The Top KidCheck Posts of 2025
As we begin 2026, it’s the perfect time to pause and reflect on the ideas, insights, and conversations that resonated most last year. Thanks to our incredible community of readers, 2025 was a year of learning, growth, and shared insight. From practical guidance to thoughtful encouragement, these top posts sparked engagement and supported readers in their work, leadership, and everyday challenges.
Our top posts highlight the information that delivered the greatest value. Each post covers key topics, practical strategies, and timely insights, highlighting what stood out for its relevance, usefulness, and impact.
Here are the top posts from 2025.
1. The Clear Winner: A Customer Story
This is the experience of KidCheck customer Brian Jones, the Assistant Pastor and Children’s Director at Grace Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina. After years of using and loving KidCheck, Jones switched to the check-in feature in his church management system, only to realize it was an afterthought and that using it created more challenges than benefits.
2. New eBook: Predator Proofing Your Organization
Predators are everywhere, and the problem shows no sign of slowing down! That’s why we created this free eBook. It covers everything you need to know about keeping predators out of your ministry. In it, you will learn who they are, how they operate, the environments where they thrive, and how to safeguard the children you serve.
3. New! Photo Permission Icon on Check-In Labels
The children’s labels and guardian receipts used with KidCheck are a security feature that helps reduce the time and effort staff and volunteers spend accessing important information. To further this effort, we introduced the photo permission icon on the child’s name badge.
4. 20 Reasons to Love YouthCheck
Connecting with youth today means understanding their world by building trust and fostering a sense of belonging. To help, we offer YouthCheck, the only check-in system designed to meet the specific needs of youth. Here’s why leaders, youth, and families love it.
5. Top Safety Tips for Special Needs Ministry
Ensuring safety in your special needs or adaptive ministry includes planning, clear and consistent communication, empathy, and training. This post shares ten safety tips for serving children with exceptionalities.
6. Ten Steps to Prevent Child Abduction
Most abductions are committed by family members. However, 28% are carried out by strangers. The FBI estimates that in the US, a child goes missing or is abducted every 40 seconds. Here are ten practical ways to reduce the risk of abduction in your organization.
7. Five Pillars for Building a Safety Culture
Building a safety culture is more than putting policies on paper. It’s about creating an environment where children are protected, volunteers and staff feel confident when serving, and families have peace of mind. Here are five pillars that provide a strong framework for protection and safety.
8. Children’s Ministry Safety Checklist
Using lists can improve memory, increase productivity, and even help reduce anxiety. That’s why a safety checklist can be a powerful tool to help you focus on connecting with families, increasing accountability, boosting safety awareness, and reducing the risk of accidents, injuries, or abuse.
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