{"id":31362,"date":"2016-11-23T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=31362"},"modified":"2016-11-23T09:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:56:58","slug":"church-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/11\/23\/church-security\/31362\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Churches and other houses of worship have traditionally kept their facilities open, even when worship services are not taking place. But recent shootings and incidents of gun violence have prompted some congregations to reassess how they can remain open and welcoming while still keeping members secure. Correspondent Lucky Severson reports on the issue and speaks with clergy, laity, and police in Fairfax, Virginia, and Oxford, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to protect our congregation and ourselves,\u201d says David Lee, a Presbyterian church deacon. But \u201chow do you really do that if someone enters our facility with intent to do harm? It\u2019s not clear how do we go about doing things.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/11\/23\/church-security\/31362\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":31341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-culture-and-society","topics-ethics","topics-faith-and-spirituality","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Church Security | November 23, 2016 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/11\/23\/church-security\/31362\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Church Security | November 23, 2016 | Religion &amp; 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