Helping ministries protect their people and their reputation.
Faith-Driven AI Solutions for Christian Communities. One platform for Social Media Monitoring, Criminal Monitoring, Background Checks, Training & Policies.
No Credit Card Required.
Powered by industry-leading data providers and built on 10+ years of screening expertise
Pay Zero Out of Pocket!
Use our Free plan and let volunteers cover their own background check costs. Studies show 60% of volunteers willingly contribute when given the option.
Complete visibility
One Dashboard to Monitor Your Entire Ministry
Real-time oversight of volunteers and staff with comprehensive background checks, continuous monitoring, and compliance tracking—all in one unified platform designed for faith-based organizations.
Features for ministries
Hit the ground running
Features for every ministry to protect what matters most.
Social Media Monitoring: Guarding Your Reputation
Protect Your Ministry's Light in a Digital World
Ministry Guard's AI-driven social media monitoring safeguards your church's reputation by ensuring high-profile leaders and volunteers reflect your values online. Our innovative platform analyzes public content—social media posts, blogs, and reviews—across key categories to identify risks and affirm faith-aligned behaviors, empowering your ministry to shine as a "light on a hill" (Matthew 5:14).
Innovative Content Analysis
AI monitors for risks like harm, inappropriate conduct, substance misuse, or ethical misalignments.
Protect Public Trust
Timely alerts allow swift response to minimize reputational risks from your ministry.
Faith-Aligned Insights
Highlights positive Christian virtues to encourage your team to promote your mission.
Comprehensive Digital Age Protection
In today's digital age, your ministry's online presence shapes community trust. Ministry Guard's advanced monitoring evaluates public content for risks, including harm and safety concerns, graphic or explicit material, substance use, or integrity issues, while celebrating positive indicators like scripture sharing or community service.
Neutral activities, such as civic engagement, are also assessed for context, ensuring a holistic view. Tailored for high-profile staff and volunteers, our platform delivers detailed reports and instant alerts, enabling coaching or corrective action to uphold your values.
Foster a Culture of Encouragement
Ministry Guard's AI-driven platform identifies positive social media posts from church staff and leaders, such as sharing scripture, promoting charity events, posting uplifting messages, or showcasing faith leadership, to highlight behaviors that reflect Christian virtues. This enables leaders to acknowledge them through private or public recognition, ministry awards, or other opportunities, thereby fostering a culture of encouragement.
Choose Ministry Guard to proactively manage online risks and align your public-facing team with your mission, fostering a faithful, trusted community.
Continuous Criminal Monitoring: Safeguard Your Ministry in Real Time
Constant Vigilance for Ministry Safety
In today's world, ensuring the safety of your ministry demands constant vigilance. Ministry Guard's AI driven arrest monitoring tool empowers churches to protect their communities by providing instant alerts on new arrests or bookings, leveraging a nationwide network covering 85% of U.S. incarceration records and 100% of interstate parole records. Our AI-driven platform ensures your ministry stays proactive, maintaining safety and trust with unmatched vigilance across multiple sources.
Near Real-Time Alerts
Receive notifications from over 2,800 booking agencies and 2,200 courts, updated hourly.
Proactive Safety
185 million booking records and 580 million court records protect vulnerable members.
Faithful Stewardship
Uphold safety and accountability, reflecting God's call to "act justly" (Micah 6:8).
Leadership Must Act Swiftly
People in ministry can fall short. Delayed action by leadership is often viewed as inaction. The leadership of your organization must KNOW that a problem exists in a timely manner, so action can be taken promptly. Suspending someone from a ministry role while the facts are investigated is the best way to protect your vulnerable populations and your ministry's reputation, while treating the accused individual respectfully and fairly.
Be Prepared, Not Caught Off Guard
Imagine a staff member is arrested for a serious offense, such as child endangerment, and a reporter contacts your ministry for a statement, only to find leadership unaware or unprepared to respond. Without proactive monitoring, this oversight risks severe reputational harm and compromises your commitment to child safety. Ministry Guard's continuous criminal monitoring ensures you're informed instantly, enabling swift action to protect your community and uphold your mission as stewards of people.
By integrating seamless monitoring with actionable insights, Ministry Guard helps you address risks before they impact your ministry, ensuring your community remains a safe haven. Our scalable solution, designed for churches of all sizes, supports your mission to protect and serve with justice and care.
Robust Background Checks for a Secure Community
There is no excuse for not conducting background checks in a ministry organization.
Ensuring the safety of your church or para-church organization starts with knowing who serves in your community.
