Prince George's County police have arrested two suspects in the armed robbery of thousands of dollars from a Lanham church Monday morning. The church was robbed while children were present for summer camp.

A month after a gunman entered a church during a Sunday night service and staged a robbery in Bel Air, the Harford County Sheriff's Office is asking places of worship to take extra precautions.

The Guardian Call was written by Stephen Paulson, an Associate Pastor of Greater Grace Church in Portland, OR and provides one of the best insights into why some are called to be a protector of others, be it children, the elderly, weak, oppressed or just our fellow church family members. Please read the following and let your heart be touched. For his Name. Jack The Guardian Call by Stephen Paulson How is it that catastrophic mass murder has suddenly become a regular part of American life? I had just returned home from an early church service on December 9 to find the breaking news headline about a shooting at Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Arvada, CO.

This is a headline that we will often see. CCTV systems will sometimes help prevent a crime from happening due to the perceived deterrence factor, however unless the system is being monitored by an on site security staff, it is mostly used to provide a record of what happened to the police or courts. This does not mean that a system is useless but do not believe that the presence of a CCTV system will make you or your church immune to acts of violence. Choosing the correct system and defining the proper location of the cameras is critical to having an effective. The following link to a sexual assault in church shows that the CCTV System provided valuable information to permit the capture of the assailant. The story also illustrates that the woman has a defensive attitude that led her to defend herself with an improvised weapon, her pen.

Here is an interesting article we found from The Des Moines Register. It has a very nice summary of why churches are starting security teams.

Keeping members safe is modern mission