Churches Under Fire

DOMESTIC

Southern Baptists Release Sex Abuse Claims and Cover Ups

Southern Baptist Church Leaders Minimized Sex Abuse

Southern Baptist Victims of Sexual Abuse Faced Resistance and Hostility

Faith Leaders Shared Hope after Uvalde, TX Elementary School Mass Casualty

Indiana Pastor Confesses Adultery with Teen to Congregation

Connecticut Offering Security Upgrades to Churches

GA Church Pastor Brutally Murdered

Boston Church Application Approved after Religious Discrimation Case

Church Shooting Suspect took Issue with Taiwan U.S. Governments

Man Arrested for String of Vandalism at South Florida Churches

Biden Halts Transgender Mandates Crippling Christian Owned Businesses

Pastor Makes Threats about Violent Christian Insurrection

Former DHS Counter Terrorism official Calls on Faith Community to End Violence

Phoenix Firefighters Battle Downtown Church Fire

U.S. Attorneys in GA Host Protecting Houses of Worship Workshops

Panic over Food Shortages Mount for Faith Community

INTERNATIONAL

Christian Properties Attacked over Blasphemy

Islamic Cleric Defends Murder of Christian Woman

Nigerian Christians Killed over Blasphemy Cases

Christians Seek Justice Against Policeman Accused of Burning Church

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Let’s PRAY!

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7

Father our Lord, we stand in awe of You, Creator of all things.  How we need Your constant instruction for life. Here Lord is our foundation that we must revere You; realizing You as the total source of all wisdom, knowledge and revelation. Truly there is none besides You, none compares with You the Ancient of Days. Father we grieve as we see our fellow humanity living without You as we have witnessed this past week in Uvalde Texas where so many young lives perished. Father those without you have no true wisdom to face these uncertain days and exist in peril. Renew the Hope of the Hopeless in this tragic situation. Help all who love and fear You to point those who are spiritually lost to You day by day. May they begin to live in the total submission and embrace of Your sovereignty.  In Jesus our Savior we ask. AMEN

For Such a Time as This! Prayer Call

Sharing Hope in Crisis

TUESDAY June 7, 2022 

8 PM ET/7CT/6MT/5PT 

Join with Christians around the world on Tuesday, June 7 where you will hear timely biblical insights about recent events from CEN Founder and President Mary Marr, a national faith community advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mary will summarize the serious threats and risks facing Christians today globally to help you pray fervently.

CEN’s National Prayer Officer, former executive for the National Day of Prayer Task Force and Focus on the Family, Lisa Crump, will facilitate a time of prayer for the Christian community at large to be ready in these uncertain times and for those facing persecution, attacks or threats globally AND locally.

Focusing upon prayer and mission opportunities worldwide, international ministry leader, John Robb, Chairman of Transformation Prayer Foundation and Coordinator of the Unreached Peoples Task Force, will share the status of the Great Commission globally and how to get involved in its completion. He will bring us into the “real world” of bringing the Hope of Jesus Christ to hopeless and lost people around the globe. John will provide helpful information so we can effectively pray and care for the unreached peoples in countries far and wide. And, he will inspire us with captivating stories to use these same principles of the “ministry of availability” in sharing the Gospel here at home. 

When you sign up you’ll also receive a FREE copy of the ReadyChristian Training Guide to know the answers to:

• How Ready Are You? 

• How do I Form a Response Group? 

• How can I Bring Hope to the Hopeless in Crisis? 

• How do I Make a Kit and an Emergency Plan? 

• How to Respond Biblically to Any Crisis? and other helpful resources to pray and lead others ‘For Such a Time as This!’ 

Please encourage others to join you using the CEN LinkedIN, Facebook or twitter prompts! 

Sign Up “For Such a Time as This!” Monthly Prayer Calls to receive your FREE copy of ReadyChristian and other helpful resources to pray in these uncertain times!

____________________________________________________________________________

 Get READY!

Concerned about the increase in attacks on Christians locally and globally? God gave us a blueprint to stand stronger together and be READY to respond. Get started by mobilizing your family, church and city network for any crisis with a step-by-step self-directed training to find like-minded Christians, assess your capabilities, make a plan, build your supplies, and respond together sharing the Hope of Christ:

ReadyChristian

ReadyChurch 

ReadyCity

Learn from the tragedy in Uvalde TX this week by being ready. Bring CPPS ACTIVE ASSAILANT Video training into your home, church or city. 

Contact: CEN National Safety Security Officer dan.graeber@christianemergencynetwork.net  

____________________________________________________________________________

Be THERE!

