You know it needs done. But you are busy. You have read about it, prayed about it... but you are too busy to address this critical concern. In our business, we call it being too busy pedaling the bicycle to fix the flat tire. Let us handle it.
Sheepdog Security Ministry will walk with you through the process of setting up your Security Ministry team.
This involves all of the following as you choose to implement them:
- Hiring and training a Director of Security Ministry
- Providing template forms for the Ministry
- Writing and approving initial security policies
- Writing and providing all forms required to run a Security Ministry
- contacting your insurance company to acquire discounts and assistance
- speaking with your local law enforcement to let them know what you are doing
- Training all security personnel in the following
- Situation Awareness
- Dealing with aggravated church members
- Team Communication
- Incident reporting
- Physical containment of most situations
- Dealing with violence
- self-defense in violent situations
- Defending Church Members in a violent confrontation
- Weapons training if members are desiring to carry concealed pistols as provided by law
- Training you, the Pastor, from your unique position at the pulpit to guide the security team in the event of a situation.
- Speaking with your congregation about the formation of this ministry
- Speaking with your Church's financial and management councils.
- Preparing other parts of a security ministry of desired, including
- Medical response procedures
- Parking Lot Ministry (securing the church members belongings during services)
- Disaster preparedness
- Child Protection for youth ministry (Safe Environment Implementation)
- Physical security assessment of the church itself and it's valuables
- Protect the grounds through the use of technology and vigilance
- protect the inside of the church through alarming strategies and monitoring strategies
- For Catholics- Protect the Holy Eucharist from defamation or theft. (This is a rising trend as Black masses are popping up all over the country.
All of these services are provided as a custom package of consulting. We are aware that you are a very busy as a pastor or as a church administrator and we want to walk with you and see that this gets done outside of the limitations of your busy schedule. We know what you need to do, let us get it done, hire the right people and put them in place, then support them and you on an ongoing basis.
We have many resources available to train and support your teams.