All career criminals (and most juvenile offenders) know that, the criminal justice system has no remedy for their criminal activity.

So, criminal and eviction checks can work without SSN.

Yes, they lie.We run background, credit and criminal checks.Love your doxpop.

Is there some data or stats our there showing church employees are excellent payors and don't have eviction or criminal records?

I have had to pay for appraisals twice on a number of occasions because of criminals running banks changing their minds.Unfortunately I don't think there is much you can do.

The opposing council will either file a criminal or civil suit.

I check credit, court, criminal background, terrorist and rental history.

I've had two occasions where the reference they listed told me not to rent to them because they were violent, late payers, or too needy.Not doing a criminal, credit, background check, which might have revealed criminal or credit problemsBeing slow to evict (mentioned by others)Believing their sob storiesAccepting partial paymentsFailing to document every conversation or interactionNot walking through the property to make sure they're taking care of it (I now walk through every 9 months so I can see problems in different seasons)We've found crack pipes and other paraphernalia after they moved outWe've discovered piles and piles of trash (some bagged, some not) in closets, basements, sheds when trash cans and pickup service are included in their rent - all they had to do was carry it out, at no cost to themWe've Found smokers, pets, extra peopleOverall, I've had great success as a property investor. 

With luck, you can get someone out if there's a significant criminal charge. 

Regarding criminal checks that’s concerning and I read on another thread that we can still run background check that includes credit, etc.