{"id":9485,"date":"2024-04-02T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9485"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:51:24","password":"","slug":"21-recommendations-on-permissions-for-division-leaders","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-groups\/21-recommendations-on-permissions-for-division-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendations on permissions for division leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article you find our recommendations for the authorization of the division leaders. Depending on your church structure, you may want to take away or add certain permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">In our recommendations you will find the total amount of permissions that we think a leader or staff member of such a group should have. In some churches there may be co-leaders, organizers or similar roles in a group. If this is the case for you, then simply divide the permissions we recommend among these roles, or reassign the subset of permissions you think is useful to the appropriate roles.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, we recommend that members of a division group should be able to see who else is part of that group and what dates are coming up. If your church uses the ChurchTools App, it may also be useful to share the chat function with the group so division leaders can easily communicate outside of their meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For division leaders, we also recommend sharing the follow-up feature to make it easier for them to manage their group and care for its leaders.<br>If you provide a meeting space to groups in your church, it&#8217;s also a good idea to give the leader of a division group access to the resource bookings, i.e. to avoid double bookings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global permissions for leaders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Persons &amp; Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-517x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15463\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-517x1024.png 517w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-152x300.png 152w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-768x1520.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-776x1536.png 776w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-1035x2048.png 1035w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups-259x512.png 259w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_persons_and_groups.png 1612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><em>Comments<\/em> can be saved for each person. For these comments you can also define different categories (e.g. leader, admin etc&#8230;) in the <em>master data<\/em>. You can then authorize these categorized comments with the permission <em>View comments<\/em> and selecting the according level.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_calendar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_calendar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15465\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_calendar.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_calendar-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_calendar-360x512.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_1_from_2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_1_from_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15467\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_1_from_2.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_1_from_2-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_1_from_2-345x512.png 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_2_from_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_2_from_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15469\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_2_from_2.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_2_from_2-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_events_2_from_2-360x230.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_resources.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_resources.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15471\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_resources.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_resources-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_resources-360x89.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Wiki<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15473\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_wiki.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_wiki-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_leader_wiki-360x186.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Permissions for workers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Persons &amp; Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups-1024x836.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15475\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups-1024x836.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups-768x627.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups-1536x1255.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups-360x294.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_persons_and_groups.png 1594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_calendar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_calendar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15477\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_calendar.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_calendar-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_calendar-360x198.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions for Wiki<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15479\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_wiki.png 460w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_wiki-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_global_division_leaders_worker_wiki-360x122.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group-internal permissions for leaders and workers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group-internal permissions for Persons &amp; Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-900x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-900x1024.png 900w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-768x874.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-1350x1536.png 1350w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-1800x2048.png 1800w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups-360x410.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_persons_and_groups.png 1988w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group-internal permissions for Events and Finance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances-1024x663.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances-1024x663.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances-1536x995.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances-360x233.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Permissions_group_intern_division_leaders_leader_worker_events_and_finances.png 1990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-groups\/21-recommendations-for-group-permissions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9482\">Recommendations for group permissions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-groups\/21-create-and-authorize-a-group-for-division-leaders\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9463\">Create and authorize a group for division leaders<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-groups\/21-permissions-for-subsidiary-groups\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9481\">Permissions for subsidiary groups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article you find our recommendations for the authorization of the division leaders. Depending on your church structure, you may want to take away or add certain permissions. 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