Background Checks for People Working with Children If you work with children, you are probably aware that background checks are required for childcare providers. This includes churches and other faith-based/community-based organizations. In fact, anybody associated with your organization—whether a volunteer or a staff member—needs to have a completed (and passed) background check on file if they
Why You Need Continuous Monitoring for Volunteers
Churches are organizations that rely on many people to work and volunteer for the ministry that takes place. Many churches implement background checks and use employee and volunteer screening processes to protect guests, members, staff, and property. However, many places of worship don’t have continuous monitoring in place. Because churches have children’s ministries with adults
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
Church Leaders Share Impact of COVID-19
We recently surveyed 1,400 customers asking how COVID-19 has impacted their church, and we are pleased to share the results with you. Engagement, financial implications, staffing and programming have been areas of concern for many churches, and we invite you to learn more about the trends we have uncovered. The full report, Coping with COVID-19: Insights
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