The Church Should Be
the Safest Place
in Your Community.
Most congregations are one incident away from a crisis they weren’t prepared for. RSG helps church leadership build the safety programs, trained teams, and documented plans that protect the people in their care. When something happens, your congregation is protected because your leadership was ready.
* The self-assessment is a basic starting point only. It does not replace a professional on-site audit.
Built for How
Churches Actually Work.
Most security consultants have never led a congregation. They don’t understand Sunday morning logistics, volunteer culture, or the open-door nature of ministry. RSG does, and it changes everything about how we work with churches.
Physical Security Assessment
A full on-site evaluation of your facility, grounds, access points, and current safety protocols. RSG identifies where you’re exposed, what it would take to close each gap, and what’s realistic for your congregation’s size and budget.
- Facility walk-through and access control review
- Parking lot and perimeter evaluation
- Sanctuary, children’s ministry, and nursery assessment
- Written report with prioritized findings
- Budget-conscious recommendations
Safety Team Training
Your volunteers can be your greatest asset or your biggest liability, depending on whether they’ve been trained. RSG builds and trains church safety teams from the ground up: roles, responsibilities, threat recognition, de-escalation, and response protocols.
- Safety team structure and role definition
- Threat recognition and de-escalation
- Active threat response for volunteer teams
- Medical emergency protocols
- Scenario-based exercises
Emergency Operations Planning
A safety plan that lives in a binder and never gets reviewed protects no one. RSG develops emergency operations plans designed for how your church actually operates, with leadership buy-in, staff accountability, and a schedule for keeping it current.
- Emergency operations plan development
- Evacuation and lockdown procedures
- Communication protocols for staff and volunteers
- Children’s ministry-specific emergency plans
- Annual review and update schedule
FEMA NSGP Grant Writing
The Nonprofit Security Grant Program exists specifically to fund security improvements at faith-based organizations. Eligible nonprofits can receive up to $200,000 per location. RSG conducts the required security assessment, writes the Investment Justification, and manages the full submission process. There is an upfront investment for that work, but the return on a successful grant is significant.
- Eligibility determination at no cost
- Required security assessment conducted by RSG
- Investment Justification written and submitted
- Full application management handled by RSG
- Covers cameras, access control, barriers, and more
We Know This World
From the Inside.
Most security consultants come in from the outside. They assess your building like it’s a corporate facility, hand you a generic report, and leave. They’ve never stood at the front of a congregation. They don’t understand why your doors are open to everyone, or what Sunday morning actually looks like at 800 people.
Dace Clifton is an active Senior Pastor and an active law enforcement officer, and he leads RSG’s church safety practice. He’s led international mission teams, managed volunteer safety programs, and built emergency protocols for multi-campus congregations. That experience is still current. It’s not background. It’s how he operates today.
That combination is rare. Most security consultants have never stood at the front of a congregation. Most pastors have never run a tactical security assessment. Dace has done both, for years, and brings both to every church RSG works with.
Talk to Our Church Safety TeamDace Clifton
Dace served as a SWAT Sniper and led a major metropolitan police department crime prevention unit conducting hundreds of security assessments annually. He has served as a Senior Pastor for over a decade, leading teams internationally and managing multi-campus operations, and remains active in both ministry and law enforcement today. He leads RSG’s church and faith-based practice.
Church Response: A Platform Built
Specifically for Church Safety Teams.
Training, scheduling, radios, team response, policies, and drill records in one place, built for how church teams actually operate. When your insurance carrier or your board asks what your team is doing, the records are already there.
Houses of Worship Are Targeted Every Week.
Most of it doesn't make the news. But the incidents are documented: parking lot robberies, armed intrusions, targeted threats, violence during services. RSG tracks verified incidents at churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples across the United States, updated daily from verified news sources.
The pattern is consistent: most incidents happen in parking lots, during high-attendance services, and at facilities with no formal security program. The map shows where. The question is whether your congregation has done the work to understand its own exposure.
Your Congregation Is Counting on Someone to Have a Plan. That Someone Is You.
One assessment tells you exactly where you stand, what you’re missing, and what it takes to close the gap. Most churches are closer than they think.
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