Secure Church Conference Coming May 5-6
A conference designed to call attention to the importance of church security is being offered on May 5-7, 2017 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
The conference is open to all church staff, including senior pastors and church security team members. Topics will include legal issues for church security, how to identify potentially dangerous people, how to train church security teams, understanding the threat of terrorism, dealing with the mentally ill, preparing for an active assailant, medical issues for crisis periods, how the mind and body will respond in a crisis and other important topics.
“I would like to make all of our pastors and church personnel aware of this outstanding opportunity,” said Dennis Watkins, Director of Legal Services for the Church of God.. “This conference offers some of the leading experts in this field. One of the main sponsors, Mr. Tim Miller, already has worked closely with Church of God in the area of instruction on this subject.” Other presenters at the two-day event will be Mark Lundgren, a special FBI agent and director of security training, Miles Brey with the U.S. Secret Service, and Abe Groveman, a special weapons and tactics expert.
The conference will be held at the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, venue of Christ Fellowship Church. The dates of the conference are May 5-6, 2017. For information on the conference please go to www.securechurch2017.com.
“I am recommending that all of our constituents avail themselves of this outstanding conference, if possible,” Watkins concluded.
