Group Permissions: What Leaders Can and Can't Do
A clear line between what group leadership grants and what still needs an admin-level role.
What a leader can typically do
- Take Group Check-In attendance for their own group
- View and manage their group's member list
- Be considered as an auto-assignment target in Follow-Up (if Group Leaders or Both mode is enabled)
What requires a higher role
Creating new group categories, approving other leader requests, and changing a group's category assignment typically require an admin-level role, not just group leadership.
Group permissions are scoped to the specific group a person leads, being a leader of one Cell Group doesn't grant any permissions over a different group, even in the same category.
If a leader seems to be missing an action
Check that their Group Leader request was actually approved, a pending request grants no permissions at all.
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Best Practices for Structuring Group Categories
Set up categories with Follow-Up auto-assignment in mind from the start.
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