CINCINNATI —

Amid increasing violence in public spaces, churches across the United States are quietly enhancing security measures to protect worshippers while maintaining open doors.

Recent incidents include the deaths of two children at a Catholic Mass in Minneapolis, a gunman opening fire and setting off explosives at a Sunday service outside Detroit, resulting in four fatalities, and the fatal shooting of two women at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in July. Advertisement

In the Greater Cincinnati area, many churches are forming safety or security teams, although they are reluctant to disclose specific details of their security strategies.

Erin Caproni, spokesperson for Crossroads Church, emphasized the importance of safety, stating, "For Crossroads, safety has always been a reall

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