Be AWARE, READY and THERE Sharing the Hope of Christ!

 Stand with CEN National Share Officer Dr Ed Smith sharing Hope in Uvalde TX

Readiness Resources:

Active Shooter Preparedness 

ACTIVE Assailant Response 

Active Shooter Planning and Response Guide 

Active Shooter: What You Can Do Online Course 

Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships

Employee Vigilance Through the Power of Hello  

Fire as a Weapon

House of Worship Website

Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA)

Houses of Worship Security Self-Assessment Tool 

Hometown Security 

If You See Something, Say Something®  

Insider Threat Guide

Mitigating Attacks on Houses of Worship Security Guide and Fact Sheet

Protect Your Privacy

Preventing Targeted Violence Against Faith Communities

Protecting Your Church from Vandalism 

Ransomware Guide

Responding to Civil Unrest

Securing Soft Targets and Crowded Places 

Security Guide

Security Fact Sheet

School Safety and Security 

Securing Public Gatherings

Ten Reasons why Churches are Soft Targets

School Security Guide 

CEN ALERTS, Advisories, ACTIVE Threat News, and FAQs provide timely actionable information to help you be AWARE - READY and THERE sharing Christ for such a time as this! 

CEN’s Weekly ACTIVE Threat News provides a weekly summary and analysis of threats and risks to the Christian community, in addition to expert training, guidance and resources for Christian organizations with 24-hour monitoring for regular coordination with law enforcement and local emergency management. 

CEN has served with the DHS National Faith-based Advisory Boards for twenty plus years because this security and emergency service helps Christian organizations keep apprised of every warning, potential threat, and incident of concern with a Christian worldview.

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.” 

I Peter 3:15

8 URGENT Security Questions Parents Must Ask

Sadly, we have another school tragedy. It is long past due for parents to start asking questions about safety and security in our schools. So often, when incidents like the Uvalde, Texas active shooter massacre occur, the media and politicians focus on the same, mostly ineffective and political ‘remedies' to prevent future tragedies. After the incident is over and when the reporters have interviewed as many citizens as they can find, the cameras are packed up and the spotlight is no longer shining on the school involved and nothing significant happens. This needs to change and parents can have a significant impact.

CEN has compiled a list of questions parents can ask school principals, school superintendents, and their local school board members to get things moving in the right direction. Obviously, there is much room for improvement in the response to school emergencies. Parents can most certainly make an impact to jump-start this improvement. Waiting for the government to take care of this issue has proven to be ineffective.

Questions

1. Does the district (or school) have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)?

2. Has the school conducted a comprehensive Needs Assessment of the school with Safety and Security experts?

3. What part of the Emergency Operations Plan am I, as a parent, allowed to know about?

4. How often does the entire staff review and study the EOP?

5. Are newly hired staff specifically trained in the procedures for school emergencies? How are substitute teachers and substitute staff trained in the emergency procedures?

6. What specific drills are required each year so that staff are practicing the procedures? Are the drills known in advance or are they surprise drills or both? (i.e. lockdown procedures, fire drills, tornado drills, off-site shelter procedures, etc.)  

7. How is communication handled before, during, and after the incident? 

8. How is communication handled within the building and within the entire district?

RESPOND

Contact CEN National Administration Deputy, Audrey Burgher: audrey.burgher@christianemergencynetwork.net for ReadySchool training and more information on how you may hold your school administration and staff accountable.

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.”

I Peter 3:15

Is YOUR School SAFE Tonight?

 

AWARE

 

At this hour, CEN can confirm 19 children and two teachers as well as the suspected gunman were killed in a mass shooting incident at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman has been identified as Salvador Ramos who acted alone, according to authorities. While details are still unfolding, it is very clear that the fast action of law enforcement and first responders on campus confronted with the Assailant acted swiftly and without delay to preserve life and further serious injury!  

 

CEN calls upon our partners to pray for all of those who have been affected by this tragedy. 

Our prayers for the children involved, their parents, and the teachers and administrative staff of the school will be constant for their physical health and their mental health as this story unfolds. We also grieve with the families who lost loved ones in this horrific incident. May Jesus be their comfort and strength.

