On December 10, 2007, there was a horrific mass murder at a
Colorado-based youth missions training center and the church that
funded that center. On that fateful Sunday morning at Youth With a
Mission and New Life Church, a man with a grudge set out to kill as
many people as possible. In total, he succeeded in killing four
people and wounding several. His rampage was only stopped by a
volunteer at New Life Church who happened to be on the church's
security team. Because she was armed, that security person was able
to defend the church and stop a mass murderer. If she and her
companions weren't there, the body count would likely have been
higher in this 10,000+ member mega-church. There are many books
about church security available. Those books contain great
information about crimes in the church, and making the church more
secure. With everything from parking lot lighting to safe
selection, and groundskeeping to internal cameras, those books are
designed to teach churches how to do corporate security. All of
them include emergency planning and all of them treat the church as
any other business when it comes to security. This is NOT one of
those books. Instead, Bryan looks at church safety from a different
perspective - as a ministry of the church. Bryan started the Safety
Team Ministry at Frontline Community Church in Grand Rapids,
Michigan from scratch. With only some published materials available
and a background in corporate security and police work, Bryan
created the typical church security team with typical struggles and
issues. After much heartache and even more prayer, Bryan believed
that church security was the wrong direction. Bryan realized that
the missing ingredient was MINISTRY, and the culture of the
corporate security practices and standards played a major role in
the shortfall. This book is about the struggle and process of
creating a church safety ministry. Instead of being rehashing
corporate security concepts, this book focuses on what others don't
tell you. Topics include: hiring for personality, working with the
church board, working with other ministries, and having the right
tools and mindset to be a ministry. The final chapter is a
step-by-step guide to starting a church safety ministry in your own
church. This book also includes links to valuable resources,
including documentation for a church safety team, other websites
for information, and other recommended books. This book is written
for anyone who is interested in starting a safety ministry at their
church, anyone who currently leads a safety ministry, and church
staff and pastors who are interested in what church safety should
be all about. This book is designed to open up a conversation about
modern day church safety, and hopefully offer some insights to the
process.
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