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Essential guidance documents to help you navigate the different sections of the Online Suite of Applications.

Getting started: Online Suite Registration and Login guidance

To access the Methodist Online Suite of Applications, you will need a username and password. This document will help you get started. Latest update: July 2020

Getting started: Internet browser and password guidance

Have a look at this guidance document if you are struggling with how your browser retains your login details. Latest update: July 2020

Annual Returns: Guidance

Guidance on how to complete and submit returns for churches, circuits and districts. Latest update: September 2021 (including sections on accessibility and new features for 2021)

Annual Returns: FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about annual returns. Latest update: September 2021

Property Consents: Guidance and FAQs

Outline of consents system, summary of available guidance and contacts.

Statistics for Mission: Guidance

Guidance on how to use the 2023 version of the data entry site. Latest update: September 2021 (including a section on new features for 2021)

Statistics for Mission: FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about the statistics collection. Latest update: September 2021

Web Profiles: Managing Users

Guidance for on how to add, edit, authorise and delete web user accounts and permissions for the individual sections of the Online Suite.

Web Profiles: Reporting a church merger

Detailed guidance for reporting the merger of one or more societies. See also: Reporting a change of church status. Latest update: July 2020

Web Profiles: Reporting a change of church status

What to do in case of a society ceasing to meet ("closure"), a society becoming a class of another church, a merger of two or more societies as well as the termination of an LEP. See also: Reporting a church merger. Latest update: September 2021