Protect My Ministry's recommendations include a criminal background check, as well as a "true" 50 states sex offender registries search with several states that must be searched by "name-only", because some states do not provide date of birth on the offenders.  A social security number verification is included to verify the correct name and date of birth of the applicant and to alert you to possible mis-matches between the name provided by the applicant and the name registered to the social security number.  A mis-match could indicate that the applicant is attempting to hide their true identity.

Protect My Ministry is one of very few companies serving the ministry marketplace that offers an FCRA §613 compliant "national" criminal database search for ministries.  Protect My Ministry sends "instant" results for "no-hit" records.  For "hit" records there is a 24-48 hour process of re-verification, in which the county courthouse records are updated to the "national" criminal database records, prior to sending results back.