Training 'gatekeepers' for churches
Chuck Chadwick heads the National Organization of Church
Security and Safety Management, an organization that is specifically designed
to help churches avoid deadly church attacks like the one this week in
Charleston, South Carolina, that claimed the lives of nine people. Chadwick
suggests one aspect of vigilance is for churches to have gatekeepers who are
armed and prepared to respond to potential or real acts of violence.
Our Founding Scripture - 1 Chronicles 9:21-24
21 And
later Zechariah son of Meshelemiah had been responsible for guarding the
entrance of the tabernacle.
22 In all,
there were 212 Gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed by
genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their
ancestors because they were reliable men.
23 These gatekeepers
and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the
entrance to the house of the LORD, the house that was formerly a tent.
24 The gatekeepers
were stationed on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.
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