Overview

# Advanced Field Security & Crisis Evacuation

Advanced Field Security & Crisis Evacuation is an advanced course for field directors, organizational leaders, and sending boards. It helps leaders and teams develop more faithful, sustainable field methods.

!!! note "Advanced course"
    This course is intended for experienced practitioners, organizational leaders, and trusted sending partners.

## Course Purpose

This course gives leaders a practical, tiered risk management framework for keeping people and organizational resources safe while maintaining healthy ministry relationships.

## Intended Audience

- Field directors, organizational leaders, and sending boards.

• Security coordinators in high-risk contexts.

• Teams responsible for continuity, evacuation planning, and secure communications.

  Prerequisites

  Recommended: Field Readiness and at least one active cross-cultural assignment or team leadership role.

  Learning Objectives

  By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

  • Explain the difference between institution-led mission and movement-led multiplication.
  • Describe a sustainable, non-extractive approach to local training and support.
  • Apply a tiered evacuation protocol in a field context.
  • Use story-based and oral methods to engage contextual learners.
  • Draft a practical plan for local disciple-making, security, or crisis readiness.

  Estimated Time

  75-90 min.

  Practical Output

  A draft security matrix and evacuation checklist tailored to a field team or sending organization.

  Lessons

  1. Integrated vs. Defensive Security
  2. Tiered Risk Management and Situational Awareness
  3. The 5-Tier Evacuation Protocol
  4. Corporate Evacuation and Continuity Planning
  5. Secure Communications and Digital Hygiene
  6. Knowledge Check

Suggested Reading & Resources

• Serving with Eyes Wide Open — cultural intelligence and risk awareness.
• 100 Deadly Skills — practical safety habits for uncertain field environments.
• Insafety — building situational awareness, physical preparation, and travel security.

• Survival & Austere Medicine — emergency care for low-resource and austere environments.

  • Review this course overview.
  • Complete all lessons.
  • Discuss the practical output with a mentor, field leader, or sending team.

  Reflection Questions

  1. What does success look like for this course in your context?
  2. Where do you see the greatest risk of creating dependency instead of local ownership?
  3. Who must be involved in this plan for it to be sustainable?

  Practical Assignment

  Draft a one-page plan for your team, church, or local partner that applies the course principles in a specific field context.

  Completion Criteria

  • Review the course overview and all lessons.
  • Answer the reflection questions.
  • Complete the knowledge check.
  • Share your draft plan with a supervisor, mentor, or sending partner.

  Facilitator Notes

  • Encourage learners to adapt these principles to the local church, not to impose a foreign model.
  • Emphasize local verification, cultural humility, and stewardship.
  • Remind teams that safety planning and multiplication planning belong together.

  Revision History

  Date	Version	Notes
  June 7, 2026	0.1	Added advanced course draft.

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