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Church Security Resources
Practical guides for church safety teams, written by ChurchSecurityPlanner's founder.
New in the planning guide: church operational protection, the routine practices that keep services and ministries running safely.
Church Security Plan: How to Build One for Your Safety Team
How to form a safety team, write emergency protocols and coordinate volunteers.
Read the guide Updated November 5, 2026 GuideChurch Security Team Software: Why One App Beats Six
What breaks when a team runs on calendars, group texts and shared docs, and what one platform changes.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideSmall Church Security: Why Size Doesn’t Make You Safer
What effective security takes for a small congregation with a small team.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Security Plan Template: A Fill-In Outline for Your Team
A section-by-section outline of a church security plan you can copy, fill in and print.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Safety Team Policy and Procedures: What to Write Down
The policies and procedures a church safety and security team should put in writing, and how to keep them current.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Security Checklist: Before, During and After Services
A practical checklist for safety teams, from the building walk before doors open to the debrief after.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Security Team Roles and Responsibilities
The common roles on a church safety and security team, what each one does, and how to assign them.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Incident Report Template for Safety Teams
What a church incident report should capture, with a fill-in template your team can use after any incident.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Security Team Schedule Template
How to schedule a church safety team so every post is covered, with a fill-in weekly template.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Security Cameras: What to Cover and Where
Where cameras help a church safety team, what they cannot do, and a placement checklist by area.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Emergency Action Plan Template for Safety Teams
A fill-in emergency action plan for medical calls, fire, severe weather and evacuation, and what to write for a threat on site.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Safety Team Training Plan: A 12-Month Calendar
A year of training for a church safety team, month by month, with a training log to fill in.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Medical Response Team: Protocols and a Checklist
How a church medical response team is organized, what each person does, and a monthly first-aid kit and AED check.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Security Laws in Texas: The Statutes as Written
The Texas statutes on places where weapons are prohibited, trespass notice and volunteer security at places of worship, quoted from the official text.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideFlorida Church Security Law: The Statutes as Written
The Florida statutes on concealed carry on religious institutions’ property, volunteer armed security at places of worship and security grants, quoted from the official text.
Read the guide Updated November 4, 2026 GuideChurch Safety Team Communication: Radios, Phones and Plain Words
How a church safety team stays in touch during a service, with a radio-channel and plain-language message sheet to adapt.
Read the guide Updated November 5, 2026 GuideChurch Safety Software: A Buyer’s Checklist
Questions to ask any church safety or security software vendor before your team signs up.
Read the guide Updated November 5, 2026 GuideChurch Operational Protection: The Everyday Routines
The weekly, monthly and yearly routines that keep a church safety team ready, with a routine sheet to adapt.
Read the guide Updated November 5, 2026 GuideHow to Start a Church Safety Team
The first 90 days of a new church safety team, from leadership approval to the first drill, with a checklist to adapt.
Read the guide Updated November 5, 2026