Managing Your List of Baptism Officiating Ministers
Keep your church's roster of baptism officiating ministers current so the right names are always available to assign.
Your church's minister list
Sermfy lets each church maintain its own list of Baptism Officiating Ministers, the pastors and ministers at your church who perform baptisms, this list is separate from your general staff or member records and exists specifically to populate the "Officiated by" field on baptism records.
Keeping the list current
As ministers join or leave your church, or as new staff take on baptisms, update this list so the options shown when assigning a minister reflect who's actually available at your church right now, an outdated list means staff either pick the wrong name or can't find the right one at all.
Best practice
Review your list of officiating ministers whenever staffing changes, rather than only noticing it's out of date the next time someone tries to record a baptism, a quick check during onboarding or offboarding keeps every future baptism record accurate from the start.
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