When a minister moves to another state without assignment, the ____ and ____ state overseer for the minister must be notified immediately.

• A. Past; Future
• B. Old; New
• C. Former; Present
• D. Previous; Current

Answer: (C)

When a minister moves to another state without assignment, clear oversight needs to be in place right away. The minister should inform the former state overseer—the person who previously supervised him in the state he is leaving—and the present state overseer—the person who will oversee him in the new state. This pairing of former and present ensures there’s no gap in supervision and that records, accountability, and pastoral responsibility transfer smoothly from the old jurisdiction to the new one. The other word pairings don’t reflect the established way of naming the overseers in this context, so they aren’t used here.