A sign at Cedar Street Baptist Church in the East End exemplifies the heightened interest in safety of worshippers.
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Forums deliver security tips to church leaders
Richmond area faith leaders and congregation members are on heightened alert following the mass killing of nine worshippers at a historic Charleston, S.C., church last week and a frightening incident that followed at a church in South Richmond.