2025 NOCSSM Conference

Col. Grossman is an Airborne Ranger infantry officer, and a prior-service sergeant and paratrooper, with a total of over 23 years experience in leading U.S. soldiers worldwide. He retired from the Army in February 1998 and has devoted himself full-time to teaching, writing, speaking, and research.
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Today Col. Grossman is the director of Grossman On Truth, LLC (www.GrossmanOnTruth.com). In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he has written and spoken extensively on the terrorist threat, with articles published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Civil Policy and many leading law enforcement journals, and he has been inducted as a “Life Diplomate” by the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, and a “Life Member” of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute.

Experience:

Chuck is the founder and president of the National Organization for Church Security and Safety Management™ which has helped thousands of churches throughout America with security and safety issues that concern all churches both large and small.

He is the licensed security manager and president of Gatekeepers Security Services™ whose Gatekeepers Program™ has put hundreds of armed Gatekeepers in churches across Texas.

He is also the president of the Christian Security Institute™ which is a state licensed armed security school which trains, certifies and licenses church security operators.

Chuck was the past Director of Security for several Mega churches in Texas

His four decades of private security experience, including two decades in the Church security field enables him to address the unique security issues faced by churches of all sizes.

Education/Certifications:

• Certified Protections Specialist – Executive Security International
• Licensed Level 3 and 4 Private Security Instructor – Texas Department of Public Safety – Private Security Bureau
• Licensed Personal Protection Officer – Texas Department of Public Safety – Private Security Bureau
• Licensed Commissioned Security Officer -Texas Department of Public Safety – Private Security Bureau
• Licensed Qualified Manager – Texas Department of Public Safety – Private Security Bureau #B15671
• NRA Pistol, Rifle and Safety Instructor #155068986
• Certified Police Firearms Instructor – Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
• Certified Law Enforcement Patrol Rifle Instructor – National Rifle Association
• Certified Defensive Tactics Instructor – PPCT Management Systems, Inc.
• Licensed Handgun License-To-Carry Instructor – Texas Department of Public Safety

FOUNDING SCRIPTURE:

1 Chronicles 9:21-24 Amplified Bible (AMP)

²¹ Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. ²² All those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. They were enrolled by their genealogies in their villages [around Jerusalem], these men [whose grandfathers] David and Samuel the seer had appointed to their official duty. ²³ So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tabernacle, as guards. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides —on the east, west, north, and south.

Mike Abernethy is the Director of Safety and Security for Central Baptist Round Rock. Utilizing his 12 years as a firefighter in the 13th largest department in the United States and his 6 years of experience in the US Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces and Intelligence communities, Mike helped build Central’s Safety Ministry from the ground up. Mike’s experience includes deployments to Iraq (OIF 2009), Haiti (Operation Unified Response), Texas Southern Border, involvement with his fire department’s Active Attack Rescue Task Force, and 8 years at one of the top 3 busiest fire stations in his department.

Mike has been married to the love of his life for 16 years and has three kids (ages 16, 13, and 9). He spends his free time being a taxi service to his kids, coaching them in their sports from the stands, and loving on his wife. Mike’s heart is for making Central’s Safety Ministry a home for veterans and first responders in the church and for folks who don’t fit in with traditional church ministries.

Officer James Norton has served as a Round Rock PD Officer since 2019. He currently serves as an active SWAT Team member, Sniper, ALERRT Active Killer response instructor, Threat Liaison Officer, and Field Training Officer.