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Protect My Ministry

Note: The Background Check integration requires setup by Support. See the steps below to ensure you provide the appropriate details to Support.

Managing Background Checks

To manage Background Checks, see Background Checks.

Cost

There is no charge from ACS Technologies for configuring the integration.

Fees from Protect My Ministry are assessed as per each church's individual contract agreement.

Supported Packages

This is the complete list of supported packages:

Note: Custom packages may be added by Protect My Ministry on a customer-by-customer basis. Please make your request to Protect My Ministry to get your custom package name. Then, email Support with your custom package name to add the package to your system.

We highly recommend the Protect My Ministry One County Auto with Smart Search package.

  • Auto 7-Year and Fed
  • Auto 7-Year and Fed MVR
  • Auto County 7 yrs with Smart Search
  • Basic
  • Basic with Credit
  • Basic with Drug
  • Basic with MVR
  • Credit
  • MVR
  • One County Auto
  • One County Auto with Smart Search - recommended
  • One County Auto SmartName and Credit
  • Plus with County
  • Plus with County and Credit
  • Plus with County and MVR
  • Plus with State
  • Plus with State and 10 Panel Drug
  • Plus with State and Credit
  • Plus with State and MVR
  • Two County Auto

See Also

If you have an existing integration and want to:
  • Add or change packages, reach out to Protect My Ministry and then Support.
  • Take advantage of the download and attach feature for future checks, reach out to Support. (Retroactive download and attach is also available upon request.)

Step 1: Integration Sign-up

To use MinistryPlatform to submit Background Checks to Protect My Ministry, you must complete this step even if you already use Protect My Ministry.
  1. Complete the Integration Sign-up Form. You must insert your MinistryPlatform domain into the link provided and give a username and password (that you come up with) for Protect My Ministry to use to create your new Protect My Ministry user account. The link will NOT work until the integration is complete.
  2. Choose the packages you want to configure. Options are detailed on the Protect My Ministry site.

Step 1b: Adjudication (Optional)

Work with Protect My Ministry to set up adjudication:

  • Adjudication is church-specific criteria to automatically mark a Background Check clear.
  • Adjudication is global for the church and applies to all submitted Background Checks.

  • If you configure adjudication with Protect My Ministry and:

    • If the background check record returns:
      • Clear: The Background Check record in the Platform will have All Clear set to Yes.
      • Need More Info / Not Clear: The Background Check record in the Platform will have All Clear set to Undefined to allow for human review and assessment.

  • Submit a ticket to compliance@protectmyministry.com requesting to add risk assessment to your account and mention that you use MinistryPlatform terms accept or reject.

Step 2: Prepare MinistryPlatform

Important: Currently, you can submit Background Check requests, but Protect My Ministry can't send data back to MinistryPlatform to update those Background Check records. You must monitor requests directly in the Protect My Ministry dashboard, or you can manually update Background Check records in the Platform.
  1. Go to Administration > Configuration Settings.
  2. Update your Protect My Ministry credentials:
    • COMMON, BackgroundCheckProvider: Enter PMM.
    • COMMON, BackgroundCheckOrderUrl: Use https://horizon-api-int1.protection-services.com/api/v2/invitation/send.
    • COMMON, BackgroundCheckPackageUrl: Use https://horizon-api-int1.protection-services.com/api/v2/invitation/packages.
    • COMMON, BackgroundCheckEmailTemplateUrl: Use https://horizon-api-int1.protection-services.com/api/v2/invitation/email-templates.
    • COMMON, BackgroundCheckApiKey: Protect My Ministry provides this value.

Step 4: Test Submission

Create a test submission to ensure the integration works as currently configured.

  1. Select a Contact. For testing purposes, it is best to use a real person, such as yourself.
  2. Launch the Background Check tool.
  3. Create a Background Check.
  4. Click Fill Out Form to view the form.
  5. Complete and submit the form.

You should receive an acknowledgment on the form page that you have submitted it successfully. If any steps fail, contact Support.

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Last updated: October 29, 2024