Terms of Service

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with these terms, you should not use this website or any services provided through it.

These terms are intended to protect the ministry, preserve biblical order, maintain respectful communication, and explain the conditions under which this website and its resources may be used.

1 Religious Nature of This Website

The Church of God Sabbath Assembly is a religious ministry. The content, teachings, resources, events, communications, and services provided through this website are religious in nature and are offered for worship, instruction, fellowship, outreach, and ministry purposes.

By using this website, you acknowledge that the Church of God Sabbath Assembly operates according to its sincerely held religious beliefs, Statement of Faith, biblical standards, and internal church governance.

2 Acceptance of Terms

Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and any additional rules, notices, or policies posted on the website.

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.

3 Use of Website and Ministry Resources

You may use this website and its resources for lawful, respectful, personal, educational, and ministry-related purposes.

You agree not to use this website to:

• Harass, threaten, defame, abuse, or harm any person or group.
• Post, transmit, or distribute unlawful, obscene, hateful, or malicious content.
• Disrupt, damage, overload, or interfere with the operation of the website.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, private areas, or data.
• Misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or authority.
• Use ministry resources for commercial exploitation without written permission.
• Use this website in a way that contradicts the religious mission and standards of the Assembly.

4 Church Teachings and Religious Content

Sermons, articles, videos, audio recordings, study materials, event descriptions, statements, and other ministry resources are provided for religious teaching and informational purposes.

The Church of God Sabbath Assembly reserves the right to determine, interpret, clarify, publish, remove, or modify its own religious teachings, doctrinal statements, policies, and ministry materials.

Nothing on this website should be understood as legal, medical, financial, tax, or professional advice.

5 Membership, Leadership, and Participation

Access to this website does not create church membership, leadership status, employment, ordination, partnership, or any formal relationship with the Church of God Sabbath Assembly.

Membership, leadership, volunteer service, teaching roles, ministry participation, ceremonies, facility use, and internal church matters are governed by Scripture, the Statement of Faith, church policy, and the recognized leadership of the Assembly.

6 Accounts and Member Areas

Certain features may require an account or login. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login information and for all activity that occurs under your account.

You agree to provide accurate information and to promptly update any information that becomes inaccurate.

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate access to any account or member area if we believe the account has been misused, compromised, used dishonestly, or used contrary to these terms or the mission of the Assembly.

7 Donations and Payments

Donations made through this website are voluntary gifts to support the religious and ministry purposes of the Church of God Sabbath Assembly.

Unless otherwise stated or required by law, donations are generally non-refundable. If you believe a donation was made in error, please contact us as soon as possible.

Online payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. By making a donation or payment, you may also be subject to the terms, privacy policies, and processing rules of those third-party providers.

8 Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all website content, including text, graphics, logos, images, sermons, articles, videos, audio recordings, designs, and downloadable materials, belongs to the Church of God Sabbath Assembly or is used with permission.

You may view, share, and use materials for personal study, teaching, and non-commercial ministry purposes, provided you do not alter the meaning, misrepresent the source, remove attribution, or use the materials in a way that harms the ministry.

Commercial use, resale, mass redistribution, modification, or publication of website materials requires prior written permission.

9 User Submissions and Communications

If you submit messages, prayer requests, forms, comments, emails, files, testimonies, or other content to the Church of God Sabbath Assembly, you are responsible for the accuracy, legality, and appropriateness of what you submit.

By submitting content, you grant the Church of God Sabbath Assembly permission to receive, review, respond to, store, and use that content for the purpose for which it was submitted and for related ministry administration.

We reserve the right to remove, decline, or disregard submissions that are abusive, misleading, unlawful, spam-like, disruptive, or contrary to the purpose of the ministry.

10 Third-Party Links and Services

This website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, videos, payment processors, social media pages, or other outside resources.

These third-party services are not controlled by the Church of God Sabbath Assembly. We are not responsible for their content, policies, practices, availability, security, or accuracy.

Your use of third-party websites or services is at your own risk and may be governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

11 Privacy

Our collection and use of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of information as described there.

While we seek to protect personal information, no website or online transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12 Website Availability

We strive to keep this website available and functioning, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free, or secure access.

The website may be unavailable from time to time due to maintenance, updates, technical issues, third-party service interruptions, or circumstances beyond our control.

13 Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Church of God Sabbath Assembly makes no warranty that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of harmful components.

We do not warrant that all information will always be complete, current, or free from typographical or technical errors.

14 Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Church of God Sabbath Assembly, its ministers, officers, leaders, volunteers, employees, representatives, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, this website or its resources.

This includes, but is not limited to, damages related to website errors, service interruptions, third-party services, unauthorized access, loss of data, or reliance on website content.

15 Religious Liberty and Internal Church Governance

The Church of God Sabbath Assembly reserves the right to operate according to its sincerely held religious beliefs, Statement of Faith, biblical standards, and internal church governance.

Nothing in these Terms of Service shall be interpreted to waive the Assembly’s rights of religious liberty, freedom of association, ministerial authority, ecclesiastical independence, or internal religious governance.

16 Termination or Restriction of Access

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access to this website, member areas, online resources, communications, or services at any time if we determine that a person has violated these terms, disrupted the ministry, abused the website, acted unlawfully, or acted contrary to the mission and standards of the Assembly.

17 Governing Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by the laws of the applicable jurisdiction in which the Church of God Sabbath Assembly operates, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any dispute involving internal church doctrine, membership, discipline, leadership, ministry decisions, or religious governance shall be understood as an ecclesiastical matter reserved to the Church according to its sincerely held religious beliefs and governing documents.

18 Changes to These Terms

We may update or revise these Terms of Service at any time. Updated terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date when appropriate.

Your continued use of this website after changes are posted means you accept the revised terms.

19 Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact the Church of God Sabbath Assembly through the contact information provided on this website.