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Riskier World Means More Church Security

Category: Getting Started, News Reports, Procedures and Policy Examples

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

By SHIRLEY RAGSDALE REGISTER RELIGION EDITOR October 30, 2005 Churches have long been considered safe havens from the evil of the outside world. No more. Across Iowa and the nation, churches increasingly are taking precautions to protect members by:

  • Issuing identification cards that are required before parents may pick up children from Sunday school classes.
  • Training and screening church leaders to recognize child abuse.
  • Installing sophisticated electronic surveillance equipment.
  • Monitoring sex offenders who may move from church to church.

Congregations face walking a fine line in fulfilling their mission to lead sinners to salvation while keeping members - especially children - safe. Churches today must be “wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove,” said Lori Jones , church administrator for Christ United Methodist Church in Davenport.



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