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Protect your congregation. Honor their trust.

Background checks for churches, ministries, charities, and nonprofits — screen staff, ministry leaders, and volunteers with instant results and pricing that respects a ministry budget.

From $4.30 / Search Instant Results Insurance-Ready Documentation No Contracts
Church & Nonprofit Background Checks

Safe ministry is good stewardship

From children's ministry to the finance committee, screening the people who serve protects the people you serve.

Children & Youth Protection

Sex offender registry and criminal database searches for everyone serving in children's ministry, youth group, or nursery.

Staff & Volunteer Screening

One platform for pastors, employees, board members, and volunteers — each screened at the level their role requires.

Ministry-Budget Pricing

Searches from $4.30 and full packages from $26.99, pay-per-report — affordable even for small congregations.

Insurance-Ready Records

Documented, dated screening reports satisfy the requirements many church insurance carriers set for youth programs.

Ministry Pricing

Right-sized screening for every role

Match the depth of the check to the responsibility of the role — pay only per report.

Essentials
Volunteer Essentials
$4.30starting / search

  • Sex Offender Registry — $4.30
  • State Criminal DB — $10.04
  • National Criminal DB Plus — $17.21
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Staff
Employment Basic
$35.99/ report

  • National Criminal Search
  • Federal Criminal Search
  • Education Verification
  • Employment Verification
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Screening a whole volunteer roster? Ask about discounted volume rates for nonprofits. Contact our team →
Why Odosek

Simple enough for a volunteer coordinator to run

Most ministries don't have an HR department — screening usually lands on a church administrator or volunteer coordinator. Odosek keeps it simple: send each person a secure link, they consent digitally, and results arrive in your dashboard within minutes.

Every report is dated and stored, giving your board and your insurance carrier the documentation they expect.

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Built for ministries & nonprofits

Self-submit consent links
Volunteers and staff enter their own information securely.
Role-based screening levels
Essentials for helpers, full packages for staff and youth workers.
Documented audit trail
Dated reports your board and insurer can rely on.
Affordable annual rescreening
Low per-search pricing makes yearly re-checks realistic.
How It Works

Screened before Sunday

1

Choose screening levels

Essentials for general volunteers, Package Basic for youth-facing roles, employment checks for staff.

2

Send secure links

Each person consents digitally — no paper forms in the church office.

3

Clear them to serve

Instant results, clearly flagged, with documentation stored for your records.

FAQ

Church & nonprofit screening questions

Churches and ministries are positions of deep trust — especially children's ministry, youth groups, and pastoral care. Background checks protect your congregation, satisfy insurance requirements, and demonstrate the duty of care courts and carriers expect from youth-serving organizations.
At minimum, a sex offender registry search ($4.30) and a national criminal database search. Most churches use Package Basic ($26.99), which adds federal criminal records and global watch list coverage, for anyone serving children or youth.
Individual searches start at $4.30 and the complete Package Basic is $26.99 per person. There are no setup fees, contracts, or minimums — practical even for small congregations and seasonal volunteer drives. See our volunteer screening page for more.
Usually yes. Pastors, teachers, and employees who handle finances typically warrant an employment package with verification of education, employment history, and references ($35.99), while volunteers are commonly screened with criminal and sex offender searches.
Many church insurance carriers require documented background screening for staff and volunteers who work with minors, and may deny abuse-related claims without it. Check your policy — Odosek reports give you the dated documentation carriers ask for.

Serve boldly. Screen wisely.

Start screening your staff and volunteers today — instant results, ministry-friendly pricing, no contracts.

No setup fees No contracts Instant results