The Benefits of a Risk Assessment for Your Church

If you have never done so, it may be a good idea to have a Risk Management professional complete a Risk Assessment of your church.  A thorough Risk Assessment can point out areas of vulnerability in your security and also help you limit premises liability as well.  A Risk Assessment should be completed by an outside party who has fresh eyes and no biases toward your church.  An independent consultant that can give it to you straight and not sugar coat your weaknesses or the chinks in your armor.

A thorough Risk Assessment will look at the physical security of your building and your ministries.  It should include fire safety, playground safety, how you protect the offering, trip and fall hazards and any other safety issues.  It should also include a hard look at your Children's and Youth Ministries.  Are these ministries protected from possible kidnappers?  You should also have them look at Pastoral and Platform protection to ensure that the Pastor and the members and visitors of your church are protected against intruders.  It should also include transporting children and youth and other members of the congregation to and from events off the property.  And one thing that most people forget about is food safety.  Do you have a kitchen and do the people that use it practice good food safety and sanitation?  There is nothing worse than having a barbeque chicken sale and have multiple people get sick from poor food safety practices.

A thorough Risk Assessment should look at all four corners of your property and everything that could be a liability to you and your members.  If you haven't had a Risk Assessment completed you should really think about it.  Call me and I can help.  For more information go to my website. www.trinityriskmanagement.com.