Local Christian Emergency Network (CEN) Chapters are Starting Now – see how you and your church can begin a chapter.
“Our CEN Chapter in Tempe is forging the way for many Chapters in Arizona,” says Jon McHatton, CEN’s State and Chapter Development Director. “Believers see the need for church preparedness and response in their own city, and have put many structural pieces into place already. They are bringing together the faith community and emergency response personnel in order to be well acquainted and functioning ahead of the need for the next emergency response.”
Chapters exist in many states, and are already being seen as invaluable by each community. Individual churches are creating Church Emergency Teams (CET) to prepare and assess response capacities to best be ready. Jon takes each state and its Chapters through a process by which they become their own entity within their local emergency management structure. The Chapter then motivates and equips its local faith area to be an effective response tool.
“Tempe is just one of our Chapter stories so far,” says Mary Marr, CEN Founder/President. “Every emergency starts and ends locally, and we need to prepare for these as best as possible. Relationships being forged in each community through these Chapters, and specifically through the Ready Church Initiative that many Chapters are implementing, are strong and successful,” she adds.