Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions are an agreement between you and MPChurch (also known as Message of Peace Christian Center) governing your use of the MPChurch website, member portal and mobile app, and the services made available through them (together, the “Services”).

By visiting the website, creating an account, using the app, submitting a form, giving online, signing up to volunteer or otherwise using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, or use the Services with the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian. Accounts created by or on behalf of a child remain the responsibility of the parent or guardian.

You agree to give accurate information, to keep it current, to keep your sign-in details confidential, and to be responsible for activity that occurs under your account. If you sign in through Google, Microsoft, Apple or Facebook, you are responsible for keeping that account secure too.

You may not share your account, create an account for someone else without permission, or use another person’s account. Tell us promptly if you believe your account has been used without your authorization.

Member portal pages, ministry tools and administrative areas are available according to the role assigned to you. We may change, grant or revoke access as needed for the safety of the community and the operation of the church.

You agree to use the Services in a way that honors the people you share them with. In particular, you will not:

• Post, submit or transmit content that is unlawful, harassing, threatening, defamatory, abusive, sexually explicit, discriminatory, or that promotes hatred or violence.
• Impersonate another person, church leader, staff member or volunteer, or misrepresent your affiliation with MPChurch.
• Harass, stalk, threaten or intimidate anyone, including through prayer requests, chat channels, group pages, directory details or messages sent through the Services.
• Collect, scrape or copy other members’ information for marketing, solicitation or any purpose unrelated to the church’s ministry.
• Use the Services to advertise or sell products or services, raise funds for other organizations, or promote political campaigns without our written permission.
• Attempt to access areas, accounts or data you are not authorized to access, probe or scan the Services, or bypass security or permission controls.
• Upload viruses, malware or malicious code, interfere with the operation of the Services, or place an unreasonable load on our systems.
• Use automated tools to access the Services except with our written permission.
• Copy, resell or commercially exploit the Services or their content.

We may remove content, limit features or suspend access when we believe these rules have been broken. Where a situation involves the safety of a person, we may address it immediately and without prior notice.

The Services include shared spaces: prayer walls and prayer requests, small group and ministry channels, volunteer scheduling, member directories, family hubs, event registration and check-in, and comment or feedback features.

• Treat what is shared in these spaces with care and confidentiality. What is shared in a small group or care context should stay there.
• Prayer requests may be visible to staff, prayer team members and, in shared spaces, other participants. Do not post another person’s sensitive information without their permission.
• A directory listing is optional and controlled by the member. Directory information is for personal connection within the church community — not for solicitation.
• Group, ministry and volunteer leaders see contact and scheduling information for the people they serve. Leaders agree to use it only for their ministry.
• Church staff may review content in these spaces, including messages, to provide pastoral care, resolve disputes and keep the community safe.

Pastoral conversations, prayer support and care follow-ups offered through the Services are ministry, not professional counseling or medical care. They are not a substitute for licensed mental health, medical or legal advice, and they are not an emergency service. In an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

You keep ownership of the content you submit — profile details, photos, messages, prayer requests, feedback, stories and other material. By submitting content, you give MPChurch a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, display, reproduce and share that content as needed to operate the Services and the church’s ministry, for example showing a photo in your profile, publishing an approved story, or sharing a volunteer schedule with a team.

You confirm that you own or have permission to submit the content you share, including photos of other people, and that your content does not violate anyone’s rights. We may decline to publish, or may remove, any content for any reason consistent with these Terms — including to protect privacy or the community.

Photos and recordings taken at services and church events may include you, and may be published as described in our Privacy Policy. You can ask us not to publish an image of you or your family, and we will honor that request.

Gifts made through the Services are voluntary donations to support the ministry of MPChurch. Online gifts are processed by third-party payment providers, whose own terms and privacy policies also apply.

• Donations are generally non-refundable. If a gift was made in error — for example an incorrect amount or an accidental duplicate — contact us promptly and we will review the situation in good faith.
• You are responsible for the accuracy of the amount, fund designation and payment details you enter.
• Giving records and tax statements reflect the information we receive from the payment processor. Please review your statements and tell us about any discrepancy.
• Recurring gifts can be changed or cancelled through the processor or by contacting us.
• Designated gifts are applied to the fund you select and handled in line with the church’s financial policies and applicable nonprofit rules.

When you provide a phone number or email address and ask to receive updates, you consent to receive communications from MPChurch such as service reminders, volunteer schedules, group updates, event details and, occasionally, church-wide announcements. Message frequency varies, and standard message and data rates may apply.

