The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management Forms Strategic Alliance with Southern Seminary to Co-Sponsor the First Annual Conference Focusing on Church Safety
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management, LLC (ICSARM) is pleased to announce a joint effort with The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky to present the first ever “Vigilance Conference” to be held on the campus of Southern Seminary, July 20-22, 2010. The theme of the event is “Rebuilding Perspective on Safety & Security” and is open to church leaders and those associated in any capacity with church safety and church security.
Tupelo, MS, May 12, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Vigilance Conference will equip pastors, leaders, administrators, as well as safety and security staff to think biblically about their role as shepherds and providing for the physical security of their flock. ICSARM and Southern Seminary invites you to join the top names in safety and security to address crucial topics such as executive protection, risk management, and security systems.
Some of the top speakers in the country in the area of church safety, church security and church risk management will make up the panel of more than two days of dynamic sessions. Speakers include Bob Vernon, 38-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department and founder of Pointman Leadership Institute; John Kim Cook, advisory board member with ICSARM, founder and CEO of Cook Strategies and John served for eight years as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration, serving most recently as director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI); Ron Aguiar, director of Safety and Security at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville; Chuck Chadwick, founder and president of National Organization of Church Security and Safety Managements, Inc. (NOCSSM), the nation’s oldest and largest church security organization; Jeffrey Hawkins, founder and president of the Christian Security Network out of Cincinnati, Ohio; Peter Persuitti, managing director of Arthur J. Gallagher’s religious and nonprofit practice; and many other key names in the industry.
The two and a half days event will host several keynote sessions as well as mini-seminars within the conference. Sessions such as: Starting a Security Program at Church; Lightning Strikes Twice (The Story of the Gunman/Hostage Incident at Focus on the Family, May 1996); Emotional/Child Abuse; Medical/Response Equipment; Church Risk Management; Pastoral/Executive Protection; Foreign Travel/Mission Trips; Ministry Violence Research; Sex Offenders/Crimes; Crisis Management Team; Insurance/Workers Comp; Protecting the Church’s Assets; and many more related sessions.
“We are excited about the opportunity of joining forces with Southern Seminary in presenting the first Vigilance conference with a focus on church safety and security” states Michael Boutot, founder and executive director of the Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management. Boutot continues, “Unfortunately the concept of church protection, while it may sound like a new idea, has its roots in biblical history because the enemy has always tried to destroy the work of the Lord and his ways have become more sophisticated and thus so is the need for our response.”
About the Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management, LLC (ICSARM)
The mission of ICSARM is to promote the highest level of professional competence to churches and para-church organizations in the area of church risk management by providing programs of study, service, training, exchange of information and problem-solving discussions, leading to more effective and efficient utilization of church facilities and resources for the overall protection of the church building and her ministries, to include church staff, volunteers and members. Membership into ICSARM exists for churches and church personnel, Christian camps, non-profit groups, and service providers who provide services in the area of church safety, church security, church insurance, church financial safety & security, and/or church risk management.
For more information, please visit http://events.sbts.edu/vigilance/resources
Contact:
Michael Boutot
(662) 322.6713
michael@churchriskmanagement.org
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Some of the top speakers in the country in the area of church safety, church security and church risk management will make up the panel of more than two days of dynamic sessions. Speakers include Bob Vernon, 38-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department and founder of Pointman Leadership Institute; John Kim Cook, advisory board member with ICSARM, founder and CEO of Cook Strategies and John served for eight years as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration, serving most recently as director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI); Ron Aguiar, director of Safety and Security at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville; Chuck Chadwick, founder and president of National Organization of Church Security and Safety Managements, Inc. (NOCSSM), the nation’s oldest and largest church security organization; Jeffrey Hawkins, founder and president of the Christian Security Network out of Cincinnati, Ohio; Peter Persuitti, managing director of Arthur J. Gallagher’s religious and nonprofit practice; and many other key names in the industry.
The two and a half days event will host several keynote sessions as well as mini-seminars within the conference. Sessions such as: Starting a Security Program at Church; Lightning Strikes Twice (The Story of the Gunman/Hostage Incident at Focus on the Family, May 1996); Emotional/Child Abuse; Medical/Response Equipment; Church Risk Management; Pastoral/Executive Protection; Foreign Travel/Mission Trips; Ministry Violence Research; Sex Offenders/Crimes; Crisis Management Team; Insurance/Workers Comp; Protecting the Church’s Assets; and many more related sessions.
“We are excited about the opportunity of joining forces with Southern Seminary in presenting the first Vigilance conference with a focus on church safety and security” states Michael Boutot, founder and executive director of the Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management. Boutot continues, “Unfortunately the concept of church protection, while it may sound like a new idea, has its roots in biblical history because the enemy has always tried to destroy the work of the Lord and his ways have become more sophisticated and thus so is the need for our response.”
About the Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management, LLC (ICSARM)
The mission of ICSARM is to promote the highest level of professional competence to churches and para-church organizations in the area of church risk management by providing programs of study, service, training, exchange of information and problem-solving discussions, leading to more effective and efficient utilization of church facilities and resources for the overall protection of the church building and her ministries, to include church staff, volunteers and members. Membership into ICSARM exists for churches and church personnel, Christian camps, non-profit groups, and service providers who provide services in the area of church safety, church security, church insurance, church financial safety & security, and/or church risk management.
For more information, please visit http://events.sbts.edu/vigilance/resources
Contact:
Michael Boutot
(662) 322.6713
michael@churchriskmanagement.org
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Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management, LLC
Michael Boutot
662.322.6713
www.icsarm.org
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662.322.6713
www.icsarm.org
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