In 2009, a Fusion Team serving in a large city in North Africa had to leave unexpectedly due to visa issues. They had planned to stay four months, but less than a month into their project they had to leave. We quickly came up with a new project that would send them to South Sudan […]
Part 2: Application of SICM to the Training Process
From my time with Faith Works and Fusion, to Concilium today, I have spent more than 20 years teaching, training, and mentoring biblically based safety and security to Christian missionaries and humanitarian workers of all ages. I do not teach these brothers and sisters to wield the sword. Rather through Security In the Context of […]
Part 1: Security In the Context of Ministry (SICM) Is About Disciple Making
I am first and foremost a disciple maker. I am a disciple maker who uses God’s word to teach a biblical approach to security management and personal safety and security. Quite often as I teach and model the principles of SICM with others, I find that gospel workers know precious little about what God has […]
Security In the Context of Ministry
Word to the wise when it comes to security for churches and Christian organizations: never frame security as merely a program. Begin with the fact that security is a ministry; one ministry of many in the organization. We can all agree that ministry programming is critical to ministry success. But if organizations don’t view security […]
Happy New Year!
What better way to launch 2020 than a new website and announcements of new Concilium ministries. Concilium is growing!. Since our start just six short years ago, Concilium has grown into a truly international ministry serving thousands annually. With resources and personnel located around the world, Concilium’s four-fold ministry provides: Personal safety and security training […]