On this page is a collection of guides, fact sheets, and manuals from a variety of sources that provide helpful information for church security teams. Return often as new documents are added when available.
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A contested multipolar landscape is emerging worldwide where confrontation is replacing collaboration, and trust—the currency of cooperation—is losing its value. That’s the conclusion of the World Economic Forum‘s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2026 (PDF).
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While the annual report’s intent is to inform secular leaders making policy decisions, it can be of interest to church security teams to help prepare for possible social unrest that could affect the safety of their churches and congregants.
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It posits that societal and political disruption may deepen over the next two years as technology becomes more embedded in daily life and geoeconomic tensions persist, heightening the risks of increased digital distrust and social confrontation.
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Misinformation and disinformation, societal polarization, state-based armed conflict, and cyber insecurity, all identified as worsening, could lead to conflict and danger for Christians and church events.
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The Global Risks Report 2026 draws on the views of over 1,300 global leaders and specialists from academia, business, government, international organizations, and civil society. It identifies and analyzes the most pressing risks across three timeframes: immediate (2026); short-to-medium term (the next two years); and long term (the next 10 years).
Dillon Burroughs, PhD, writes for the Standing for Freedom Center and serves as an adjunct instructor at Liberty University’s John W. Rawlings School of Divinity. In his article, When the Church Becomes a Target: Shepherds Must Defend the Flock With Armed Security, he makes the biblical case why churches are obligated to maintain trained and armed security ministry teams. Excerpts from the article are below:
Violent attacks or threats against Christians and arson crimes against churches in Europe spiked sharply in 2024, according to a report by the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe).
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The research shows that, while the 2,211 hate crimes targeting Christians recorded across the European continent in 2024 were a drop from the number of incidents in 2023, the nature of the crimes had grown more violent.
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Key findings include: