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Industry-leading background checks and arrest alerts

Background screening for churches, schools, colleges, camps, and nonprofits.

Be proactive, not reactive.

Here’s the truth: Predators hide in plain sight. They hide their criminal history. They exploit your culture of trust. We formed a strategic alliance with MinistryDefender Solutions to help our church, school, camp, and nonprofit ministry customers access industry-leading, comprehensive background screenings for all volunteers who work with or near children and for all employees.

MinistryDefender Solutions is trusted by national organizations and local nonprofits alike, and they share our heart for proactively protecting ministries to reduce risk within their organizations.

Employee screening & monitoring

Comprehensive Background Checks

Prioritize safety. Ensure you have the right volunteers and staff. We want our customers to confidently serve their communities. That starts with having confidence in your team. MDS offers industry-leading, comprehensive background checks for criminal records. No monthly minimums, no annual fees, and no long-term contract. Expansive search includes county, state, and federal courts in any state, BMV records, education verification, national databases, and more.

Real-time Arrest Notifications

Don't get blindsided by news that a staff member was arrested. Finding out first gives you time to manage the flow of information. ArrestAlert® pairs with MDS background screening by integrating 93% of jails and booking institutions, providing you with continuous monitoring. You'll reduce the cost of and frequency of re-checks and receive a notification if a person on your list is booked.

Automated Reference Checks

It’s hard to grow your team when you’re bogged down checking references. With RefLynk®—an online, automated reference check tool—you only need to supply the candidate’s email, and RefLynk does the rest. Your candidate drives their own reference checks using the tool, saving you hours and frustration, especially in high-rotation areas of ministry. Service includes competency-based feedback from respondents, candidate reminders, a daily digest report for you, and feedback surveys.

There’s a benefit to being a Brotherhood Mutual customer.

Up to 20% discount

on Background and Reference Checks.

Keep the wolves out of your flock

Free integration with Rock RMS and Planning Center

Simplify your background screening process with integration into your existing church management software.

  • Order screening and track renewals

  • Real-time arrest alert monitoring

  • Online sexual abuse prevention training

  • Much more

  • View screening results

About MinistryDefender Solutions

Here’s why we think so highly of the work that MinistryDefender is doing: Their team consults with thousands of faith-based organizations, schools, and nonprofits to help them develop new, more robust ways to keep their customers safe from harm. MinistryDefender is led by founder Mike McCarty and a core team of retired Secret Service, pastors and other church leaders, police officers, skilled IT developers, and more. The core team uses decades of experience to develop programs that focus on connecting red flags and mitigating risk—two areas that are of critical importance to us.

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Background screening checklist

14 questions to help you conduct a thorough background screening program.

Frequently asked questions

Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company has formed a strategic alliance with MinistryDefender Solutions, LLC. MinistryDefender Solutions offers Brotherhood Mutual customers special pricing for background screenings and comprehensive, prevention-based technology services to provide 360° of safety.


Note: Some states mandate fingerprint-based background checks. MinistryDefender Solutions can assist in helping to meet these fingerprint compliance requirements.



The contents of this webpage are provided for informational purposes only. Brotherhood Mutual offers this list of MinistryDefender products to you because our experience with them has been positive. Before utilizing their services or products, you should confirm that they are the best fit for your organization. We do not offer any warranty or representation that services or products provided will make any premises, property, or operations safe or specifically in compliance with any law or regulation.