Terms Of Service
Chat Room Disclaimer
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. - Matthew 18:20
The chat rooms are provided as a free service. As such, there are no guarantees given or implied. Use of the chat rooms is at your own risk. Your use of the chat rooms constitutes an agreement that you will not hold barefootchurchlive.com liable for anything said or done in the service to anyone at anytime, even when chatting is in progress.
Again, by using this FREE chat room, you agree that we will not be held liable in any case and for any reason. You also agree that if you do for any reason attempt to take legal action against barefootchurchlive.com., to pay any lawyer fees and other costs to us regardless of outcome.
Use of the chat room signifies that you are in total agreement to the terms contained here within. If you disagree with any of these terms, then please do not use the chat rooms. If you use the chat room and do not agree to these terms barefootchurchlive.com will not be held responsible. Thank you for participating in the ministry of barefootchurchlive.com.
barefootchurchlive.com and its affiliates reserve the right to ban anyone from using the chat rooms at any time and for any reason they deem necessary to include, but not limited to:
* Abusive language
* Disrespect of others
* Causing a disturbance
* Purposely annoying others
barefootchurchlive.com does not discriminate due to race, color, or religious background.
Chat Room Rules & Guidelines
· Language not appropriate for family and children will not be allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, all messages in the chat or sidebar.
· Users with nicknames that are vulgar or misspelled vulgar words will be disconnected immediately. If they reconnect with the same nickname or other similar nicknames they will be banned from the network.
· When banned once may be allowed in only after agreeing with the guidelines. Second offense will result in permanent banning.
· Any attempts at retaliation from being banned or for any other reason will be reported to your ISP. Everyone's ISP information is recorded upon entering the domain and particularly the chat rooms. With this information you can be traced and reported.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. - Ephesians 4:29
· Church related and Family friendly URL's are allowed to be posted in the chat rooms. Under no circumstances are URL's to other chat rooms, or to any form of advertisement permitted. Posting of such URL's will result in being banned from the chat rooms.
· Never publicly post email address, phone numbers, or anything that would compromise your location or identity. If you do give out information to anyone in the chat rooms, you are 100% responsible for any outcome as a result.
· Please remember chat room etiquette. Flooding and talking in CAPS is seen as annoying to others. Please keep others in mind. No religious arguments, this is a Christian Chat Room. A discussion of any topic is fine as long as everyone can be respectful of each other.
· All personal matters should be discussed as a sidebar.
Forum Rules - Code of Conduct
In order to make these boards a pleasant and safe place, we ask you to abide by some simple but important rules.
Participation in the forum is at the sole discretion of forum management. Also, at the discretion of staff, a message may be moved, a thread renamed, or a message deleted. If possible, the sender will be informed.
1. Respect everyone in the forum. We will not tolerate any rudeness.
· Treat people as you would wish to be treated - with consideration and respect. Personal attacks are not allowed. If you are attacked, don't post in anger. Contact a host and ask them to deal with it. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.
2. Respect people's time
The people who post here (including hosts) are volunteers and have other responsibilities as well please don't expect instant responses.
3. Respect the bandwidth
These forums are free to use but they cost money to run, so use them for the purpose they are set up for. In particular, please note the following points:
· No double posting (post about your favorite cause or topic regardless of the topic of the thread you're on)
· Don't use the forums to conduct personal vendettas and feuds
· Don't advertise commercial products
· Don't post copyright or obscene material
· Don't post comments which could be seen as libelous
4. Respect the hosts
· Hosts are here to keep the boards safe and enjoyable. If they ask you to do something, please do it. If you have a problem with the way a host has acted please contact nhempsey@barefootchurch.com
5. Respect yourself
· Swearing, obscene and inappropriate language will not be tolerated in the forum. Make sure what you write is clear, concise and gives a good impression of you.
· Messages that advocate hatred and racism are not allowed in the forum.
· You may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place by barefootchurchlive.com. Please contact us if you feel a word or URL is unjustly censored.
· You may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.
6. Respect other people's privacy
· Don't disclose your own or other people's contact details - you have no idea who might read them.
7. Respect the Christian ethos of the site
· Members of all faiths and those with no faith are all welcome here, but remember we are a Christian site and the content will usually focus on bible teachings, the weekly sermon, and prayer requests.
8. Forgive one another
Remember we all make mistakes and we all upset other people at times. Arguments and feuds between posters make the forums unpleasant for everyone, so:
· If what you have said has upset someone, please apologize.
· If someone says sorry, please accept it.
· If you are asked to drop an argument, please drop it.
· If it's not your argument, please don't join in.
· If you want to conduct a feud with another member, please find somewhere else to do it.
9. Please do not allow anyone else to use your account to post.
· Your account is yours alone. You are responsible for any activity created with it. You may not share your account login with anyone. If you choose to ignore this important restriction your account will be disabled.
· You may not post on behalf of any banned member in any public manner.
10. You may not post any message that is commercial by nature.
11. If you need to change your user name for any reason, please contact nhempsey@barefootchurch.com.
Thank you for your cooperation in helping to make the barefootchurchlive.com Forum a pleasant place to visit.