Thorough Background Checks
Conduct thorough criminal and offender database screenings with separate employee and applicant level onboarding. Background check cost is proportional to quality. Therefore, opting for a cheaper alternative risks incomplete protection for your ministry.
Ensure Child Safety
Create a safe environment for your community and minimize your reputational risk by doing more than just a cursory glance at public records.
Dedicated Account Support
We are a relationship business. We want our customers to call and get help when they need it. We will answer questions about the specifics of the report we have provided to you.
Expert HR Guidance
You are supported by real HR people. We're not just selling background check data; we help our customers make the hiring process more efficient and less risky. We can and will answer the question "what now?"
Comprehensive Compliance & Affordability
Ministry Guard's screening solution delivers comprehensive background checks with registered offender status for staff and volunteers. Our platform ensures ongoing compliance with evolving government regulations, including FCRA, EEOC, state and municipal level, alerting you of potential risks to safeguard youth and vulnerable members.
Additionally, by allowing volunteers to pay for their background checks, Ministry Guard makes the process affordable for churches of any size. Volunteers can cover the cost of continuous criminal monitoring and social media monitoring, ensuring a comprehensive approach to child safety while easing your ministry's financial burden.
Empowering Safety Through Training & Policy
Clear Policies and Well-Trained Teams
Creating a safe church or para-church organization requires clear policies and well-trained teams.
Centralized Policy Management
Distribute and track policies effortlessly to meet ethical standards and reduce liability.
Engaging Protection Training
Equip staff and volunteers with mandatory video modules to set proper expectations for conduct.
Showcase Your Commitment
Clearly communicate your unwavering dedication to protecting all people and upholding your ministry's reputation.
Comprehensive Platform for Safety Culture
Ministry Guard's platform centralizes policy management, ensuring staff and volunteers understand expectations around child/youth safety and appropriate conduct between all people. Our mandatory training on these topics, delivered through engaging video modules, equips your team to recognize and prevent risks, fostering a culture of vigilance and care.
With comprehensive audit trails and training completion tracking, Ministry Guard simplifies compliance for busy church leaders. Whether facing state mandates or internal ethical standards, our solution ensures your ministry is prepared, protected, and aligned with the biblical principle of "doing justly" (Micah 6:8), allowing you to focus on your mission.
Minimize Your Cost
Encourage volunteers to pay for their own screening and monitoring
Volunteer-Paid Option
Ministry Guard's volunteer-paid option allows church volunteers to cover the cost of their background checks, continuous criminal monitoring, and social media monitoring. By enabling volunteers to fund these options, your church can uphold its commitment to a secure, faith-filled community without straining budgets, embodying the stewardship of "doing good to all" (Galatians 6:10).
Cost Savings for Ministries
Studies show that 60% of volunteers will donate to your organization to offset costs if given the opportunity, therefore, your ministry saves resources, allowing you to focus on your mission.
In today's world, ensuring a safe ministry environment is paramount, but budget constraints can challenge some organizations. Ministry Guard's volunteer-paid option addresses this by allowing volunteers to cover the full cost to preserve funds for mission-critical activities.
How it Works
Get your ministry protected in minutes, not months
Add Your People
Upload a roster or send invites—everyone creates a secure profile in minutes. Goodbye spreadsheets!
Detailed Background Checks
Criminal and registered offender checks run when the user submits their written authorization. Quickly understand the background of individuals and volunteers in your organization.
24/7 Risk Monitoring
Arrest records and public social media content are watched continuously so you can protect your people and your reputation.
Act Fast on Alerts
Critical findings and expiring subscriptions trigger instant notifications on web, email, and mobile. Never miss an alert.
Always Know Your Team is Ready
One-click reports and automated audit trails keep you confident and prepared.
The all-in-one platform
Protect your ministry with confidence
Ministry Guard empowers churches and para-church organizations to protect their communities and uphold their mission with confidence. Our innovative, AI-driven platform leads with cutting-edge social media monitoring, continuous criminal monitoring, complemented by comprehensive background checks, youth protection training, and policy management.
These tools address risks like misconduct, non-compliance, or reputational harm, fostering a safe and trustworthy environment. Designed for ministries of all sizes, Ministry Guard reduces administrative burdens, allowing you to prioritize spiritual growth while safeguarding your young ones and reflecting the biblical call to be "faithful stewards" (1 Corinthians 4:2).
AI-Powered Protection
Smart tools for safer ministries
Work smarter with AI that understands your values.
One AI for all your safety needs
Instantly power up ministry-wide protection that monitors every aspect of safety, across all your people.
Start protecting your ministry today
Be among the first to use Ministry Guard's innovative platform designed specifically for faith-based organizations.
Get started. It's FREE