Facing Up To The Fearsome Five: Top Risks For Churches and Nonprofits

 
Ministry Pacific Insurance Services is offering a free e-book, "Facing Up To The Fearsome Face," to help houses of worship and nonprofit organizations identify and address their most common risks.

A Calamitous Quintet Is Waiting to Undermine Your Ministry and cause.

You’re busy doing good. That means you don’t have time to worry about threats that could derail your work. That’s OK because we’re on it.

We surveyed our insurance carriers, the industry and our own claim processing to identify the top five risks that generate the most claims. Narrowing it down to five helps you prioritize your resources and focus on a few important things.

You can read it in our new e-book, “Facing Up To The Fearsome Five,” listen to our podcast, or both.

Your calling is worth protecting.

AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH KARLYN STERN OF MINISTRY PACIFIC: FACING UP TO THE FEARSOME FIVE

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

The riskiest thing houses of worship and nonprofits can do is to act like they have no risks. This practice, though rarely official, is common in practice. People in ministry and nonprofit work often see the glass as half full. They look for potential in others, offer second chances and seek to create an environment of trust. For them, being risk-minded doesn’t come naturally.

The key? Understanding that reducing risk means protecting ministry. We do it every day, to one extent or another. When we leave the church, we lock the door. When we get in our car, we put on our seatbelts. Managing a faith-based environment raises the stakes:

  • Children must be protected from abuse.

  • We don’t want elderly congregants to slip and fall.

  • Our membership database must not be pilfered by hackers and data thieves.

Understanding that all of these things are real possibilities – and that we can do something about them – is the first step to create a low-risk environment.

Beyond this, where do you start? Instead of expecting you to create a list of “what ifs,” Ministry Pacific has done the research to determine the top five factors that lead to insurance claims. This helps you to close in on the things that are most likely to happen so you can shore them up and protect your ministry.

Please let us know if we can be of service and visit our Mission Protection Library.

 
Roy HarrymanComment