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Adding a Ministry

Learn how to create a new ministry in Ministry Steward to represent a service area in your organization.

Ministries represent the different service areas in your organization — things like Worship Team, Ushers, or Children's Ministry. You need to create ministries before you can assign volunteers or set up event staffing requirements.

Prerequisites

  • You must be an Owner or Administrator of the organization.

Steps

  1. Open the Ministries page from the left sidebar.
  2. Click the Add Ministry button in the top-right corner of the Ministries card.
  3. Fill in the form:
    • Ministry Name (required) — a descriptive name, e.g. "Worship Team" or "Ushers."
    • Description (optional) — a brief summary of what this ministry does.
    • Allow Overflow Assignment — enable this if you want to allow scheduling more volunteers than the computed need. This is useful for ministries where extra help is welcome.
  4. Click Create Ministry.

A confirmation message will appear and the new ministry will show up in the table.

After Creating a Ministry

Once a ministry exists, you can manage it directly from the ministries table:

  • Manage Volunteers — click the people icon to add or remove which volunteers are qualified for this ministry. Only qualified volunteers can be scheduled for it.
  • Manage Ministry Lead — click the shield icon to designate a ministry lead who can oversee scheduling for this ministry.
  • Edit — click the pencil icon to update the name, description, or overflow setting.
  • Delete — click the trash icon to permanently remove the ministry.

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