Hope Isn't a Plan:
Is Your Church a Sitting Duck?

Denial isn't just stupid—it has no survival value. Acting as though the wolves only hunt other sheep in other pastures? That's not faith, that's wishful thinking. So why then do many Christian churches (along with synagogues) opt not to have safety teams?

Are they counting on G-d's divine protection? G-d helps those who help themselves and standing unprepared for evil to come knocking has real-world consequences for real people.

I've been to a handful of churches that have top notch safety teams and like many, I've been to churches that not only had multiple unlocked and unmonitored entrances — some dark by the way — that had no safety team at all. Unfortunately, unprepared or ill-prepared is still the norm. Yes, even at events and major religious holidays that bring crowds.

These unprotected churches are sitting ducks. At one Christmas Eve service I attended, no one had radios or earpieces. No one, save a dad or three who looked like hard-charging alphas, were anywhere to be seen or found. And those men clearly were on dad duty, not part of a safety and security team. …