The Churches list shows every church in your district in a searchable, filterable table. Each row displays the church name, the currently assigned pastor, city, state, zone, and status.

The search box at the top of the list filters results in real time as you type. It searches across the church name, pastor name, city, state, zone, and status fields simultaneously — so you can type a city name, a pastor's last name, or a zone identifier and the list will narrow immediately.

The status filter dropdown lets you choose between:

• All — Shows both active and archived churches.
• Active only — The default view. Hides archived churches.
• Archived only — Shows only churches that have been archived.

The count at the top of the page updates as you filter to show how many churches are currently visible. Clicking any row in the table opens that church's detail page.

If you have church management access, an Add Church button appears in the upper right corner of the page.

The Basic Info card on the church detail page shows the church's core identifying information:

• Status — The church's organizational status: Started, Organized, Disorganized, or PAC. See the Church Status section below for a full explanation of each.
• Legal Name — The formal legal name of the church if it differs from the common name displayed in the page heading.
• Zone — The zone within the district that this church belongs to, if applicable.
• Phone — The church's primary phone number.
• Website — A clickable link to the church's website if one has been recorded.

The Organization & Leadership card shows the church's relationship to the district and its current leadership:

• District — The district this church belongs to.
• Pastor — The name of the minister currently assigned as pastor, drawn from active minister assignments. If more than one active pastoral assignment exists, all are shown.
• Organization Date — The date the church was formally organized. This field supports partial dates — you can record just the year, the year and month, or a full date depending on what is known.
• Parent Church — Shown only if the church has a PAC (Plant Assisted Church) status. This identifies the established church that is sponsoring and supporting this plant.

The Addresses card shows two separate addresses for the church:

• Physical Address — The location where the church building or meeting space is located. This is used for the city and state columns on the churches list.
• Mailing Address — The address used for correspondence, if different from the physical location.

Both addresses include street address, city, state, and postal code fields. If no address has been entered, those fields are left blank.

The Officers card records contact information for two key church leadership positions:

• Board Secretary — The name, email address, and phone number of the church board secretary.
• Treasurer — The name, email address, and phone number of the church treasurer.

These are free-text contact fields and are not linked to minister or person records. They are intended for district staff reference when they need to contact church leadership directly.

At the bottom of the church detail page is a table listing every minister whose church membership is recorded at this church. This is a read-only view — minister memberships are managed from the minister's own detail page.

The table shows:

• Name — The minister's name, which links to their minister detail page. A 'Linked Person' badge appears if the minister record is connected to a person in the church's people database.
• Credential — The type of ministerial credential held.
• Assignment — The minister's current assignment role, if they have one. This reflects their active placement at a church or in a district role.
• Status — An Active or Archived badge indicating whether the minister record is currently active.

If no ministers have their membership at this church, the table shows 'No ministers with membership at this church.'

To add a church, click the Add Church button in the upper right corner of the churches list. You must have church management permission to see this button.

The add church form is divided into three sections:

Core Information

• Church Name — Required. The common name of the church as it will appear throughout the system.
• Status — Required. Select from Started, Organized, Disorganized, or PAC. See the Church Status section below for details on each option.
• Parent Church — Only appears when Status is set to PAC. Required for PAC churches. Select the established sponsoring church from the dropdown.
• Zone — Optional. The zone within the district this church belongs to.
• Phone — Optional. The church's primary phone number.
• Website — Optional. If you enter a URL without a protocol (for example, 'mychurch.org'), the system will automatically add 'https://' when saving.
• Legal Name — Optional. The formal legal name if it differs from the church name.

Officers

Enter the name, email, and phone for the Board Secretary and Treasurer. All officer fields are optional.

Addresses

Enter the physical location and mailing address separately. All address fields are optional.

Click Save Church to create the record. You will be taken to the new church's detail page and a confirmation message will appear.

To edit a church, open its detail page and click the Edit button in the upper right. The Edit button is only visible if you have church management access and the church is not archived.

The edit form contains the same fields as the add church form, pre-populated with the church's current data. Make your changes and click Save Church. You will be returned to the church detail page and a confirmation message will appear.

If you change the Status to PAC, the Parent Church selector will appear and you must select a sponsoring church before saving. If you change the status away from PAC, the parent church field is cleared automatically.

Note: the Parent Church dropdown will not list the church you are currently editing — a church cannot be its own parent.

Every church in the district is assigned one of four statuses that reflects its stage of development or organizational standing:

• Started — A new congregation that has begun meeting but has not yet been formally organized as a Church of the Nazarene. These are typically newer church plants in their early stage.
• Organized — A fully established local church with official Church of the Nazarene status. This is the most common status for established congregations.
• Disorganized — A church that was formerly organized but has since closed or lost its organizational status. Records are kept for historical purposes.
• PAC (Plant Assisted Church) — A church plant that is being sponsored and supported by an established parent church in the district. When this status is selected, you must identify the parent church. The parent church relationship is visible on both church records.

Archiving removes a church from the active churches list without permanently deleting any data. This is useful for churches that have closed or are otherwise no longer active, but whose historical records you want to preserve.

To archive a church, open its detail page and click the Archive button in the upper right corner. A confirmation dialog will appear explaining that archiving will hide the church from most lists. Click Archive to confirm.

Once archived, the church page displays an 'Archived' badge next to the church name. The Edit button is hidden for archived churches — you must unarchive a church before you can edit it.

To unarchive a church, find it using the 'Archived only' filter on the churches list, open its detail page, and click the Unarchive button. Confirm the action to restore the church to the active list.

Archiving does not delete minister records, minister memberships, election records, or any other data associated with the church. It only affects visibility in the churches list.