SERAPH FAITH BASED SERVICES

Faith based organizations face many security and safety challenges. Embezzlement, mentally disturbed persons, sexual issues, and travel safety are just a few of the problems faced each day by faith based facilities. Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Justice Department has tracked a 30% increase in crime against religious leaders and workers within the U.S. and a 40% increase in crimes against religious workers worldwide.

Many of these crimes can be prevented with proper planning, training and management. SERAPH brings over 15 years of expertise to faith-based organizations to help them prevent crime or resolve current situations.

SERAPH can help.

Executive Briefing: Terrorism and Foreign Missions

This session would provide a detailed look at the safety issues involved in world missions. The briefing would provide an understanding of how planning and training plays a major role in the protection of missionaries in the field.

Outcomes:

• Leadership will learn why missionary [short-term long term] are targeted and how they can change training and policy to reduce the chance for assault.
• Leadership will be able to modify management of missionaries for improved safety.
• Leadership will learn how political ideology plays into the safety of missionaries.

Self-Protection and Travel Safety

This seminar would provide a practical self-protection system for pre-missionary students and missionaries. The SERAPH Personal Protection is an action oriented, comprehensive personal protection - training seminar.

Outcomes:

• Participants will learn “real world” techniques for the predication of safety hazards before they occur.
• How to travel safely with children or students.
• Dealing with medical emergencies while traveling.
• Profiling potentially threatening people and how to manage them with verbal skills.
• Reduction of risk for missionaries and their families.

Sexual Predators: Understanding & Prevention

Over the past 5 years, sexual issues have become more and more a central focus of every day life. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, sex crimes are rising in frequency especially among youth.

The SERAPH Sex Crimes Profiling seminar provides much needed information to educators, counselors, clergy, mental health workers and law enforcement on the complicated issues surrounding Sex Crimes. Participants will be learning how to identify sexual aggression and how to address specific problems effectively.

Outcomes:

• Participants will learn about sexual issues as they related to church leadership and church management.
• They will learn about paraphilias [abnormal sexual practices]
• They will be able to better assess potential problems in leaders and to more effectively monitor leadership for these problems.
• They will have accurate information to redesign existing policies for effective prevention.

Leadership Training: Crimes against Religious Organizations

This seminar will provide an understanding of the complexity and growth of crimes against churches and church officials. All aspects of this problem will be addressed:

• False charges against church staff
• Stalking
• Sexual issues
• Theft
• Radical Political / Social groups
• Issues with neighbors
• Threats
• Reducing the chance for negative publicity.
• Reducing the chance of lawsuits or internal church disputes.
• Protect assets of the congregation form theft.

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