Ep. 21 Vetting Instructors and Trainers

Eight years ago if you did a Google search for church safety training you might come up with 2 or 3 entities that were in the “business” of training and consulting church safety ministries. Now it seems like every church-going, retired police officer or veteran has a “training” business and TONS of firearms instructors have suddenly entered the church safety training world. Thats all fine and dandy, but when it comes to training your safety ministry do you really want just any trainer?

In this episode I briefly rehash the difference between instruction and training, and then I outline some key markers to look for in a quality trainer for your church safety ministry. Note that I specify “trainer for your safety ministry”. There are plenty of great trainers and instructors out there, but very few can relate the topics they are teaching to safety ministry. A trainer or instructor may check all of the boxes of real world knowledge/experience, certifications, and understanding of training processes, but if the heart behind why they are instructing what their instructing is not rooted in the Holy Spirit and in the role of the safety ministry in actually ministering to people then they’ve missed the boat.

PROTECT HIS PEOPLE. GIVE HIM THE GLORY.

Mike

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