Protect My Ministry takes seriously the need to vet anyone – ANYONE – who is hired by, or volunteers for, a faith-based organization. In particular, we feel strongly that employees and volunteers within schools who are sponsored by, or run on the campus of, a religious organization must maintain high standards of conducting thorough and
Student Ministry Makes Smart Move – Background Checks for Volunteers
There is a beautiful resurgence happening on a longtime religious property in Northwest Georgia. The Polk Haralson Christian Life Center in the Antioch Community, locally known as Camp Antioch, is now blossoming with visitors and wildlife after a major facilities upgrade project and a wildlife habitat certification from the The National Wildlife Federation. More than
4 Tips to Develop a Safe and Sound Background Screening Policy for Your Employees and Volunteers
On any given day, your ministry may be visited by dozens, hundreds or thousands of people. Some of these people are your everyday parishioners, some may be curious visitors, while others are routine employees or impassioned volunteers. This can be a wonderful thing for your ministry, its teachings and outreach, but it can also leave
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Most of the time, staff members and volunteers inside of your organization are juggling multiple hats. The representative handling the background screening process for your organization has probably already experienced the tedious task of collecting consent forms from your candidates. Everything from wasting time tracking down candidates who have not returned their forms to supplying
Instant Background Checks
Frequently, the subject of “instant background checks” is seen in advertisements for background screening companies. You may have seen these ads; if you are a client of Protect My Ministry, you may have even wondered why at times your screening order takes some additional time. The idea of instant results in today’s fast paced society
Are You Ordering The Correct Search
Here at Protect My Ministry, we do all that we can to assist our clients in making the screening process simple and stress-free. We understand that there may be a number of screening providers that claim to have and attempt to offer the same level in quality when it comes to client services. However, we
Did You Know?
Did you know that according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the government views volunteer personnel as unpaid employees? Organizations are often unaware of this information; as a result, they overlook very important measures to complete the screening process correctly. The majority of these FCRA requirements begin to surface in the event that a
Training Is the Key
Taking every precaution possible to ensure that children, volunteers, and the vision of your organization are protected is Protect My Ministry’s priority. It is crucial that every organization proactively orders background screenings on each and every person that may come in . However, the society in which we live today demands greater measures of safety.
Online Child Safety Training now available through our Certified Integration Partners
Protect My Ministry is excited to announce that all churches and organizations that currently use our Certified Integration Partners will also have the ability to request our online child safety training. Although our training has been available in the past, it required churches that use management software like Fellowship One or Shelby to log in