WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) - Church of the Living God in Winchester is used to providing solace to those looking to strengthen their faith, but on Saturday, their focus is safety.

“If you add up the number of people who have died of a violent death in the last 25 years in houses of worship, violent death, people who have been shot, people who’ve been stabbed, the number will be higher than the number of school shootings,” said Jimmy Meeks, founder of the Bulletproof House of Worship Safety seminars.

Dozens of faith leaders across the Commonwealth and beyond gathered at the church Saturday for a safety seminar.

“Our hearts desire at our church, Church of Living God, is to just serve our community whatever way we can, and obviously, we think that includes religious avenues, but this is a prac

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