 

Romans 8: 38-39 “For I am sure the neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ESV

LORD our God Almighty, our Maker who loves us with an everlasting love, together we bless You for Your Word is so rich for every circumstance, every assurance, every instruction to lead, comfort, teach and bring us into knowledge of You and Your ways towards Your creation.  This passage is a pinnacle of reassurance, nourishing our belief and experience of You.  Even in the midst of chaos in the world, You stand unchanging working and reigning in the earth despite what circumstances arise.  No enemy, no pain, no thing in any form can remove Your love for us in and through Jesus the Christ—whose blood has overcome and paid the price for us all—once and for all.  AMEN

 

READY

 

While every parent, guardian, and other adult relatives of children in school wishes that the school was a safe place to learn and grow, schools remain threatened and vulnerable. We are ever mindful we live in a fallen world, and we must be ever vigilant for threats to our safety, security, and wellbeing. 

 

Parents and teachers need to ensure children are educated in an age-appropriate fashion to the various threats that directly confront them. If your school does not have a plan on how to handle unwanted people on campus, or a system that encourages the children, in an age-appropriate way, to report on things they hear from their peers which may turn into violence, CEN partner CPPS provides the SafeSchools Tiered Approach which meets this urgent need. 

 

THERE

 

You may not be able to go to Texas to pray, care and share Christ with these survivors, but CEN National Share Officer Dr Ed Smith in Texas will be providing chaplaincy during the response. He needs your support to be THERE with these families not just tomorrow but for many days and often years to come. 

 

DONATE

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.”

I Peter 3:15

Church Shootings Rise - Let's PRAY!

DOMESTIC

Driver refuses to pull over for traffic violation leaves car in church lot
Biden Transgender Health Mandate Blocked on Christian Appeal
Laguna Woods Church Suspected Shooter Warned of Big Event
Churches Expect More Members will be Armed after Mass Shootings
CA Laguna Woods Church Shooting
Shocking Poll: Only 37 % of U.S. Pastors hold a Biblical Worldview
DHS Braces for Nationwide Violence following Roe vs Wade Ruling
Biden to Repeal Protecting Christian Doctors Opposed to Abortion
Biden Admin Can’t Force Christian Employers to Pay for Transgender Surgery
Court Weighs Catholic Schools Firing of Lesbian Teacher
Airline Fires Christian over Equality Act
Believer Faces Real Life Test During Religious Freedom Course
Grandma Arrested for Praying Silently Walking Outside
Legal Peaceful Ways Churches can Stop Abortion Radical Violence
Faith Leaders Hoping to Slow Gun Violence
Church Protest Experts Warn White Nationalists May Exploit Demonstrations
Rochester Church Fire Declared Arson
Local Pastor Blessed by Firefighters
Series of Shootings Near La Vida Cristo Church
Christian Students Face Battle over Pronoun Usage


INTERNATIONAL

Christian Sentenced to 10 Years for Running Iran House Church
Muslim Villagers Destroy Church and Pastors House
Rioters Attack Christian Sites in Nigeria
Afghans seek the One True God as Nation Falls Apart
18 Christians Jailed in India over False Charge
Children among 29 Christians Killed in Nigeria
Priest in Kaduna Nigeria Killed by Captors

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Let’s PRAY!

“O LORD how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.” Psalms 3:1-3

Gracious merciful LORD God, we marvel at Your word, the constant instruction. Father clearly You know our times and enemy tactics. This passage speaks as we see lawless enemies doing violence and hearing unlawful, unethical actions week after week. Yet, we rejoice that You are never surprised, never worried or anxious about what to do on behalf of Your treasured creation when we cry out to You for help. Yes, when we are discouraged, there you lift our very heads by Your care, comfort and instruction. Jesus, Messiah, Advocate, in Your Name and access given by Your cross and resurrection, we come boldly.

For Such a Time as This! Prayer Call
Sharing Hope in Crisis

TUESDAY June 7, 2022

8 PM ET/7CT/6MT/5PT

Join with Christians around the world on Tuesday, June 7 where you will hear timely biblical insights about recent events from CEN Founder and President Mary Marr, a national faith community advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mary will summarize the serious threats and risks facing Christians today globally to help you pray fervently.

CEN’s National Prayer Officer, former executive for the National Day of Prayer Task Force and Focus on the Family, Lisa Crump, will facilitate a time of prayer for the Christian community at large to be ready in these uncertain times and for those facing persecution, attacks or threats globally AND locally.

Focusing upon prayer and mission opportunities worldwide, international ministry leader, John Robb, Chairman of Transformation Prayer Foundation and Coordinator of the Unreached Peoples Task Force, will share the status of the Great Commission globally and how to get involved in its completion. He will bring us into the “real world” of bringing the Hope of Jesus Christ to hopeless and lost people around the globe. John will provide helpful information so we can effectively pray and care for the unreached peoples in countries far and wide. And, he will inspire us with captivating stories to use these same principles of the “ministry of availability” in sharing the Gospel here at home.

