Thank you Keith, you do a good job helping our safety team grow. There is always something new to learn and read about, but hoping it will never happen. But we always need to be prepared. Thank you and God Bless!
Not too shocking. Being a California Parole Agent and supervising HRSO’s for 13 years I supervised several church staff members including pastors. Sad but true.
My elders are asking for information about trends. I can TELL them trends are upward, but would like to provide some hard data. Do you have your own data, or recommend a source, to show the upward trend over the past 5 or 10 years? Let me know.
Thank you for this and for all you do. God bless you.
The most alarming statistics were the reports on sexual attacks. And the fact pastors and church members knew about the attacks and did nothing. The enemy does not just work or come from the outside; he works inside the church with those who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Our work is never done, and we cannot let up on our vigilance in keeping our places of worship safe.
Once again Keith I can’t thank you enough for all you and your staff do to help make our church’s safer! I have been part of 3 church safety teams over the past 10 years and these past 2 years of following you has helped tremendously in securing our church. We are blessed to have all the children’s ministry protocols in place that you mentioned and are committed to upgrading our security measures. God has given you a special ministry that we who are called as watchmen are blessed to follow. Thanks again and may the Lord continue to guide you and bless you! Love you brother! Stay strong and stay safe! Rich M.
Hi Keith, my father is a pastor of Calvary Chapel Knoxville who uses your content in leading his security team there. I've spent the last year creating an app specifically designated for managing church security teams upon his request –it includes secure messaging, scheduling, task management, incident reporting, a resource hub, and a lot more. I have a few churches (including my own) beta testing it currently with great feedback so far. Would you be interested in looking at it? It seemed like it may be a useful tool considering your mission. Thank you for what you're doing. Grace and peace!
Keith, what intelligence sources, do you recommend? Especially for folks who don’t have past LEO or current.
Keith,
Amazing summary, thanks!
11 vehicle ramming attacks – that really confirms what you've been saying that this is now part of the "new normal" for attacks.
You are doing the Lord's work, bless you.
Ed Krause
Thank you Keith, you do a good job helping our safety team grow. There is always something new to learn and read about, but hoping it will never happen. But we always need to be prepared. Thank you and God Bless!
Not too shocking. Being a California Parole Agent and supervising HRSO’s for 13 years I supervised several church staff members including pastors. Sad but true.
Thank you,, this is great information that no one else is putting out.
Thank you, Keith!!
Very well done with useful real world stats. Brings a great deal of prospective... Thanks Keith!!
Thank you, as always. Such work takes longer than one might expect, as anyone who has hired a lawyer or expert witness knows! God bless you.
Very good, useful recap.
My elders are asking for information about trends. I can TELL them trends are upward, but would like to provide some hard data. Do you have your own data, or recommend a source, to show the upward trend over the past 5 or 10 years? Let me know.
Thank you for this and for all you do. God bless you.
The most alarming statistics were the reports on sexual attacks. And the fact pastors and church members knew about the attacks and did nothing. The enemy does not just work or come from the outside; he works inside the church with those who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Our work is never done, and we cannot let up on our vigilance in keeping our places of worship safe.
Once again Keith I can’t thank you enough for all you and your staff do to help make our church’s safer! I have been part of 3 church safety teams over the past 10 years and these past 2 years of following you has helped tremendously in securing our church. We are blessed to have all the children’s ministry protocols in place that you mentioned and are committed to upgrading our security measures. God has given you a special ministry that we who are called as watchmen are blessed to follow. Thanks again and may the Lord continue to guide you and bless you! Love you brother! Stay strong and stay safe! Rich M.
Ken again Disregard I found it.
Keith, Ken B. here. I am sorry I can not find annual church crime statistical report to down load.
I am challenged about web pages. Sorry Ken B. can you direct me. Thanks
It’s all of the way down at the end at the bottom of the article. It’s a PDF file.
Hi Keith, my father is a pastor of Calvary Chapel Knoxville who uses your content in leading his security team there. I've spent the last year creating an app specifically designated for managing church security teams upon his request –it includes secure messaging, scheduling, task management, incident reporting, a resource hub, and a lot more. I have a few churches (including my own) beta testing it currently with great feedback so far. Would you be interested in looking at it? It seemed like it may be a useful tool considering your mission. Thank you for what you're doing. Grace and peace!
https://churchsecurityplanner.com