This is an important question for struggling congregations. It may seem that everyone is overworked now and adding more responsibilities would be too much. There may be serious leadership limitations that prevent the forming of a Safety Committee and Safety Teams. These may include one …
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How Will Your Church Respond?
During a safety incident, people normally do what they are trained to do. If there is no training, then people do whatever seems natural at the time. Unfortunately, this is often the wrong response. Even a limited amount of training often produces a better result.
Read MoreIs Safety at Your Church A “Train Wreck”?
Some churches reduce safety to what is minimal for many reasons. Sometimes church members are so overworked they refuse to take on any more responsibilities. In other cases, members have the mistaken belief that calling 911 will solve their needs–or that serious safety incidents “will …
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A Practical Guide to Church Safety
This book was updated in April, 2023, and is a guide for churches developing an effective safety organization to serve all of the needs of the church while obeying the Gospel of Christ. This guide fits especially small to medium size churches. From Amazon.com $21.00
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Does Your Church Fight over Safety?
A calm and intentional approach to working through safety needs and practices for churches is available. Some topics such as children’s safety and security can be divisive. The book Intentional Church Safety (Bevan Collins, 2022, Amazon.com) is a practical guide to understanding these concerns and …
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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. Bevan has attended church for over 66 years. After experiencing multiple violent and non-violent …
Read MoreHelp for Churches to Improve Safety!
Intentional Church Safety, Available from Amazon.com Safety in churches is about love, forward thinking, training, and action. This is easy because the principles are logical and easy to teach. It is hard because the “natural” reactions of many people are to do the opposite of …
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It was about four years ago a question was raised about our church security. The question was raised in response to some high-profile attacks on churches. Church security? We hadn’t given much thought to it. Sure, there was a general sense that we must be …
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Churches are Refuges of Hope
Churches should be refuges away from the hatred, crime, indifference, and hopelessness of the world. Christian churches are to be Light to our world. Ephesians 5: 8“for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light 9(for …
Read More Calm Your Church’s Anxiety
This book provides a calm and intentional approach to working through safety needs and practices. Some topics such as children’s safety and security can be divisive. This book is a practical guide to understanding these concerns and calmly working through them. The only fixed points …
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