The case for organized safety
Why a faith community may choose to plan deliberately for prevention, response, and recovery.
Pray Safe House-of-Worship Safety Training
A free introductory online course for faith-community leaders and volunteers building a thoughtful, organized safety program.
A practical starting point for faith-community safety
Pray Safe is an introductory online course for leaders and volunteers considering a house-of-worship safety program. It focuses on defining an appropriate scope, engaging organizational leadership, understanding legal considerations, forming and training a team, and assessing the facility's needs.
The current course contains 21 lessons and includes assessment and report forms that can help a team organize its planning. Enrollment is currently free.
This introductory course supports planning; it does not replace site-specific professional advice, emergency-service guidance, legal counsel, medical training, or any licensing required for a particular role.
What the course covers
The curriculum moves from leadership alignment and program scope to team development, assessments, and documentation.
Leadership alignment
How to engage organizational leaders and define ownership before forming a safety team.
Scope and legal considerations
Questions to consider when defining the team's responsibilities, authority, policies, and limits.
Team formation and training
Planning for selection, roles, communication, recurring instruction, and accountability.
Needs assessments
A structured look at facilities, activities, people, procedures, and areas for improvement.
Forms and reports
Sample assessment, reporting, and maintenance documents included with the course.
Turn the course into an organized plan
Use the lessons to start a documented, leadership-supported process—not an informal collection of individual actions.
Access, prerequisites, and course limits
Current price: The live catalog currently lists Pray Safe as free.
Format: The course contains 21 online lessons. The public listing does not state an access-expiration term or a prerequisite.
Who can use it: Faith-community leaders, staff members, and volunteers can use the material to begin a structured conversation about safety. Leadership approval and clear organizational oversight remain essential.
Important limits: The course is introductory. It does not create legal authority, certify emergency-medical skills, provide a guard card, or replace role-specific instruction and site-specific professional guidance.
Pray Safe course questions
Understand the course's role as an introductory planning resource.
It is intended for faith-community leaders, staff members, and volunteers who want a structured introduction to house-of-worship safety planning.
The live catalog currently lists Pray Safe as free. Confirm the current enrollment terms before starting.
No. It provides a framework and sample forms. Your organization still needs a site-specific assessment, leadership decisions, policies, and appropriate professional guidance.
No. It is introductory house-of-worship safety training and does not replace Arizona guard-card courses or any other required credential.
The public listing does not state a prerequisite or an access-expiration term. Review the live enrollment page or contact the training office for current details.
Start a thoughtful house-of-worship safety process.
Use Pray Safe to align leadership, assess needs, define responsibilities, and plan appropriate next-step training.