WELCOME TO THE CENTURION LAW ENFORCEMENT MINISTRY
The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian outreach by, for and about law enforcement (police, deputies, investigators, probation/parole, corrections, etc.) personnel and their families. TCLEM provides Bible-based support, fellowship and accountability for officers worldwide. We also seek to infuse Christian servant-leadership into our profession and equip the Christian officer to boldly share and live the Gospel.
What is a centurion?
A Roman centurion in Jesus’ day was akin to a ranking (Sergeant or Lieutenant) federal officer. Our modern day uniform and armor are based in large part on the armor of a Roman centurion (Ephesians 6:10-18). Our sidearm (for example) is represented by a Roman sword (Gladius). The Bible gives us a number of examples of these “Feds”: Cornelius is the first documented non-Jewish convert to Christianity (Acts 10). We have the centurion at the cross (who is the model for the Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry) in Matthew 27:45-54. In Luke 7 we find a centurion who had an amazing encounter with Jesus: he came to our Lord seeking for his deathly ill servant. He displayed astounding faith and humility when he told Jesus that he did not deserve to even have Him at his house, and asked Him to just say the word and the servant would be healed. The servant was healed and Jesus commented to the crowd, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” (Luke 7:9b) But please be advised: our service in law enforcement cannot save us: go to the KNOW GOD? page to learn more!
