2025

April 24-26 Conference on Church Security

TOPICS

 Assessing Your Facility and Strategizing for the Worst-Case Scenario

 Diffusing Hostility Verbally

Diffusing Hostility Using Non-Lethal Means

Diffusing Hostility Using Lethal Means

Teamwork, Who Does What?

ALSO: Range time, with plenty of helpful instruction and safety discipline. Participants are encouraged to bring their own handguns* with ammo (no hand loads, please, only factory ammunition). You will also need to bring your own ear and eye protection. The range time will include some friendly competition with handguns and trap shooting. You may bring your own shot gun*. Clays will be provided.

*Remember to check the laws to make sure you are transporting your firearms legally.

Our presenter for the above topics and range master will be Bruce Balasa. Bruce has several certifications and specific training in areas that will be very relevant to our conference purposes. After graduating from the Indiana Police Academy in 1989, he served as a police officer for six years. He became a certified instructor specializing in firearms and defensive tactics, as well as having FBI sniper training. He is a certified armorer for both Smith and Wesson and Glock. He has had advanced training in active shooter and hostage negotiations and has also written security policies for one Christian college and two church security teams.

Both evenings of the conference will be blessed with preaching by Dr. Ron Ehmann. Also, morning devotionals will be brought by Pastor Shannon Siedschlag. Our prayer is that all participants will return home with hearts full of spiritual blessing.

*Registrations are on a first come, first served basis. We will cap the conference at 40 participants.

The cost for this conference is $120 with a $25 non-refundable registration which will be applied to the total fee. Included are six delicious meals and many extras. Housing at Eagle’s Nest is available on a first come, first served basis, with motel space in town available, too. When you register, we will contact you about housing.