LEARN
Church Safety and Security Online Training
Recieve a Certificate of Completion or Associates Degree
Endorsed by:
Centurion Bible College
Vienna, WV
Online Classes to Help You Establish Foundational Principles and Set Up a Church Safety & Security Team! Certificate Program or Associates Degree on your schedule!
Make a Difference in Your Ministry!
High Quality Classes
Class designed by experts in the field of Church Safety & Security.
Flexible Schedule
Designed to easily fit in your busy, crazy schedule whether you are full time in ministry or a volunteer within your place of worship!
Unapologetically Solid
With a Biblical focus, the class is designed to emphasize Biblical truths from God's Word.
One Year Church Safety & Security Certificate or Two Years Associate Programs
Perfect introduction to the world of safety and security for any pastor, priest, church leader or layman. Get a better understanding of how to protect your ministry and be prepared!
Through the one year class or associates degree classes, complete a solid program to get your safety or security team started at your church or place of worship. This program walks you through learning and understanding how this content best applies to your church.
Certificate Program: 9 Classes*
Associates Program: 18 Classes*
*First Responder/Life Experience (depending on content of experience) may be used as a substitute for class. Contact us for more details!
All classes are 4 weeks in length and can be completed in any particular order. All classes are online with a weekly, interactive instructor component and are 3 credits. Credit cost is $80 per credit unit. Resources for class (video series, books, etc.) are extra; costs vary each class.
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Easy classes that fit into your schedule!
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Online and can be done anywhere!
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Improve your impact on the community!
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Better protect your church members!
DOES YOUR CHURCH HAVE LESS THAN 250 IN ATTENDANCE?
YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE PROGRAM!
ONE YEAR CERTIFICATE
A Biblical Foundation for Church Safety & Security
4 Week Class CSS-001
3 Credit Class
The learner will have a better understanding of the Biblical concepts of having a safety or security ministry team and how such a team will better the overall function and mission of the church or place of worship.
Church Safety & Security Basics
4 Week Class CSS-002
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a better understanding of how to start a safety/security ministry in their church, and the specific mechanical/operational considerations.
Emergency Management
4 Week Class CSS-003
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a better understanding of how planning leads to preparedness and emergency management can impact a disaster in a positive, problem solving way and represent the church as the public information officer.
Special Events and Disasters in the Community
4 Week Class CSS-004
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a better understanding of how the chain of command works, how events can be better supported in the community, and social media can be impacted by a safety or security team.
Being Prepared for the Unpredictable
4 Week Class CSS-005
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have an onboarding process for volunteers; including understanding and developing requirements for team volunteers, and the importance of background checks.
Designing Policies & Procedures
4 Week Class CSS-006
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have an onboarding process for volunteers; including understanding and developing requirements for team volunteers, and the importance of background checks.
Understanding Suspicious Behavior
4 Week Class CSS-007
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a deeper understanding the characteristics that dictate potentially suspicious behavior based on the overall actions of individuals attending church.
Church Safety & Security Dynamics
4 Week Class CSS-008
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a better understanding of how a safety or security team can impact the culture of the church in its ministry operations. Case Studies of past church incidents will be reviewed.
Inspire, Influence, Impact Your Ministry
4 Week Class CSS-009
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a solid understanding of leading a team of volunteers, how the Servant Leadership model can help, and how to motivate and engage volunteers through a discipleship process.
Two Year Associates Degree in Church Safety & Security
(Includes above and below classes)
Servant Leadership
(Leading Your Team)
4 Week Class CSS-010
3 Credit Class
Upon completion of the class, the learner will better understand the model of Servant Leadership as possibly the best leadership model to use with church safety or security team leadership.
Creating Vision for Your Safety and Security Team
4 Week Class CSS-011
3 Credit Class
Upon completion of the class, the learner will understand the importance of creating and casting vision for your safety or security team, along with principles that different generations value for motivation and engagement.
Protecting Your Children
4 Week Class CSS-012
3 Credit Class
Upon completion of this class, the learner will understand the signs to look for for the sexual exploitations of children and what the church can to do protect their children's ministries from being subject to abuse or trafficking.
Handling Vehicle & Parking
Lot Safety
4 Week Class CSS-013
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will understand a methodology and fundamental structure to staying safe on the outside grounds of the church campus and in the parking lot. Learn how to address parking lot safety.
Verbal De-Escalation
4 Week Class CSS-014
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a working knowledge of best practices for de-escalating volatile situations and better understand the tactics to deploy that can help with stressful or volatile situations in their church.
Liability For Your Church
(Litigation for Your Church)
4 Week Class CSS-015
3 Credit Class
Upon completion the learner will have a better understanding- the considerations of risk assessment and the inherently liability that comes along with that; topics of discussion are mitigating risk to reduce liability for churches and enhance ministry operations.
Handling the Active Shooter
4 Week Class CSS-016
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will research the history of active shooters in places of worship, in the United States, and prepare a plan to address potential concerns with their own place of worship.
Best Practices for Your Church
4 Week Class CSS-017
3 Credit Class
Upon completion the learner will understand what is considered best practices for running a church safety or security team, and some specific considerations for the ministry team.
Church Safety & Security Internship - Part 1
4 Week Class CSS-018
3 Credit Class
Upon completion- the learner will have the opportunity, with hands on learning, to start or operate a safety or security ministry and receive college credit for this supervised activity.
Church Safety & Security Internship Part - 2
4 Week Class CSS-019
3 Credit Class
Upon completion, the learner will have a better understanding of how the chain of command works, how events can be better supported in the community, and social media can be impacted by a safety or security team.
First Responder/Life Experience
4 Week Class CSS-020
3 Credit Class
Upon completion the learner will submit documented information on classes or work experience they have accomplished for active college credit towards the program. Credit is based on determination by Centurion Bible College.
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Church Ministry/Life Experience
4 Week Class CSS-021
3 Credit Class
Upon completion the learner will submit documented information on ministry or church experience they have accomplished for active college credit towards the program. Credit is based on determination by Centurion Bible College.