Church Security

[momi]

I'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around these recent church shootings - South Carolina and Texas. Apparently there are no longer any sacred places and churches are not off limits to demons using people to wreck havoc.

Do you know if your church has a security plan or protocol in place for (God-forbid) situations like this? Does your church have armed security?

I'd like to know everyone's thoughts about having armed security in churches.

 

[LadyPBC]

Unfortunately armed security has become a necessary evil. It is costly though so it will probably not be provided around the clock. Someone wandered into our church last Friday evening (a woman), the janitor asked if he could assist her. She eventually told him that she was there to kill the Pastor

 

[GodsPromises]

We were just talking about that last night at our Admin meeting at church. We are definitely going to be working on a plan and will be forming an ad-hoc community to figure out the best course of action

 

[crlsweetie912]

I'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around these recent church shootings - South Carolina and Texas. Apparently there are no longer any sacred places and churches are not off limits to demons using people to wreck havoc.

Do you know if your church has a security plan or protocol in place for (God-forbid) situations like this? Does your church have armed security?

I'd like to know everyone's thoughts about having armed security in churches.

My church has a few officers on the security team. One is at the front and the other is closest to the pastor. I'm sure that there are others I may not know about. And there are several law enforcement officers that carry inside of the church. It's a shame when this even has to be discussed.

 

[momi]

Unfortunately armed security has become a necessary evil. It is costly though so it will probably not be provided around the clock. Someone wandered into our church last Friday evening (a woman), the janitor asked if he could assist her. She eventually told him that she was there to kill the Pastor

I'm shocked! Wow - was she arrested?

 

[momi]

My church has a few officers on the security team. One is at the front and the other is closest to the pastor. I'm sure that there are others I may not know about. And there are several law enforcement officers that carry inside of the church. It's a shame when this even has to be discussed.

A shame indeed.

 

[Sheriberi]

So far we don't have security guards. Our church has a preschool, so on Sundays the church follows the same emergency procedures that have been set in place for the preschool.