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OUR STORY

Working Together Towards a Better and Safer Tomorrow

The Coalition began in September 2015 with a meeting of 10 security leaders from 6 churches. We were simply trying to deal with the challenges of safety and security in our Churches. We started with very different perspectives and a willingness to work together and share what we had.

 

At the beginning of 2020 we are nearly 100 member organizations and more than 1000 security and safety team members have attended one of our meetings, trainings or events.


The Security Leaders Coalition continues to grow and has become a place where we learn from experts, share lessons learned, and encourage each other to take the next step in making every organization a safer place to worship God.
 

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"I love your coalition -- one of the best ran coalitions in the nation. Keep up the great work in the Detroit area"

Carl Chinn - President, Faith Based Security Network

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"Keystone church is med-sized, with about 300 regular attenders. Like most churches, we simply cannot pay for costly, for-profit church security training. The SLC enables our church to get leading-edge education and training as well as invaluable best practices and benchmarking."

Ed Krause, Keystone Church

SLC IN THE NEWS

Conference prepares churches for active shooter situations

Metro Detroit's religious community is getting serious about security in the wake of recent church and school shootings across the country.

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Metro Detroit security, faith-based leaders participate in crisis training seminar

Security leaders from 50 local churches and synagogues gathered in Detroit on Saturday for a first of its kind safety conference.

Local security leaders gather in Detroit for seminar on safety at houses of worship

Security leaders from 50 local churches and synagogues gathered in Detroit on Saturday for a first of its kind safety conference.

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Coalition Trains Faith Organizations to Respond

The number of violent incidents in churches is on the rise. That’s according to a group that trains religious organizations in Southeast Michigan to prepare and respond to violence in houses of worship.

Seminar touts safety at Metro Detroit houses of worship

It’s a question few parishioners want to ask but one that resonates: “What happens if violence strikes a house of worship?”

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Church shootings: Metro Detroit churches learn how to protect their congregations

The churches are responding to the increasing number of mass shootings targeting churches in the last few years,

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