Podcast Episode #3: Traditional & Emerging Risks Facing your Ministry and How to Address Them

Traditional & Emerging Risks Facing your Ministry and How to Address Them

Church Mutual’s Assistant VP – Risk Control, Eric Spacek joins the President of Church & Casualty Insurance Agency, Travis Tjepkema for a sit-down conversation discussing various risk mitigation topics concerning houses of worship and how to address them.

Eric Spacek has more than 15 years of insurance risk control experience and joined Church Mutual in January 2020 as Risk Control program manager. He was promoted to his current role in January 2022. Spacek earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Eastern University in St. David’s, Pennsylvania, and his juris doctor degree from American University in Washington, D.C.

Check out clips from this podcast


Time: 1:59-3:54
A layered approach to security – protect from the outside in


Time: 4:00-5:56
Armed security hierarchy
Time: 8:34-9:49
Peer-to-peer abuse prevention


Time: 14:59-18:08
Risk Assessment Tool for calculating risk impact and severity to your organization


Time: 18:31-20:14
Taking a comprehensive approach to risk management