Transfers of Ward Missionary Funds to other units

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kwwilso
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Transfers of Ward Missionary Funds to other units

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What is the rationale for not allowing Ward Missionary transfers to units outside of the stake but in the same county? For some reason, those funds must only be transferred within the ward or stake. When missionaries return early for a variety of reasons with prepaid funds, the families would like to transfer prepaid funds to missionaries in their extended families living in other stakes. I understand limiting the transfers within the country but don't understand the rational for not allowing inter unit transfers outside of the stake as authorized by the families and the bishops.
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Re: Transfers of Ward Missionary Funds to other units

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General Handbook 34.3.3 indicates that unneeded funds should first go to the stake, and then the stake can send to others in the same coordinating council. I'm sure that thought process guided the "business rules" given to the developers.

You could try talking to support and see if they'd be willing to do the transfer.

For future reference prepay is discouraged. From 24.3.4.1: "Funds beyond the monthly amount should not be contributed in advance. Funds contributed in advance cannot be refunded if a missionary returns home early."
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Re: Transfers of Ward Missionary Funds to other units

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Another way of thinking about the "prepaid funds", is to replace that with the word "donations". The Church is quite clear that once any member makes a donation to support a missionary, the Church has sole discretion on the use of those funds, and the family relinquishes control over how/where/when those donations are used.

That said, the family's desires are quite understandable, we all naturally think of our "missionary's fund" as belonging to us, essentially considering it as money that the church is holding onto for us. Unfortunately there's still members who make prepaid donations, and this runs the risk of a missionary ending their service unexpectedly early, and the members then not having access to how the "extra funds" are used.
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