You can opt out at any time: reply STOP to a text message, use the unsubscribe link in an email, adjust notification settings in your profile, or turn off push notifications in your device settings. Opting out of updates does not stop essential account or transactional messages, such as giving receipts or account security notices.

Check-in features are provided to help us care for children and attendees safely. Information entered at check-in — including guardian details, authorized pickup persons and allergy or care notes — must be accurate and is used for the safety of the child.

Children may be released only to a parent, guardian or authorized pickup person. Minors using any part of the Services do so with the involvement of a parent or guardian, who accepts these Terms on their behalf.

The Services rely on and link to platforms we do not own or control, including giving and payment processors, sign-in providers, video and podcast platforms, calendar and document tools, and social media. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

We are not responsible for the content, availability, security or practices of third-party services, including content they publish about the church or that members choose to share through them.

The Services, including the MPChurch name, logo, site design, app design, original teaching content and ministry materials created by us, are owned by or licensed to MPChurch and are protected by intellectual property laws.

• You may use the Services for your own personal, non-commercial participation in the life of the church.
• You may stream and share our public sermons, podcast episodes and posts through the sharing tools the Services and platforms provide.
• You may not copy, republish, sell or create derivative works from our content, or use our name or logo, without our written permission.
• Music, videos, images and other materials from third parties remain the property of their owners and are used under license or applicable permissions.

We provide the Services as they are available. Features may be added, changed, restricted or discontinued at any time, and the Services may be unavailable during maintenance, technical problems, or events outside our control.

We may suspend or end your access if you violate these Terms, misuse the Services, or if continuing access would put other members, volunteers, staff or the church at risk. You may stop using the Services at any time, and you may ask us to close your account.

When an account is closed, we retain and delete information in line with our Privacy Policy and applicable recordkeeping obligations.

The Services are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, MPChurch disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free or secure, that defects will be corrected, or that the Services or their servers are free of harmful components. Information on the Services, including schedules, event details and ministry information, is provided for convenience and may change.

Nothing on the Services is professional advice. Sermons, devotionals, articles and teaching resources are offered for spiritual encouragement and reflection, not as medical, legal, financial or psychological advice.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, MPChurch, and its staff, elders, ministry leaders, volunteers, and service providers, will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost donations, lost data, loss of goodwill, or other intangible losses arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the Services.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total liability of MPChurch for all claims arising out of or relating to the Services or these Terms will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100) or the total of your voluntary gifts to MPChurch in the twelve months before the claim, whichever is greater.

This allocation of risk is part of the basis of the arrangement between you and MPChurch, and it applies regardless of the form of the claim, whether based on contract, warranty, negligence, strict liability or otherwise.

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless MPChurch and its staff, elders, ministry leaders and volunteers from claims, damages, losses and reasonable costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of content you submit, your misuse of the Services, or your violation of these Terms or of another person’s rights.

We will let you know about any such claim and may participate in its resolution. This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own negligence or misconduct.

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to the Services are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

Before filing a claim, please contact us and give us 30 days to try to resolve the matter informally. Most concerns can be resolved quickly by a conversation with our team.

If a dispute is not resolved informally, you and MPChurch agree to resolve it in the state or federal courts located in San Mateo County, California, and each of us consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Either party may seek relief in small claims court where the claim qualifies, or seek injunctive or equitable relief to protect its rights or the safety of others.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from exercising rights that cannot be waived under applicable law, including California consumer protection rights.

• Entire agreement: These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and MPChurch regarding the Services and replace earlier understandings on the same subject.
• Changes: We may update these Terms. Material changes will be reflected in the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, announced by email or in the app. Continuing to use the Services after an update means you accept the revised Terms.
• Severability: If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect and the unenforceable provision is limited to the minimum extent necessary.
• No waiver: Our decision not to enforce a provision on one occasion does not waive our right to enforce it later.
• Assignment: You may not transfer your rights under these Terms. MPChurch may transfer them in connection with a reorganization or transfer of its operations.
• Electronic communications: You agree to receive agreements, notices and disclosures electronically, and that electronic records satisfy any requirement that they be in writing.
• Survival: Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification and governing law — survive the end of your use of the Services.

Questions about these Terms can be sent to the MPChurch team through our Connect page, or raised with any staff member or pastor at our Sunday services in South San Francisco, California. We are glad to talk through anything here with you.