ARMED GUARDS AT CHURCH SERCIES
(CNN) -- Lori Davis remembers a time when the doors were always open at her church -- and not guarded.
"No one thought twice about their safety. I guess we took it for granted," said Davis.
But things have changed. In an era when terrorism threats and deadly shootings at schools and churches have made headlines, religious leaders are rethinking their security strategies. Last Saturday, a minister was fatally shot and another man wounded outside of a church in Kentucky where the men went to attend a funeral.
Such violence has houses of worship evolving from the days of walkie-talkies and video surveillance to armed guards, who keep a watchful eye over worship services and church.
"We live in a sinful world and people do crazy and irrational things," said Davis, a member of the Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Highview, like a number of other churches nationwide, has a volunteer security force consisting of at least one armed guard during any given worship service.
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"No one thought twice about their safety. I guess we took it for granted," said Davis.
But things have changed. In an era when terrorism threats and deadly shootings at schools and churches have made headlines, religious leaders are rethinking their security strategies. Last Saturday, a minister was fatally shot and another man wounded outside of a church in Kentucky where the men went to attend a funeral.
Such violence has houses of worship evolving from the days of walkie-talkies and video surveillance to armed guards, who keep a watchful eye over worship services and church.
"We live in a sinful world and people do crazy and irrational things," said Davis, a member of the Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Highview, like a number of other churches nationwide, has a volunteer security force consisting of at least one armed guard during any given worship service.
READ THE REST: CNN.COM
posted by Lady Bunny at Sunday, November 09, 2008
2 Comments:
Ever read the Bible? Yes, those oft-quoted "love" parts are in there. But it's also a violent blockbuster than makes "Face of Death" look like the "Care Bears." The Bible also says that as you reap, so shall you sew, which to me explains why churches have moved from sites that fetishize and encourage violence to sites where violence occurs
lol @ SERCIES
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