Creating a safer church means creating a strategic church safety plan. In our increasingly unpredictable society, churches must be more vigilant than ever. A strategic plan helps you evaluate, communicate, and mitigate safety issues in your church— wherever they might be hiding. Let’s go over three key steps to creating…
A Female P.I.’s Guide to Church Safety
By making small adjustments, we can create a safer and more welcoming environment. I bring a fresh female perspective to the table, backed up by my experiences working on a church staff, in a domestic violence court, at a Christian non-profit, and currently, as a private investigator and part of my church’s security team. I’ve got the experience to help you enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual safety at your church.
Silent Chains: Financial Abuse in Domestic Violence
October is National Domestic Violence awareness month. It’s estimated that family and domestic violence affects 10 million people every year. Because domestic violence is widely underreported, it’s hard to put full confidence in any statistic you might find on the subject. Many victims fear that reporting will actually make them…
3 Unexpected Safety Lessons from the Covenant School Shooting
Experiencing a tragedy like the recent Covenant School shooting in Nashville is incredibly difficult and overwhelming. Even those of us who did not have direct ties to anyone involved are moved by a profound sense of loss. The amount of media attention focused on Nashville, the school, transgender issues, and gun control…
How Do You Decide Who You Can Trust?
This world seems to be getting crazier all the time. But we don’t need to live in a state of fear, but in a state of awareness. Let’s talk about 5 must-knows about deciding who to trust and who to really keep an eye on.
The Farmer and the Viper: Lessons from the Guidepost Solutions SBC Report
As I read the shocking revelations of pervasive and systemic mishandling of sexual abuse allegations in the Southern Baptist Convention, it all had the disappointing feel of inevitability to me. Not because Southern Baptists are any less God fearing than other denominations, but because I believe that many in SBC…