This document provides practical security advice and strategies for Christians facing threats and attacks worldwide. It recommends precautions for protecting one's home, family, vehicle and personal safety when traveling. These include installing security systems, keeping emergency supplies and being armed and trained in self-defense. It stresses the importance of being informed through reliable news sources and educating one's family and community. The overall message is that Christians should wisely prepare for times of danger or scarcity while trusting in God.
3. “A prudent man foresees evil
and prepares himself,
but the simple pass on
and suffer for it.”
Proverbs 22:3
4. It was not raining when Noah built the Ark.
But Noah and his family survived the Flood by building the Ark
and stocking it in obedience to God (Genesis 6:11-22).
5. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob each enabled their families to survive
successive famines by following the guidance of God and taking
the appropriate steps (Genesis 12:10; 26:2,12-14).
6. God led Joseph to use the
years of plenty to store up
sufficient grain to feed his
people throughout the
seven-year famine
(Genesis 42:33-36).
7. “For man also does not know his time: like
fish taken in a cruel net, like birds caught in a
snare, so the sons of men are snared in an
evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.”
Ecclesiastes 9:12
14. “Watch, stand fast in the Faith,
be brave, be strong.”
1 Corinthians 16:13
15. Security
and Survival
Workshop
To the increasing threats
and attacks
on Christians worldwide
and to assist
vulnerable Christians
in threatened areas,
Frontline Fellowship
continues to design
Security and Survival
Workshops
and Manuals.
16. We are continuously developing comprehensive strategies to help
churches set up security ministries
17. and provide practical, hands-on training for farmers, families,
congregations, Missions, ministries
31. Utilising lessons learned through these decades in conflict areas,
we are offering training for Christians to be able to withstand and
resist violent attacks and to survive in adverse circumstances.
32. “But if anyone does not provide for his own
and especially for those of his household, he
has denied the Faith and is worse than an
unbeliever.” 1 Timothy 5:8
33. Strategies to Safeguard Your Home
So, what successful strategies are there to safeguard your home,
church or farm from crime and Revolutionary terrorist Attacks?
34. If strikes and civil strife caused your water and electricity supplies
to be cut off, would you have alternative supplies?
35. If your home or church is attacked by terrorists,
would you know what to do?
36. On a daily basis how secure are your loved ones
and your possessions?
37. At this time of crime, violence, instability and increasing threats
against Christians worldwide, it is necessary to be prepared.
57. Perhaps you could install an alarm system, or motion sensors, in
some areas. Solar panel powered motion sensitive spot lights
keep working when you have a power failure.
59. Install a phone line in your bedroom, or keep your cell phone by
your bed. Programme into your phone key emergency
numbers for easy use in the dark.
60. Memorise your local armed response Security Company, police
and flying squad phone numbers so that you can phone for help
without switching on the lights.
61. Keep a list of emergency numbers
by each phone
(including: Police, Fire Brigade,
Ambulance and Doctor). Programme
your cell phone with emergency
numbers, neighbours numbers and
family members.
62. Install a hidden and fire-proof safe in which you can store your
valuables.
78. “…Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and
awesome and fight for your brethren, your sons, your
daughters, your wives and your houses.” Nehemiah 4:14
90. Never leave shopping bags, briefcases, jackets or other
valuables visible in the car. Lock them in the boot out of sight.
91. Lock your doors when you travel and beware of car-hijackers at
traffic lights. They may masquerade as traders to approach your
car without suspicion. Remain alert at all traffic intersections.
92. Always keep a flashlight and fire extinguisher accessible in
your car.
96. Plan your route in advance. Use a map book, Google maps
or GPS, when going into an unfamiliar area
and if possible obtain detailed directions
from whomever you’re visiting.
Whether Driving or Walking
110. Keep keys and other essential items on your person rather than in
a bag or briefcase.
111. Maintain a habit of always keeping your petrol tank at least a
quarter full, preferably refuel at half a tank. Avoid running out
of petrol/gasoline/diesel.
When Travelling by Car
132. interruption of plumbing services and erratic (and often irrational)
lockdown lunacy regulations stifling and strangling businesses
and industries.
139. We need to be informed.
“My people are destroyed
from lack of knowledge.”
Hosea 4:6.
This is first and foremost an
information war.
It is a battle for the mind.
We need to understand our
enemy, his overall strategy,
his tactics and plan.
A Practical
Strategy
for Survival
146. See our articles: How Marxists Subvert Churches and Society; Is
South Africa Entering the Second Phase of the Revolution; Farms
and Freedom Under Fire in South Africa; Fraud, Failure and Farce
– Land Expropriation Hearings; Nine Stages of Genocide in South
Africa; Fearless Farmers Who Fight Back and other key articles
on the www.hmsschoolofchristianjournalism.org website.