Tracking Support Payments

Policy and Principles

The Missionary Department sets up a subcategory in the Ward Missionary category for each missionary. Support charges are automatically charged to the subcategory for each missionary. Record donations for each missionary in that same subcategory. The Unit Financial Statement lists all charges and donations during the month for each missionary.

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Support Payments

Ward missionary support payments are automatically entered and recorded. Church headquarters charges the ward missionary fund for the prior month that the missionary served. The amount charged will be a prorated amount for the first and last months served and any months in between where the missionary is not in the mission field or at an away-from-home missionary training center.

Procedures

Donations

Record donations for missionaries serving from your ward. Use the standard procedures for recording donations and the following instructions:

1. To enter a donation to the Ward Missionary category, type the name of the member whose donations you want to record, and then press Enter.
2. On the left side of the screen, click Ward Missionary, and then in the “Ward Missionary Details” box click the magnifying glass icon and choose the correct subcategory (name of the missionary) from the list.
3. Enter the amount being donated to this subcategory. Click OK.
4. Enter amounts for checks, currency, and coins on the right side of the screen. Click Save Donation.
5. Continue entering donations.