Church Security Answer Man

So I always want to start out these type of discussions reminding us about balance.  We have to have balance between a safe and secure environment for our people, families and ministry staff and a friendly and welcoming environment.  So you may have a ministry leader that talks about being “low key” on security or a leader who talks about scaring off people with too much of a security presence.   I want to say that even though I am very big on the idea of needing some security for our ministries, I am a definite supporter of balance.  When I train church security personnel in seminars I always mention that fact that I think for most churches, security should be a plain clothes team that is not detected, trained as much as they can, with a solid plan of operation.  Having a solid operation is key in my mind.  What I mean by that is that I challenge myself and my team often enough that when something happens I handle it or we handle it.   If someone stands up and interrupts the ministry service, you or your tea