When you sign up you’ll also receive a FREE copy of the ReadyChristian Training Guide to know the answers to:

• How Ready Are You?
• How do you Form a Response Group?
• How can you Bring Hope to the Hopeless in Crisis?
• How do you Make a Kit and an Emergency Plan?
• How to Respond Biblically to Any Crisis? and other helpful resources to pray and lead others ‘For Such a Time as This!’

Please encourage others to join you using the CEN LinkedIN, Facebook or twitter prompts!

Sign Up “For Such a Time as This!” Monthly Prayer Calls to receive your FREE copy of ReadyChristian and other helpful resources to pray in these uncertain times!

____________________________________________________________________________

Get READY!

Concerned about the increase in attacks on Christians locally and globally? God gave us a blueprint to stand stronger together and be READY to respond. Learn from Christians in Eastern Europe! Get started organizing now by mobilizing your family, church and city network for any crisis with a step-by-step self-directed training:

ReadyChristian

ReadyChurch

ReadyCity

Bring helpful ACTIVE ASSAILANT Video training into your home, church or city. Contact: CEN National Safety Security Officer dan.graeber@christianemergencynetwork.net

____________________________________________________________________________

Be THERE!

Be AWARE, READY and THERE Sharing the Hope of Christ!

Dr. Ed Smith Shares the Hope of Christ in the Ukraine!

Readiness Resources:

Active Shooter Preparedness

ACTIVE Assailant Response

Active Shooter Planning and Response Guide

Active Shooter: What You Can Do Online Course

Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships

Employee Vigilance Through the Power of Hello

Fire as a Weapon

House of Worship Website

Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA)

Houses of Worship Security Self-Assessment Tool

Hometown Security

If You See Something, Say Something®

Insider Threat Guide

Mitigating Attacks on Houses of Worship Security Guide and Fact Sheet

Protect Your Privacy

Preventing Targeted Violence Against Faith Communities

Protecting Your Church from Vandalism

Ransomware Guide

Responding to Civil Unrest

Securing Soft Targets and Crowded Places

Security Guide

Security Fact Sheet

School Safety and Security

Securing Public Gatherings

Ten Reasons why Churches are Soft Targets

School Security Guide


CEN ALERTS, Advisories, ACTIVE Threat News, and FAQs provide timely actionable information to help you be AWARE - READY and THERE sharing Christ for such a time as this!

CEN’s Weekly ACTIVE Threat News provides a weekly summary and analysis of threats and risks to the Christian community, in addition to expert training, guidance and resources for Christian organizations with 24-hour monitoring for regular coordination with law enforcement and local emergency management.

CEN has served with the DHS National Faith-based Advisory Boards for twenty plus years because this security and emergency service helps Christian organizations keep apprised of every warning, potential threat, and incident of concern with a Christian worldview.

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.”

I Peter 3:15

Peaceful Legal Ways to Stop Radical Violence

 DOMESTIC

Catholic Church in Boulder Abortion Rights Vandalism 

Peaceful/Legal Ways States/Churches/Pro-Lifers Can Stop Abortion Radical's Violence 

Faith Leaders Hoping to Slow Rash of Gun Violence - Enough Is Enough 
Church Protests Experts Warn White Nationalists May Exploit Abortion Demonstrations 

Rochester Church Fire Declared Arson 

Local Pastor Feels Blessed - Credits Firefighters for Saving Something-Significant 

Series of Shootings Near Stafford Church are Result of Ongoing Feud, Deputies Say 

Oregon Right to Life Office Set on Fire

Pence Decries Abortion Activist Disruptions of Mother's Day Church Services 

NYC Church Swarmed by Pro-Abortion Protesters

Mother's Day Protests by Pro-Abortion Activists Reveal 'Utter Brokenness’

White House Condemns Intimidation Of Catholic Churches At Pro-Choice Protests

Activist Group Threatens to 'Burn Eucharist' in Display of 'Disgust' Toward Catholics 'Barbershop Talks': Indiana Pastor Seeks Solutions to Gun Violence

Northwest Portland Synagogue Reports Antisemitic Vandalism

Supreme Court, 9-0, Says Boston Can't Ban Christian Flag at City Hall

Authorities Investigate Thursday Night Church Fire in Kansas City, Missouri 

INTERNATIONAL

896 Nigerians killed in violent attacks in 2022 

Militants Kill Eight in Attack on a Christian Village 

Israeli Security Crackdown Will Not End Violence, Political Solution Needed

Churches Alarmed About Scope of New Canadian 'Conversion Therapy' Ban 

United Nations Decries 'Shocking' Christian-Muslim Clashes in Ethiopia 

Herdsmen and Others Kill 18 Christians in Northern Nigeria

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Let’s PRAY!

