Keynote Speaker -
Dr.
John Byrnes -
"Can
You Prevent the Next Church Shooting?"
John D. Byrnes, D. Hum, coined the phrase "Aggression
Management"®. Organizations come to John Byrnes
because he is the leading authority on preventing aggression
in the workplace and in schools. He has conducted Aggression
Management® Workshops for some of the nation's largest
employers, among them the United States Postal Service,
NASA, United States Department of Agriculture, and Disney
Development. He has published articles extensively and has
spoken before many national associations. For more
information go to
www.aggressionmanagement.com
Other Featured Speakers:
Jimmy
Meeks -
"Scriptural
Validity of Church Security"
Jimmy will speak on the scriptural validity of the need for
Church Security and the calling he has felt to the church
security ministry. Jimmy will also chronicle the 1980
Daingerfield church shooting, highlighting the heroic
actions of the men who stopped Alvin King. Jimmy has been a
police officer since 1980. He started his career with the
Shawnee, Oklahoma Police Department. He is a licensed and
ordained minister, having entered the ministry in 1974. He
is a certified school resource officer, a police-training
officer, a hostage negotiator, and a certified crime
prevention specialist. Jimmy has also been a detective. He
is presently a corporal/patrol supervisor. Jimmy has over
4500 hours of TCLEOSE training. For
more information go to
www.safeatchurch.org
and
www.copandcross.com
Director
David Wood
"Multi-Site
Mega-Church Security"
With
five campuses and approaching 10,000 in membership, Covenant
Church represents one of the largest Mega-churches in
America. David Wood has been at the helm of the ministry's
security and safety efforts for the past 10 years. As
Security Director of a large ministry, David deals daily
with the complexities of a diverse, multicultural,
multi-site mega-church. David will speak on the security
efforts of such a ministry.
Major
Carole Newell
"Responding
to the Mentally Ill and Suicide Prevention"
Major Newell has been with the Broken
Arrow, OK Police Department for more than 25 years. In that
time she has worked in nearly every facet of the department,
and has spent considerable time in the Criminal
Investigations Unit. She spent 14 years on the Crisis
Negotiation Team, the last 7 as the Team Leader. She is
currently the Headquarters Division Commander overseeing
Criminal Investigations, Special Investigations, Property
Room, and Training Units. During her career she has acquired
extensive training and experience dealing with mental health
issues, domestic violence, and sexual assault, and has also
taught classes to law enforcement personnel. Carole also
serves as the Department Head of Security at World Outreach
Church in Tulsa, OK. She is a graduate of the FBI National
Academy as well as Rhema Bible Training Center.
Carl
Chinn
"Eye witness recount, New Life church
shooting, Focus on the Family hostage incident"
The 2007 shooting at New Life Church
in Colorado Springs was one of the most significant attacks
on Christian ministries in recent years. The gunman /
hostage incident at the “Focus on the Family” headquarters
in 1996 was another ministry incident of note. Chinn played
a key role in the pre-incident emergency planning and was an
initial responder in both incidents. Chinn will speak on
plan development and shares inside recounts of these
infamous incidents. Carl Chinn speaks on the subject of
ministry environment security and emergency response.
www.carlchinn.com
Chuck
Chadwick
"Security
Teams and State Laws"
As former Director of Security for one
of the largest and fastest growing churches in America;
Chuck brings a “real world” perspective of dealing with the
security concerns of the nation’s largest multi-site
mega-churches. Chuck’s 29 years of security experience and
his founding of The National Organization for Church
Security and Safety Management (NOCSSM), helps him guide
churches, both large and small, in addressing church
specific security concerns. He has trained hundreds of
churches across the nation in the basics as well as the
highly advanced technical aspects of church security. As
President of Gatekeepers Security Services, LLC, Chuck's
companies provide security services to some of the nation's
largest mega-churches.
www.nocssm.org,
www.gatekeeperssecurity.com
and
www.christiansi.org
Richard
Ray
"Pastoral
Protection"
Richard will speak on the unique challenges security has in
protecting our pastors while being unobtrusive. Richard is
one of the highest respected Executive Protection
Specialist and Instructors in the land. Richard graduated
from Pensacola Christian College in 1989 with a B.S. in
Commercial Writing. He holds a 6th degree Black belt in San
Sai Ryu Karate, a 4th degree Black Belt in American Kenpo, a
3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and an instructor in
Kenjutsu/Aikijutsu. Richard founded Ellis County Martial
Arts. Richard holds numerous professional security licenses
including Personal Protection Officer, Firearms and
Defensive Tactics Instructor. Richards's practical
experience has evolved throughout his career in law
enforcement, executive protection and instructor. From high
risk executive protection instructor in Bogotá Columbia to
heading up the security teams of numerous high profile
evangelist , Richard brings the "Real World" approached to
pastoral protection.