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Happy New Year and Welcome to the Unlovely Truth. I'm your host church safety advocate and coach Lori Morrison. I help ministry leaders assess and address the 12 critical safety issues that exist in every church. Our churches need to be the safest places in our communities, so my mission on this podcast is to give you actionable steps to make your house of worship a true sanctuary in your community. Let’s investigate the unlovely truth about real crime stories happening in real churches. I've got three cases to explore today, so let's dive right in.
2025 is a great time to resolve to help your church increase its safety across all areas of potential concern. Since you are listening to the podcast, you’re off to a promising start!
Proverbs 21:21-22 (NIV)
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor. One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
There is so much wisdom packed into these two short verses - it’s why I love Proverbs so much. We all want life, prosperity, and honor for our churches, right? Proverbs gives us a simple recipe to create it for our congregations. We simply pursue righteousness. Of course, we can’t attain complete righteousness on our own, but only through the sacrifice of Jesus. But here we are told that life, prosperity, and honor can be ours if we just pursue righteousness. I think that looks a lot like doing things the way Jesus would. And if we are wise, we can go up against those who aren’t leading well and cast aside the strongholds they hold dear. So I want to ask you: what strongholds are there in your church that get in the way of truly protecting the most vulnerable among you? Point them out and help leaders deal with them so that your church becomes an even more life-giving place for all.
Let me know what you think of this episode! Send me an email a [email protected] or message me on social media. I love it when people are willing to have hard, but impactful conversations that strengthen physical, emotional, and spiritual safety in our churches.
Important points from this episode include:
Visit my website to access more episodes. If you would like to contact me about booking me as a speaker or ask about my consulting services, please email me at [email protected].
Ways you can support the work of The Unlovely Truth:
Buy Me a Coffee to help me continue to offer free church security advice on the podcast
Share the episode
Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest
Check out my Amazon Author Page to find resources on personal safety, and safety training for churches.
Read more about today’s cases:
Potential new church law
Run and hide saves the day
Christian School Safety
Subscribe to Worship Security newsletter (and read articles by me from time to time!)
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By Lori Morrison
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Happy New Year and Welcome to the Unlovely Truth. I'm your host church safety advocate and coach Lori Morrison. I help ministry leaders assess and address the 12 critical safety issues that exist in every church. Our churches need to be the safest places in our communities, so my mission on this podcast is to give you actionable steps to make your house of worship a true sanctuary in your community. Let’s investigate the unlovely truth about real crime stories happening in real churches. I've got three cases to explore today, so let's dive right in.
2025 is a great time to resolve to help your church increase its safety across all areas of potential concern. Since you are listening to the podcast, you’re off to a promising start!
Proverbs 21:21-22 (NIV)
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor. One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
There is so much wisdom packed into these two short verses - it’s why I love Proverbs so much. We all want life, prosperity, and honor for our churches, right? Proverbs gives us a simple recipe to create it for our congregations. We simply pursue righteousness. Of course, we can’t attain complete righteousness on our own, but only through the sacrifice of Jesus. But here we are told that life, prosperity, and honor can be ours if we just pursue righteousness. I think that looks a lot like doing things the way Jesus would. And if we are wise, we can go up against those who aren’t leading well and cast aside the strongholds they hold dear. So I want to ask you: what strongholds are there in your church that get in the way of truly protecting the most vulnerable among you? Point them out and help leaders deal with them so that your church becomes an even more life-giving place for all.
Let me know what you think of this episode! Send me an email a [email protected] or message me on social media. I love it when people are willing to have hard, but impactful conversations that strengthen physical, emotional, and spiritual safety in our churches.
Important points from this episode include:
Visit my website to access more episodes. If you would like to contact me about booking me as a speaker or ask about my consulting services, please email me at [email protected].
Ways you can support the work of The Unlovely Truth:
Buy Me a Coffee to help me continue to offer free church security advice on the podcast
Share the episode
Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest
Check out my Amazon Author Page to find resources on personal safety, and safety training for churches.
Read more about today’s cases:
Potential new church law
Run and hide saves the day
Christian School Safety
Subscribe to Worship Security newsletter (and read articles by me from time to time!)
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