Background Check Screening for Churches
Safety Done Right in Volunteer and Employee Management
It’s never been more important to know exactly who is volunteering, serving, working, and caring for your church family. That’s why we have partnered with Verified First to provide your church with the most comprehensive background checks available. This service integrates seamlessly and makes it super simple to run thorough background checks on anyone in your church or whom you may be considering for your staff.
Packages & Pricing
As of July 14, 2025
Serving Volunteer
Best used for volunteers in greeting or hospitality roles- This is the most basic package and includes all of the below.
- Nationwide Criminal Database search, including Global Watch Lists
- Social Security Address Trace Report, including Death Index
- For some positions, you should consider adding the Sex Offender Registry Search.
Applicant Pay Serving Volunteers
- Give your volunteers the opportunity to cover the cost of their background check. The applicant will receive an email to complete the application and provide payment.
- The Applicant Pay Serving Volunteers package is the same cost and includes the same searches as the Serving Volunteers package.
- To include the Nationwide Sex Offender Registry in the applicant pay screening, select the option for Applicant Pay - Serving Volunteer - Plus. This package will be $14.65
Children and Youth Volunteer
Best used for volunteers assisting with children or youth ministries- Everything in the previous package:
- Unlimited County Criminal Search for all filings over at least the last 7 years
- Nationwide Sex Offender Registry Search
Leadership and Staff
Best used for staff or other church leaders.- Everything in the Child/Youth Volunteer package plus:
- Education Verification
- Employment Verification
All packages include:
- Nationwide Criminal Database Search, including thousands of State and county records and Global Watch Lists
- Social Security Address Trace Report, including Death Index
Sex Offender Registry Information
This search can be added to the volunteer package to offer a more complete screening. The states maintain the Registry, and our access to it is real-time. The Registry will have states unavailable, and when that occurs, our team waits to finish the processing until that state is back up and has been searched. With the Database, if a state is down when the Database is updated, that state’s information is missing until the next time the Database is updated.
Extra Add-Ons:
To learn more or turn on add-on reports, please contact clientservices@verifiedfirst.com
Nationwide Sex Offender Registry Search
- Best used for anyone working with children.
Motor Vehicle Report
(MVR)
- Best used for anyone driving a church vehicle.
Credit Check
Best used for anyone handling money.- Best used for anyone handling money.
Vulnerable Abuse Registry
- Statewide report that pulls abuse and neglect records from a centralized database for child, elderly, and/or other vulnerable groups.
Drug Testing
- added to package
International Criminal Check
- Reveals if a candidate has criminal records outside of the United States and Canada.
County Civil Records
- added to package
- Searches a specified county to identify non-criminal suits filed by individuals or corporations.
Personal Reference Verification
- Provides insight to candidate’s character, reliability, strengths, and weaknesses.
International Education or Employment Verification
- Verifies education, history, degree provided by applicant outside of the United States and Canada.
- Verifies job title, tenure, salary, reasons for leaving, rehire eligibility, outside of the United States and Canada.
Canadian Searches
Canadian National Criminal Check (CRJMC)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Search- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Search
Canadian Employment Verification
- Job Title
- Tenure
- Reasons for leaving
- Rehire eligilibty
Canadian Education Verification
- Education history
- Degree
Canadian Credit Report
- Bankruptcies
- Collections
- Other credit trade lines
Canadian MVR
- License class
- Status
- Violations
- Accidents
Search Access Fees – In addition to the cost of the background check, your reports may be subject to various third-party access fees, including county and state court access fees, DMV access fees, and employment/education verification fees. ACS Technologies does not mark up any of these fees; instead we include them on your invoice at cost. Pricing listed in US dollars. https://fees.verifiedfirst.com/#/access-fees
Start protecting your church today.
- Sign in using an administrative login.
- Click on Settings, then Additional Features.
- In the Background Checks section, click Learn More.
- Click Sign Up for Background Checks.
- Complete provided application form.
To take advantage of the integration between ACS and Verified First, you will need to be on version 11.7.1.22 or later.
- Log in to ACS.
- Click “Grow Your Ministry” in the toolbar.
- Select “Background Checks,” and you’ll be taken to the Verified First signup page.
- Follow the prompts to start using background checks.
To take advantage of the integration between PDS and Verified First, you will need to be on version 9.0G or later.
- In the Personnel section, click “Safe Environment.”
- Click “Request Background Check.”
- Click “Sign Up”, and you’ll be taken to the Verified First signup page.
- Follow the prompts to start using background checks.