COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — In light of the attack that happened at a church in Michigan that left four people dead and others wounded, WRBL News 3 sat with two local church pastors who discussed the measures they took years ago to protect their congregation.

Both pastors said they were saddened by the church attack in Michigan.

Attacks on churches in the United States began to climb in 2018, according to an evangelical think tank, the Family Research Council.

At Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor J.H. Flakes III notes that in addition to the technology used to secure the church, they have a highly trained safety team.

“And so where the sanctuary should be a safe place, a refuge, for those to come to worship, and to thank and praise God, then you do have elements that want to d

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