The Church Crisis Response Toolkit

When something big hits your community, people don’t wait for Sunday. They come looking for help, and a lot of them end up at the church door. Is your church ready for that moment?

I’ve worked with churches for 14 years, and I put this toolkit together so your church can be ready to serve when a storm, outage, act of violence or other crisis hits, without guessing and without putting people at risk.

What you get:



• A 41-page step-by-step guide that walks your team through everything: knowing what your church can handle, insurance and legal questions, meeting with city officials, building your teams, the first 72 hours, communication, supplies, caring for people, money and donations, recovery and practice drills
• A 90-day plan so you know exactly what to do and when
• 31 editable templates in Word: checklists, sign-up forms, a letter to request a meeting with city officials, a phone tree, message scripts, a budget worksheet, a drill planner and more

Who it’s for: Pastors, church administrators, board members and ministry leaders at churches of any size. If you have 40 members or 4,000, it works.

Not sure where your church stands? Take the free Crisis Readiness Test first.

Want someone to walk through it with you? Book a free Breaking Ground consult.

This toolkit is a planning guide, not legal or insurance advice. Licensed for use by the purchasing church.