HEY !...Look at the younger members also...16 + proper teaching and mentoring ...welllll
Fair enough. It's all about money rather than anything else after all. We could even shorten to just "don't mess with the money"Considering that Capitalism, in the Adam Smith sense, did not exist at the time, it is more of "Don't mess with the money lending central bank."
Have Tee from Warrior12.com...."God gave his Archangels weapons because even the Almighty knew you don't fight Evil with tolerance and understanding." Most individuals are sheep, not sheep dogs.....it's is easier to ignore ...until Evil comes No-Knock-Knocking.I've been wanting to do this for a long time and today I finally called a meeting of all the men of my church and presented them with my idea.
Here's the rub.
My church is very small. I'm talking a good Sunday service is less than 30 members. With ALL of the men present this morning, there were 9 of us, including the preacher. Of those 9, one of them (my son in law) is 27, another man is 39, I'm 51 and the other 6 are 60+. So I'm not sure the majority of them are up for the task.
Then there's the whole stigma about hurting their fellow man and/or taking another person's life. I responded with, "nothing scares me more than to kill another human being. But it would be better than watching a member of my church family get hurt or killed while I am unable to do anything."
Anyway, I actually received a good response from most of the men. A few of them didn't say anything. I assured them that Christ supported men who protect their own. Luke 22:36 supports this.
So. Anybody here a member of a church security team? Anything I can do to motivate these guys and be successful? Thanks in advance.
The church next to where I live has a paid off-duty sheriff officer that sits in his unit while parked next to the front entrance of the church building. Seems to work just fine.Good on you.
We have a team, and we have paid off-duty law enforcement at every service. We have a meeting scheduled in a couple of weeks, though, and I think we need to take things a little more seriously.
Actually if you really look it, it's very much like investing in the stock market. A person is told to believe that there will be a great future reward if they choose to believe and invest today. The outcome though, is very much dependent on the individual themselves.There's always that. But only a theory.
The church next to where I live has a paid off-duty sheriff officer that sits in his unit while parked next to the front entrance of the church building. Seems to work just fine.
I attend there, too, at the early morning (traditional) service in the chapel. Heard about the incident you describe, though. The security team at the 8:30am service is impressive, also.I go to Crossings OKC and have observed the security team and where most of them are during the service. 2 weeks ago a strange acting guy with a backpack came in mid service and sat on the 3rd row. He kept rummaging through his backpack. A security team member went to sit beside him and 2 others took up positions nearby. At the end of the service 2 other members escorted Pastor Marty off the other side of the stage. It is always wise to have trained members in attendance this day and age. Who knows what the guy was up to, if anything but they handled it well. I didn’t see what happened after the service with him.
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