CHURCHES NEED PRUDENCE,
VIGILANCE & PREPAREDNESS
A recent episode of my radio show, “Free Expression,” featured an interview with Rob Chadwick, former FBI agent and now Director of Training and Education for the U.S. Concealed Carry Association. We spoke about the need for churches — in particular, Catholic parishes — to have plans in place to guard against violent attacks.
Our discussion occurred a few weeks after an attack on an Evangelical church in Wayne, Michigan, during which a security team killed the attacker. That team, all members of the congregation, had just attended a church security seminar conducted by USCCA.
This week’s suicide attack on Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, during which two children were killed and 17 other people wounded, underscores the need for church security even more dramatically. And the shock which this incident has engendered demonstrates a truth about most Christians…