in this city have been repeadedly vandalized over the past few years, with none of them having any sort of security force or security cameras, while my church has not been hit.
Yet.
To give everybody reading this an idea on which kind of church is the most likely to be attacked or vandalized, the churches hit here are a Baptist church, a Catholic church, and a Methodist church.
It doesn't matter what kind of a 'feel-good, it won't happen here kind of a church' you might attend, I can only say that if any of you lose one member, one child due to an attack, having second thoughts about having a belated security force after losing somebody is being very foolish and hard-headed, in the extreme.
When Jesus called upon his disciples to buy swords for self protection IS the call to go proactive in protecting the members of all of your churches, no questions asked.
I am a Marine, retired from the service, and the pastor is retired for the US Army, and he is part of the security force, also carrying concealed. We've both been in precarious situations during our times in the service, so we bring in experience in 'when to shoot, when to not to' encounters are presented to us, more so than anyone else in our church, but with me being the pointman (as it were), and him on the other end, with God's help (and with some others on the team) ...
Also, concealed carry weapons, as well as an M4 carbine and a 12 gauge 18-inch shotgun are also easily acquired within our church, along with a taser, and a pistol equipped with gas releasing cartridges.
Along with a police type extendable baton.
Too much?
If I could, the church would also have .50 cal Ma Deuce machine gun, but that may be just a dream thought up by a Marine.
On the other hand, do any of you happen to have a spare M2 machine gun lying around, collecting dust?
I would be happy to give it a new home!
Well, at least a church, where it will be well looked after.
A couple of years ago, my pastor approached me about starting a security force within our church, and I accepted, and soon we had security cameras and some of the congregants on the security detail. We are located in a small city in the midwest, but from spring through fall, our population grows because of the Truman Lake and also the Osage River, which flows right by the city for fishing and swimming, plus this is a great location for deer hunting.
Luckily in Missouri, anyone 21 or older without a felony record is allowed to carry concealed, and if the pastor, priest, preacher, etc. allows the church members to carry concealed if they are on a security team.
Having someone controlling the parking lot is essential, as well as locking the access points down .
Three churches in this city have been repeadedly vandalized over the past few years, with none of them having any sort of security force or security cameras, while my church has not been hit.
Yet.
To give everybody reading this an idea on which kind of church is the most likely to be attacked or vandalized, the churches hit here are a Baptist church, a Catholic church, and a Methodist church.
It doesn't matter what kind of a 'feel-good, it won't happen here kind of a church' you might attend, I can only say that if any of you lose one member, one child due to an attack, having second thoughts about having a belated security force after losing somebody is being very foolish and hard-headed, in the extreme.
When Jesus called upon his disciples to buy swords for self protection IS the call to go proactive in protecting the members of all of your churches, no questions asked.
I am a Marine, retired from the service, and the pastor is retired for the US Army, and he is part of the security force, also carrying concealed. We've both been in precarious situations during our times in the service, so we bring in experience in 'when to shoot, when to not to' encounters are presented to us, more so than anyone else in our church, but with me being the pointman (as it were), and him on the other end, with God's help (and with some others on the team) ...
Also, concealed carry weapons, as well as an M4 carbine and a 12 gauge 18-inch shotgun are also easily acquired within our church, along with a taser, and a pistol equipped with gas releasing cartridges.
Along with a police type extendable baton.
Too much?
If I could, the church would also have .50 cal Ma Deuce machine gun, but that may be just a dream thought up by a Marine.
On the other hand, do any of you happen to have a spare M2 machine gun lying around, collecting dust?
I would be happy to give it a new home!
Well, at least a church, where it will be well looked after.