Transfers
The Transfers module tracks ministers moving between districts. When a minister transfers into or out of your district during the church year, the transfer is recorded here and ratified at the district assembly. The queue shows all pending and ratified transfers for the selected church year.
The transfer queue is divided into two sections: Transfers In (ministers joining your district from another) and Transfers Out (ministers leaving your district for another). Each section shows a table of transfers with the minister's name, the sending or receiving district, the date the transfer was requested, and the current status.
- Pending — The transfer has been recorded but not yet ratified by the district assembly.
- Ratified — The transfer has been officially ratified.
Use the church year selector at the top of the page to view transfers from a previous year. Check 'Show Archived' to include transfers that have been archived from the queue.
Before ratifying an incoming transfer, check for any warnings indicated by red highlighting on the transfer row. Two common issues need to be resolved first:
- Church needs to be set — The minister has not yet been assigned to a church in your district. Click Set Church, select the appropriate church from the dropdown, and save. This links the minister to their new church.
- Ministry role needs to be set — The minister's assignment role has not been configured. Click Set Ministry Role to open the minister's detail page and add the appropriate assignment.
Once any warnings are resolved, click Ratify to mark the transfer as ratified. The status changes from Pending to Ratified.
If you need to revert a ratified transfer back to pending — for example, to correct information — click Set Pending. The transfer returns to Pending status and can be ratified again after corrections.
If you have resolved all warnings and are ready to ratify all pending transfers in a section, click Ratify All at the top of the Transfers In or Transfers Out section. This ratifies every pending transfer in that section at once. The button is disabled if there are no pending transfers.
Click Remove next to a transfer entry to delete it from the queue. A confirmation dialog will remind you that removing a transfer only removes the queue entry — it does not reset the minister's record, assignments, or any other related data. Confirm to proceed.
This is intended for transfers that were entered in error. If a transfer was legitimate but needs correction, use Set Pending instead and correct the minister's details separately.