Church Security Talk

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In this episode of the podcast. We provide three steps to enhance emergency preparedness at your church or non-profit. Here they are! 

1. How to identify all your potential emergencies

2. How to determine your next action steps

3. How to conduct drills and tabletop exercises

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In today’s episode I’m talking with Hannah Sorvik Fordice, a writer an advocate with a passion for ending domestic violence. She developed House of Faith and Freedom to help equip the local church to prayerfully and effectively deal with domestic violence situations in their congregation and surrounding community.

Hannah shares three things that church leaders can do to help domestic violence victims. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Human Services Forensic Behavioral Health from Concordia University, St. Paul. In addition, she has experience working with various non-profits around the area of domestic violence, victim services, and volunteer management.

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In today’s episode I’m talking with Erika Cole, Erika known as the Church Attorney, is one of only a handful of attorneys in the nation who practices exclusively in the area of church law.

Whether handling an unexpected legal crisis or legal audit or helping churches through the buying, selling and construction of property, Erika’s philosophy has remained the same: to provide the same level of excellence, diligence, and counsel across the board.

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In today’s episode I’m talking with my friend Kris Moloney the founder of Sheepdog Church Security. When I first started out on my church security journey a decade ago you could search church security in Google and get 1-2 hits. These days it’s thousands but Kris like is one of the pioneers that led the path for others to follow.

In today’s episode Kris shares his personal journey into church security, current trends from across the country and what you can do to stay safe.

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In today’s episode I’m talking with Melissa Agnes, she is the Founder of the Crisis Ready Institute, author of the book Crisis Ready, TEDx speaker and internationally known expert on crisis management.

Melissa shares that Crisis Ready is not about crisis management. Management is what happens after the negative event has occurred. Readiness is what is done to build an INVINCIBLE brand, where negative situations don't occur and even if they do, they're instantly overcome in a way that leads to increased organizational trust, credibility, and goodwill.

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In today’s episode I’m talking with Pastor Frank Pomeroy the pastor of First Baptist Church Sutherland Springs Texas who in November 2017 lost twenty-six people from his church community. Who were killed at the hands of an armed shooter, one of those being his 14-year-old daughter. Frank shares how the church recovered following the deadly attack and provides a message of hope. This episode is dedicated to the twenty-six people who lost their lives.

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In today’s episode I’m talking with Stephen Willeford known as either “the barefoot defender” or “the good guy with a gun” Stephen is best known for tackling and shooting back at an armed shooter during the deadliest mass church shooting in U.S history. November 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs Texas 26 people lost their lives at the hands of an armed shooter.

This conversation takes a slightly different approach to dive deep into the mindset of taking the life of another person.

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In this four-part interview series, I talk with Dr. James Densley about the four things that mass shooters generally have in common.

Dr. James Densley is Professor and Department Chair of Criminal Justice at Metro State University. He is also co-founder of the Violence Project, best known for having one of the most comprehensive database into mass shootings in America.

Densley is the author and co-author of seven books, including the award-winning book, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic, 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals, and over 90 book chapters, essays, and other works such as CNN, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington post. 

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In this four-part interview series, I talk with Dr. James Densley about the four things that mass shooters generally have in common.

Dr. James Densley is Professor and Department Chair of Criminal Justice at Metro State University. He is also co-founder of the Violence Project, best known for having one of the most comprehensive database into mass shootings in America.

Densley is the author and co-author of seven books, including the award-winning book, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic, 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals, and over 90 book chapters, essays, and other works such as CNN, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington post.

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In this four-part interview series, I talk with Dr. James Densley about the four things that mass shooters generally have in common.

Dr. James Densley is Professor and Department Chair of Criminal Justice at Metro State University. He is also co-founder of the Violence Project, best known for having one of the most comprehensive database into mass shootings in America.

Densley is the author and co-author of seven books, including the award-winning book, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic, 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals, and over 90 book chapters, essays, and other works such as CNN, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington post.

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