Church HR requires a specific balance between compliance and culture and having gaps could cost you money and time, not to mention staff morale and relational capital with your congregation. If you’re juggling 17 different hats (including “HR” anything) but don’t have the time or experience to figure out what church HR actually looks like,
AT YOUR SERVICE: How You Can Tailor Service Alerts for Your Background Checks
Have you heard of Protect My Ministry’s Service Alerts feature? It’s a powerful new tool you can add-on to your screening process, to uncover potential gaps in address and criminal reporting and ensure you’re able to make the most informed decisions possible for your organization’s safety. Filling in the Gaps As you may know, even
Four Proven Ways to Improve the Safety at Your Church
Throughout the upheaval of COVID-19, discussions of church safety have primarily focused on masks, hand sanitizer, and social distancing. But as churches continue to reopen and resume in-person programs for families and children – and with mass shootings continuing to undermine Americans’ sense of safety, and the legacy of past church violence still painful –
Protect My Ministry Ready to Connect at the Church Network Conference
While premier data connections are what drive churches to Protect My Ministry’s background screening solutions, the team is excited to reestablish the people connections that put the human touch in technology. Protect My Ministry will be at the 65th annual Church Network Conference July 7-10 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, armed with the information you
The Ban the Box Loophole Sex Offenders Don’t Want You to Know About
A violent attack in South Florida is exposing the dangers of not conducting background checks on employees, and shedding light on a unforeseen consequence of employers based in Ban the Box states. If you don’t already know what Ban the Box is, here is a rough (and long-winded) explanation: Job applications used to universally ask
Inside the Mind of a Sexual Predator
“We let him into our lives, our home. We trusted him with our children, and he betrayed us in the worst way possible,” the mother told the judge. “It is inconceivable to think that this man was able to maintain the lie of who he was for eight years in our community.’’ Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/05/sex_offender_left_oregon_and_d.html Those
When Should Your Church Re-Screen Employees and Volunteers?
Recently, a church found itself at the center of every congregation’s worst nightmare; One of its former volunteers is accused of sexually abusing several children he met through the church. The worst part is that these newest charges come years after similar allegations plagued the man and the church. Once a clean record, not always a clean a
Watch for These Background Check Red Flags
There are many hurdles toward landing a job; passing a background check shouldn’t be one of them. Background checks are often the final litmus test before receiving a job offer. They are – rightly so – an increasingly common requirement in ministries hiring procedures and vetting policies for volunteers. A thorough background investigation, such as
How to Spot a Predator – One Church’s Story
“Background checks are required but statistics say that background checks only catch ten percent of predators. We knew our goal had to be to get the entire staff savvy on how to spot predators.” – Executive Pastor Donald Pope of First Baptist Church of Canton, Ga. In a bold move by a Georgia church, executive
How NOT to Deal with a Sex Offender at Your Church
Leaders at a Baptist church in Connecticut have gone silent after it was uncovered that a sex offender had been leading the church for years. Letters from church officials and court records show that a pastor was allowed to continue leading his church for five years while on the state sex offender registry after a