Train Your People. Build the System. Protect Your Church.

Sheepdog Church Security Academy provides church-specific training, practical tools, and guided support for Safety Directors, Safety Teams, and ministry volunteers—so your church can remain welcoming, attentive, and prepared.

Train Your Safety Team Build & Lead Your Safety Ministry

Have a quick question? Call or text Kris at 612-470-7364 (M–F, 9–4 CT)


CHURCH SAFETY IS MORE THAN ONE THREAT

Prepare for the Situations That Disrupt Ministry

A prepared church needs people who can recognize what is happening, communicate clearly, and take the next right action within their role—from everyday disruptions to serious emergencies.

Violent Threats

Prepare your people to recognize danger, respond appropriately, and coordinate with law enforcement when lives are at risk.

Fire & Life Safety

Strengthen prevention, evacuation readiness, and the practical systems your church needs when a fire or facility emergency occurs.

Severe Weather & Emergencies

Prepare for storms, power loss, environmental hazards, and other conditions that can interrupt normal ministry.

Disruptive or Distressed People

Respond calmly, set appropriate boundaries, de-escalate when possible, and recognize when additional help is needed.

Children & Vulnerable People

Strengthen prevention, observation, reporting, and response for the people who may need additional protection.

Medical Emergencies

Improve communication, role clarity, responder access, and coordination when someone becomes ill or injured.

START WITH THE NEED IN FRONT OF YOU

Two Clear Ways to Strengthen Your Church Today

If your biggest need is giving Safety Team members a consistent, church-specific training baseline, start with Safety Member Certification.

If you are responsible for building, organizing, or strengthening the Safety Ministry itself, start with the Church Safety Program Kit.

Train Your Team — Safety Member Certification Build Your Ministry — Church Safety Program Kit

NOT EVERYONE NEEDS THE SAME TRAINING

Choose the Path That Matches the Responsibility

Church safety works best when people are prepared for the role they actually serve in. Start with the group or system you are responsible for strengthening.

Train Your Safety Team

Give designated Safety Team members a consistent, church-specific training baseline for everyday operations, disruptive-person response, violent threats, use-of-force decision-making, and protecting vulnerable people.

Best next step: Safety Member Certification
Train Your Ministry Volunteers

Help Greeters, Ushers, Youth workers, and other volunteers become more capable in the safety responsibilities already inside their ministry roles—without turning them into security personnel.

Explore role-based volunteer training
Build & Lead Your Safety Ministry

Get the structure, guidance, policies, planning tools, assessment resources, training systems, and ongoing support needed to build and sustain the larger Church Safety Ministry.

Explore the Church Safety Program Kit

Real Stories. Real Impact.

From one-man teams to experienced safety leaders, churches across the country are using Sheepdog Church Security training to build confidence, strengthen teams, and protect their congregations. Here’s what they’re saying:

Scott Ware

Safety Team Director & Firearms Instructor, Sanctuary Select Services, Northwest Iowa

I’ve followed Sheepdog Church Security for years because no one else stays as current or practical. As a USCCA firearms instructor, I teach Protecting the Congregation to churches and lead a safety team that trains quarterly on live-fire, de-escalation, and emergency response, including active shooter.

Your resources have been invaluable — I share every article with my team and regularly apply your recommendations in our training. It took time to get church leadership on board, but your guidance helped me build credibility and create a safety team our congregation can count on.

💬 “No one provides more practical, church-focused safety guidance than Sheepdog Church Security.

Brad Parkhurst

Safety Team Ministry Leader, Movement Christian Church – Merrimack, New Hampshire

Our safety ministry had been operating for years, but Sheepdog Church Security training helped us take it to a new level. The courses gave us structure, clarity, and practical guidance that transformed how we train, plan, and respond.

Because of the Academy’s instruction, we improved medical readiness, implemented better communication protocols, and built stronger confidence across our team. We’ve handled medical incidents and potential disruptions with professionalism and calm—just as the training prepared us to do.

💬 “Everyone knew what their responsibilities were and went into action.”

Dr. Claude S. Moore, Ed.D.

Fairview Church, Danville, Virginia

As an educator and curriculum developer for nearly five decades, I’ve reviewed countless training programs. None compare to the depth, clarity, and professionalism of Sheepdog Church Security Academy.

Before our team began your program, I researched many options. Yours stood out for its instructional quality, practical application, and strong biblical foundation. It’s evident that every lesson is designed with both effectiveness and ministry in mind.

💬 “Sheepdog Church Security offers the best-designed, most practical training program I’ve seen for church safety teams.”

START WHERE YOUR CHURCH IS TODAY

Build Readiness One Clear Step at a Time

You do not need a huge budget, a professional security department, or a tactical culture to begin improving church safety.

Start with the need in front of you. Train your Safety Team, explore role-based training for ministry volunteers, or build the system that connects leadership, people, plans, training, and response.

Train Your Safety Team Build & Lead Your Safety Ministry

Have a quick question? Call or text Kris at 612-470-7364 (M–F, 9–4 CT)