Author/Writer
Bevan Collins is a Christian, Baptist deacon, church Safety Coordinator, teacher, and a senior petroleum industry consultant with numerous years as an executive, engineer, inventor, author, business owner/operator, farmer, and rancher. His experience includes managing businesses and an engineering division, research and development of chemical processes and products, environmental engineering, and project engineering consulting for public and private companies. Industrial clients he has worked with range from small companies to global corporations in 29 countries. Bevan has attended church for over 66 years.
After experiencing multiple violent and non-violent crimes from a victim’s perspective, industrial and vehicle accidents, and fighting industrial and rural fires, Bevan understands and values safety, security, education, planning, training, and discretion. He draws heavily on the 100+ industrial safety courses he has completed in addition to personal experience and numerous church safety courses. As a Safety Coordinator and Safety Team member, Bevan has seen numerous safety incidents and challenges from the perspective of protecting and serving the congregation.
As a Christian, Bevan believes in the absolute need to witness of the Gospel to sinners and build love and trust in the church family. While this may make the church appear as a “soft” target for criminals, church leadership must have the wisdom and willingness to protect the church family from preventable harm. The purpose of this book is to encourage churches to establish a Safety Committee and Safety Teams within Scriptural guidelines.
Bevan Collins currently serves in Trinity Baptist Church in west Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is willing to assist other churches with consultation and mentoring as they work through the processes of creating, training, or improving their Safety Committees and Teams.
If a church or others would like to consult with Bevan Collins, his contact information is:
Bevan Collins
Bevan.C.Collins@gmail.com