Please read and review the 2025 Annual Reporting Checklist Guide. It is designed to guide the pastor through the end-of-year reporting process. Much of that process is now completed online, some through the Global Ministry Center of the Church of the Nazarene and some through the North/East Texas District. All reports are due by May 10, 2024.
Annual Pastors Report (Online) – Due date: May 10, 2025:
- NEW! This year the General Church has provided an online site with helps and resources for preparing the APR.
- English – https://resources.nazarene.org/index.php/s/gLxCkkastFTLKAW
- Spanish – https://resources.nazarene.org/index.php/s/M6WFxbdcW4m7zLf
- Here are the resources available at this site:
- A PDF help document entitled Assisting Local Church Users with Accessing the APR
- A downloadable and fillable APR worksheet o
- APR Help Text
- APR Local Church User Walkthrough video (currently in English only)
- A downloadable and fillable USA/Canada Supplemental worksheet (English & Spanish)
- Login at http://apr.nazarene.org.
- This year we are hosting a Year End Reporting Q & A via Zoom on two dates: April 24 evening and April 25 day. Zoom links and passwords will be sent out soon to all Senior Pastors and are included in the 2025 Annual Checklist Guide.
- Note: You will be able to choose a different language on the first page of the APR, in the upper Right corner: click on your church name, select Spanish, then click on “SUBMIT” Notas: Podrá elegir un idioma diferente en la primera página del APR, en la esquina superior derecha: haga clic en el nombre de su iglesia, seleccione español, luego haga clic en “SUBMIT”
End of Year Reports – Using the District Toolbox App (Online) – Due Date: May 10, 2025
Use the toolbox to complete:
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- Pastor’s Short Written Report
- Memorial Roll / Deceased Church Members form- local church members who passed in the last year. This form is submitted for recognition at district assembly only and is not a submission for the NMI Memorial Roll.
- Request for Continuing Staff Associates form – each year, Associate Pastors in local churches must be approved in advance by the District Superintendent
- ALERT: Each Toolbox form should be filled out all at one time, at one session; it will not save your work if you leave in the middle (Sorry about that- will re-format soon)
- The District Toolbox app link is https://app.netxnaz.net/
Other End of Year Forms – submitted by mail or email to District Office due May 10, 2025
- Church Directory Form – Sheri will send the 2024 directory page to each Pastor. If there are no changes, just email us back to say “no changes”. If there are just 1 to 2 changes, just send those to us by email. If multiple changes, please fill out a new Directory form English Word or Formulario de directorio (Espanol) Espanol Word and email to the District Office..
- Annual Audit Report – a financial review of church finance policies and processes (NOT a CPA-level audit) English
- Report of Ordained Elder/ District Licensed Minister (*who is NOT a senior Pastor) English
Funding the Mission (FTM) – Final input due: May 10, 2025
- Key Point: Please input your church’s annual income on FTM at the ‘Church Income’ tab (the little pencil icon) as soon as possible after April 30.
- The best way to make sure your church’s giving goals are paid accurately is to use the Funding the Mission website (which will reflect payments you made to WEF and Pensions. The page will not show giving to Education and District)
- Look at the latest District Treasurer’s UMF Giving to Others Report to find your church’s giving to District and Education
Reporting & Registering Delegates to Assembly and to Conventions (Online @ District Toolbox) – due June 1, 2025
- Separate instructions on submitting Assembly delegate registration information will be issued shortly. For 2025, registration of all delegates – District, NMI,NYI, and NDI (SDMI) will be done online through the District Toolbox.