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The Church Security Alliance is an online community of pastors and laymen and women who have a shared concern for the safety and well-being of their congregation.
When you sign up to be a member, you have access to training videos, podcasts, articles, newsfeeds, forums, and more. We recognize every church has different needs dependent upon location and size, and a cookie-cutter solution isn't what you need. Church Security Alliance exists to help regular folks develop church security and safety plans to help you protect your church, to stay informed regarding church security incidents throughout the world.
The small investment to join Church Security Alliance is $19.99 per year. Your membership gives you full member privileges with complete access to the website, and you are given special discounts on products.
It is human nature to wait for something bad to happen. Churches today have been devastated by violence. The unthinkable occurs on a regular basis.
What church security information are you searching for? The task can be intimidating, but we want to help you find the right resources, connect with like-minded people, and reduce your church's risk of liability.
If you have found this site out of a real need to provide security for your church, you will not be sorry if you join. We have been working hard to create a place for those already on a church security team, or those searching for the best information in order to get a team going.
Behind the walls of this website is a knowledge base on church security, safety, defensive tactics, team building, and more. Your low cost membership enables us to share this information with churches throughout the world, and helps build a community of men and women who want to help protect their fellow church members. Join today and gain immediate access to the security information, sharpen your skills, and contribute to our community. We look forward to getting to know you.
Featured Resources
- Basics Of Church Security - New Manual Tells You How to Get Started.
"Help! My Pastor Wants Me To Start A Security Ministry and I Don't Know Where to Begin!"
Want to begin a church security ministry, but find yourself overwhelmed by the task? Are you overwhelmed by the thought of organizing a safety team? This "How to Get Started" Guide takes you by the hand and explains everything your church should consider when planning for church security and safety. Where to start, what to do, who to talk with, how to train and much more are explained in 100+ page guide that answers your church security questions.Read More»- Easy Church Security Manual
"Finally, A Church Security Kit That Takes Away The Guess Work and Saves You Precious Time."
If you are looking for an instant policy manual, a dozen incident reporting forms, and a presentation for church management, then your search is over. This one CD will save you months of planning, meeting, and hours of time. Get your program rolling in under 60 minutes... Read More»- [Video Church Security Training]: Church Security and Using Firearms As Force
Church security and use of force with a firearm. Using a firearm in the church setting is usually the only way to stop someone intent on killing people in your church with a gun. You can shoot from a distance, from behind cover, and if you've done you part and trained, you can hit the violent person and save lives. Choosing to carry a firearm is a big decision, but if you do it, train for it like your life depends on it...because it does. Watch the third part of Use of Force for Church Security below...
Read More»- Church Security Use of Force Liability Reduction DVD
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The risk of using force in a church security operation is a great source of potential liability for any church. Recent events involving church related shootings, robberies, burglaries, and attacks have churches scrambling to place competent security in place using volunteers. The church security training DVD helps your team know how to protect themselves, while reducing your church's liability.
- What Can your Church Security Team Legally Do?
One of the concerns that many churches have when they look at establishing a Safety or Security Team is what are they legally permitted to do? Putting aside the well known separation of church and state limitations that exist, we all know that churches are required to follow both state and federal guidelines on many issues such as fire codes, employment regulations, food preparation standards, etc. When we look at the legal requirements, trying to understand what regulations apply to a church security team can be a very taxing experience. Adding to the situation is the fact that the laws and regulations in two neighboring states can be vastly different. Some states have minimal regulations while others are very extensive. In some states a church team must be a “Safety Team” not a “Security Team”. Finally, being “paid” verses “volunteer” can also determine what regulation you operate under. To help understand the process that your church will need to embark on, I reviewed the regulations for private security for Ohio. The journey to try to understand the regulations for our state lead me to contact the Ohio Department of Public Safety as detailed below.
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Latest Resources
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Security at Places of Worship: More Than a Matter of Faith
Here is a recent article from STRATFOR, collects and analyzes intelligence from every part of the world — offering insights on political, economic or military developments. www.stratfor.com
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SoCal Churches Advocate Concealed Carry!!!!!!
The genius of concealed carry of handguns is that would-be murderers remain uncertain as to who is armed and who isn’t. This is true for everyone interested in being as safe as they can be from future violence, because it comes to the realization of specific unalterable realities: you’re on your own.
This week some Southern California Church Leaders came to that very same conclusion, and took up a position advocating not only a very discreet security presence of professionals, but also took the advice of their consultants and adopted the policy of advocating concealed carry of handguns among the congregation.
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Maryville Church Shooting Interview
Church Security Interview: First Baptist Church of Maryville experienced a horror nobody should ever have to experience. Captain Brad Wells, Chief Detective for the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, was on scene March 8, 2009 after Pastor Fred Wilson was shot while he preached from the pulpit. In this audio interview with Glen Evans, Captain Wells describes the challenges responding officers faced when the investigation began and some insights we who provide security for church can all learn from.
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Church’s youth choir falls ill; swine flu suspected
At least 30 children in a Plano church’s youth choir group on a bus trip to Colorado have fallen ill, perhaps stricken from the swine flu.
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Church Local Mission Trip Team Witnesses Shooting
Pensacola, FL-A 17-year-old boy shot a man in the face Sunday afternoon as church members passed out food and water at an Escambia County mobile home park where water service was cut off, authorities said.
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Jeffrey Kimbrough, 41, was still in critical condition at a local hospital this afternoon. The Pensacola man was shot about 3:30 […] -
Church Security Video: Cover vs. Concealment
Understanding the use of cover is extremely important when rounds are being fired. Knowing how to shoot around cover and leaving your body barely exposed is the ultimate goal when using cover.
In this video, Glen Evans, co-founder of Church Security Alliance, demonstrates the difference in cover, how to distinguish the two, and how to shoot around cover. Additionally, he teaches you how and why you would want to shoot on the move.
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Building Church Security From The Ground Up
Glen Evans interviews CSA member Matt Loomis on what it took to get his church security team established:
Concerned pastors and laymen come to the Church Security Alliance for simple advice about beginning a church security team or a church medical team. Our focus is helping churches establish security protocols, policies and procedures, and guiding them in the process of establishing working teams.
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Church Security Threats
The three recent high profile shootings illustrate a growing need for churches to assess their security strengths and weaknesses. The shooting of a high profile abortion doctor, the shooting of an army recruiter, and the attack at the National Holocaust Museum have one thing in common, namely, the physical manifestation of violence to substantiate an ideological belief.
In a world where the individual is celebrated, where the individual feels entitled, and where the individual has a message that must be heard, the individual will strike a target that justifies his message and causes scrutiny by the media.
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N.Y. school official wrestles gunman to floor
A gunman identified as a former New York City police officer is in custody after the superintendent of schools in South Orangetown, N.Y., wrestled him to the floor of his office, the Westchester Journal News is reporting.
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Gunman kills guard at Holocaust Museum
Today security guards stopped an armed gunman who opened fire at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. One guard was fatally wounded while two other returned fire to halt the shooter before he could engage any of the visitors to the museum. Below are some of the known details’
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