(November 30) 'Beloved' Pastor Found Dead In Church Carpentry Workshop After 'Tragic' Woodworking Accident
Jimmy Jeanfreau Jr., 60, is suspected to have died at some point on Monday night after sustaining traumatic injuries, according to authorities. A Louisiana pastor was found dead on Tuesday...
(November 24) I Was At The Church To Steal – Man, 46, Caught With Lady's Bag Tells Police
A 46-year old man, Henry Chimezie, who went to a church in Lagos, pretended to be a worshipper and then stole a bag containing mobile phone belonging to a woman, has confessed to the Police that he...
(November 17) Man Arrested For Hate Crimes Against Local Church Members
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) arrested a man for hate crimes against a local Pentecostal church on Tuesday, November 15th. Miguel Campos, 31, was arrested and booked into the...
(November 10) Three Arrests Made In Connection To Shooting At Vestavia Hills Church Basketball Court
The Vestavia Hills Police Department announced three arrests in connection to a shooting at Shades Mountain Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. Timothy Earl Wynn III, 18, is charged with...
A comprehensive road map to improve your church safety
STEP 1: Create a Strong Security Culture
- Canvas the views of your church, vestry, sexton, vergers, lay leadership, pastors, and executive directors to name a few. Obtaining leadership views on safety and security before...
STEP ONE: CONDUCT A POLICY AUDIT
The best way to keep your children safe from harm is to review all the procedures that you have in place that will keep them safe from physical and emotional harm. Let's take a look over four key areas for some quick wins to improve your children's safety.
- Do you...
Why are security policies & procedures important?
We could perhaps rephrase this question to a statement. That many organizations do not have adequate policies and procedures that cover the most common modern-day risks that we know exist. Such as active shooters, bomb threats, workplace...
7 Tips for developing your safety program
Developing and implementing a safety program can be a difficult endeavor, especially if you are in charge of facilities, operations, or when your job has secondary responsibilities. Where do you begin when there is so much to learn? What should you do in...
Making Organizations Safer
"The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty "
-PROVERBS 22:3
When starting a security program there is a desire to jump straight towards implementing a safety team, but this can cause many organizations to overlook what perhaps...
(November 03) Bell Stolen From Baptist Church In Rockingham
A bell has gone missing from a church in rural North Carolina, and deputies are looking for a suspect who left behind a pile of rubble where the bell rang. According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, someone destroyed...
(October 27) Gulf Breeze Church's Negligence Opened Door For Youth Pastor's Sex Crimes, Lawsuit Claims
Gulf Breeze Methodist Church officials did not follow their own policies, which opened the door to a 13-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by a youth pastor, claims the lawyer who filed a...
(October 19) New Orleans Minister Admits Stealing Almost $900K From His Church, Parishioners
Rev. Charles Southall III has pleaded guilty to money laundering after defrauding First Emanuel Baptist Church and a charter school of close to a million dollars. A New Orleans minister has admitted...
