diff --git a/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py b/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py
index fa92b75782a2..44d18c7ff0ee 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py
@@ -2,26 +2,30 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import markdown
-from jinja2 import (
-    Environment,
-    FileSystemLoader,
-)
+from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader
+from jinja2.sandbox import ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment
 from markupsafe import Markup
 from dispatch import config
 
 here = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
+
 autoescape = bool(config.DISPATCH_ESCAPE_HTML)
-env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(here), autoescape=autoescape)
+env = ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment(loader=FileSystemLoader(here), autoescape=autoescape)
 
 
-def format_datetime(value):
-    return datetime.fromisoformat(value).strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
+def safe_format_datetime(value):
+    try:
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(value).strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return ""
 
 
-def format_markdown(value):
-    return Markup(markdown.markdown(value))
+def safe_format_markdown(value):
+    if not isinstance(value, str):
+        return ""
+    return Markup(markdown.markdown(value, output_format="html5", extensions=["extra"]))
 
 
-env.filters["datetime"] = format_datetime
-env.filters["markdown"] = format_markdown
+env.filters["datetime"] = safe_format_datetime
+env.filters["markdown"] = safe_format_markdown
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index ee1d37fad193..e0ebeefec634 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     DefinitionFactory,
     DispatchUserFactory,
     DocumentFactory,
+    EmailTemplateFactory,
     EntityFactory,
     EntityTypeFactory,
     EventFactory,
@@ -585,6 +586,11 @@ def incident_cost_types(session):
     return [IncidentCostTypeFactory(), IncidentCostTypeFactory()]
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def email_template(session):
+    return EmailTemplateFactory()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def notification(session):
     return NotificationFactory()
diff --git a/tests/factories.py b/tests/factories.py
index 85a0ca76bc6e..7ffbfc9815b3 100644
--- a/tests/factories.py
+++ b/tests/factories.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 from dispatch.conversation.models import Conversation
 from dispatch.definition.models import Definition
 from dispatch.document.models import Document
+from dispatch.email_templates.models import EmailTemplates
+from dispatch.email_templates.enums import EmailTemplateTypes
 from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
 from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
 from dispatch.event.models import Event
@@ -1216,6 +1218,22 @@ class Meta:
         model = IncidentCostType
 
 
+class EmailTemplateFactory(BaseFactory):
+    """Email Template Factory."""
+
+    # Columns
+    email_template_type = EmailTemplateTypes.welcome
+    welcome_text = "Welcome to Incident {{title}} "
+    welcome_body = "{{title}} Incident\n{{description}}"
+    components = ["title", "description"]
+    enabled = True
+
+    class Meta:
+        """Factory Configuration."""
+
+        model = EmailTemplates
+
+
 class NotificationFactory(BaseFactory):
     """Notification Factory."""
 
diff --git a/tests/messaging/test_messaging.py b/tests/messaging/test_messaging.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31104ec6442c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/messaging/test_messaging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+def test_render_message_template():
+    """Tests the render_message_template function.
+
+    The message template should be filled with the kwargs values, and the datetime field should be properly formatted.
+    """
+    from dispatch.messaging.email.utils import render_message_template
+    from datetime import datetime, UTC
+
+    message_template = [
+        {
+            "title": "{{title}}",
+            "text": "{{body}}",
+            "datetime": "{{datetime | datetime}}",
+        }
+    ]
+    kwargs = {
+        "title": "Test Title",
+        "body": "Test Body",
+        "datetime": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+    }
+
+    rendered = render_message_template(message_template, **kwargs)
+
+    assert rendered
+    assert rendered[0].get("title") == kwargs.get("title")
+    assert rendered[0].get("text") == kwargs.get("body")
+    assert rendered[0].get("datetime")
+
+
+def test_render_message_template__failed_filter():
+    """Tests that render_message_template fails when the input does not adhere to the datetime filter rules."""
+    from dispatch.messaging.email.utils import render_message_template
+
+    message_template = [
+        {
+            "datetime": "{{datetime | datetime}}",
+        }
+    ]
+    kwargs = {"datetime": "1234"}
+
+    rendered = render_message_template(message_template, **kwargs)
+
+    assert rendered
+    assert not rendered[0].get("datetime")
+
+
+def test_render_message_template__disable_code_execution():
+    """Tests that render_message_template does not execute scripts in user input."""
+    from dispatch.messaging.email.utils import render_message_template
+
+    message_template = [
+        {
+            "title": "{{ title }}",
+            "body": "{% for i in [].append(123) %}...{% endfor %}",
+        }
+    ]
+    kwargs = {"title": "Test Title"}
+
+    rendered = render_message_template(message_template, **kwargs)
+
+    assert rendered
+    assert rendered[0].get("title") == kwargs.get("title")
+    assert rendered[0].get("body") == message_template[0].get("body")
+
+
+def test_generate_welcome_message__default():
+    """Tests the generate_welcome_message function."""
+    from dispatch.messaging.strings import generate_welcome_message
+
+    assert generate_welcome_message(None)
+
+
+def test_generate_welcome_message__email_template(email_template):
+    """Tests the generate_welcome_message function with an email template."""
+    from dispatch.messaging.strings import generate_welcome_message
+
+    welcome_message = generate_welcome_message(email_template)
+
+    assert welcome_message
+    assert welcome_message[0].get("title") == email_template.welcome_text
+    assert welcome_message[0].get("text") == email_template.welcome_body