Preparedness Resources:
Preparedness Document Checklist for Personal Preparedness and Congregational Preparedness
This document provides a checklist for documents that should be kept in a secure location to be easily accessible in the event of an emergency. There is one document intended for personal preparedness, and a separate document for congregational preparedness.
Disaster Preparedness Guide for Local Churches: A Workbook (Revised October 2024)
This guide recognizes that all response to disaster happens locally. You are the experts in your local community, and this is intended to be used as a framework for creating your own disaster resources. This workbook has been designed to be placed in a 3-ring binder and was created as a Word Document so you can edit it as you see fit.
The intention of this workbook is to provide you with an overview of how to be prepared for disasters. There are some steps that all churches should be taking despite having limited resources, as those are crucial in the event of an emergency (Steps 1 – 2). Churches that are ready to be more prepared for disasters are encouraged to work through the additional sections in this workbook (Steps 3 – 5).
One thing to keep in mind throughout this planning guide, you are not answering to the government, the conference or the national church. The key stakeholders in this process are those in your church community and your wider community who may be impacted by disasters. There is no right or wrong way to complete this planning workbook. Please adapt this tool as you see fit.