“Jesus answered, The most important is, ‘Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:29-31

GOD, our LORD, thank you for this great clarity and simple yet profound understanding of what You command: being jealous for our affection, adoration, awe – with everything within us. You are so worthy, more than we understand or even imagine Father.  And then, how to live with our fellow man? Love them, all of them, no boundaries, no criteria.  Just love!

For Such a Time as This! Prayer Call

Standing Strong Sharing Hope in Crisis

TUESDAY June 7, 2022 

8 PM ET/7CT/6MT/5PT 

Join with Christians around the world on Tuesday, June 7 where you will hear timely biblical insights about recent events from CEN Founder and President Mary Marr, a national faith community advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mary will summarize the serious threats and risks facing Christians today globally to help you pray fervently.

CEN’s National Prayer Officer, a former executive for the National Day of Prayer Task Force and Focus on the Family, Lisa Crump, will facilitate a time of prayer for the Christian community at large to be ready in these uncertain times and for those facing persecution, attacks or threats globally AND locally.

Focusing upon prayer and mission opportunities worldwide, international ministry leader, John Robb, Chairman of Transformation Prayer Foundation and Coordinator of the Unreached Peoples Task Force, will share the status of the Great Commission globally and how to get involved in its completion. He will bring us into the “real world” of bringing the Hope of Jesus Christ to hopeless and lost people around the globe. John will provide helpful information so we can effectively pray and care for the unreached peoples in countries far and wide. And, he will inspire us with captivating stories to use these same principles of the “ministry of availability” in sharing the Gospel here at home. 

When you sign up you’ll also receive a FREE copy of the ReadyChristian Training Guide to know the answers to:

• How Ready Are You? 

• How do I Form a Response Group? 

• How can I Bring Hope to the Hopeless in Crisis? 

• How do I Make a Kit and an Emergency Plan? 

• How to Respond Biblically to Any Crisis? and other helpful resources to pray and lead others ‘For Such a Time as This!’ 

Please encourage others to join you using the CEN LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter prompts! 

Sign Up “For Such a Time as This!” Monthly Prayer Calls to receive your FREE copy of ReadyChristian and other helpful resources to pray in these uncertain times!

____________________________________________________________________________

 Get READY!

Concerned about the increase in attacks on Christians locally and globally? God gave us a blueprint to stand stronger together and be READY to respond. Learn from Christians in Eastern Europe! Get started organizing now by mobilizing your family, church and city network for any crisis with a step-by-step self-directed training:

ReadyChristian
ReadyChurch 
ReadyCity

Bring helpful ACTIVE ASSAILANT Video training into your home, church or city.  Contact: CEN National Safety Security Officer dan.graeber@christianemergencynetwork.net  

____________________________________________________________________________

Be THERE!

Be AWARE, READY and THERE Sharing the Hope of Christ!

CEN NEWS: Dr. Ed Smith Shares the Hope of Christ in the Ukraine!

Readiness Resources:

Active Shooter Preparedness 

ACTIVE Assailant Response 

Active Shooter Planning and Response Guide 

Active Shooter: What You Can Do Online Course 

Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships

Employee Vigilance Through the Power of Hello  

Fire as a Weapon

House of Worship Website

Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA)

Houses of Worship Security Self-Assessment Tool 

Hometown Security 

If You See Something, Say Something®  

Insider Threat Guide

Mitigating Attacks on Houses of Worship Security Guide and Fact Sheet

Protect Your Privacy

Preventing Targeted Violence Against Faith Communities

Protecting Your Church from Vandalism 

Ransomware Guide

Responding to Civil Unrest

Securing Soft Targets and Crowded Places 

Security Guide

Security Fact Sheet

School Safety and Security 

Securing Public Gatherings

Ten Reasons why Churches are Soft Targets

School Security Guide 

CEN ALERTS, Advisories, ACTIVE Threat News, and FAQs provide timely actionable information to help you be AWARE - READY and THERE sharing Christ for such a time as this! 

CEN’s Weekly ACTIVE Threat News provides a weekly summary and analysis of threats and risks to the Christian community, in addition to expert training, guidance and resources for Christian organizations with 24-hour monitoring for regular coordination with law enforcement and local emergency management. 

CEN has served with the DHS National Faith-based Advisory Boards for twenty plus years because this security and emergency service helps Christian organizations keep apprised of every warning, potential threat, and incident of concern with a Christian worldview.

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.” 

I Peter 3:15