OVERVIEW
This website is operated by ChurchAdvise. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, and “ChurchAdvise” refer to ChurchAdvise LLC, a Washington company. ChurchAdvise offers this website, including all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here. The term “you” refers to the customer visiting the website and/or contributing content on this website.
By visiting our site, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”, “Terms”), including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These Terms of Service apply to all users of the site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, churches, sponsors and/ or contributors of content.
Please read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing or using our website. By accessing or using any part of the site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the website or use any services.
Any new features or tools which are added to the current website shall also be subject to the Terms of Service. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and/or changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.
SECTION 1 - WEBSITE TERMS
By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant that (1) all information supplied by you on this website is true, accurate, current and complete, (2) if you have a ChurchAdvise account, you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your account by anyone other than you and (3) you are 13 years of age or older in order to register for an account and contribute to our website. ChurchAdvise does not knowingly collect the information of anyone under the age of 13. We retain the right at our sole discretion to deny access to anyone to this website and the services we offer, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of this Terms of Service.
You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws). You may not use this website or its contents for any commercial purpose. You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature. You may not bypass or circumvent measures employed to prevent or limit access to this website. You may not access, monitor or copy any content or information of this website using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission. You may not deep-link to any portion of this website for any purpose without our express written permission. You may not take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. You may not "frame", "mirror" or incorporate any part of this website into any other website without our express written permission. You may not attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by ChurchAdvise in connection with the website or the services.
A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your Services.
SECTION 2 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.
The content and information on this website (including, but not limited to, review posts, data, information, text, sound, photos, graphics, video, maps, icons, software, code or other material), as well as the infrastructure used to provide such content and information, is proprietary to us. You agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express written permission.
The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.
SECTION 3 - ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION
We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or timelier sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk.
This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.
SECTION 4 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICE
Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time.
We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the Services to any church, person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to discontinue any church listing at any time. We reserve the right to discontinue any user membership or remove any posted content at any time.
We do not warrant that the quality of any services, information, or other material included on the website will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the Service will be corrected.
SECTION 6 - OPTIONAL TOOLS
We may provide you with access to third-party tools over which we neither monitor nor have any control nor input.
You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools ”as is” and “as available” without any warranties, representations or conditions of any kind and without any endorsement. We shall have no liability whatsoever arising from or relating to your use of optional third-party tools.
Any use by you of optional tools offered through the site is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party provider(s).
We may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall also be subject to these Terms of Service.
SECTION 7 - THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Certain content, products and services available via our website may include materials from third-parties.
Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third-parties.
We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party's policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.
SECTION 8 - USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
By submitting content to this website by email, mail, postings on this website or otherwise, including any reviews, questions, photographs or videos, comments, tips, suggestions, ideas or the like contained in any submissions, or otherwise (collectively, 'comments'), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments. You grant ChurchAdvise and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such comments throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose; and to use the name that you submit in connection with such comment. You acknowledge that ChurchAdvise may choose to provide attribution of your comments or reviews at our discretion. You further grant ChurchAdvise the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or ChurchAdvise’s rights in the comments by a breach of this Terms of Service. You acknowledge and agree that comments are non-confidential and non-proprietary.
This website may contain bulletin boards, review services or other forums in which you or third parties may post reviews of church experiences or other content, messages, materials or other items on this website (“areas”). You are solely responsible for your use of such areas, use them at your own risk, and by using them you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through this website any of the following: (1) Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or any other material ("content") that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable; (2) Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law; (3) Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party; (4) Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity, including ChurchAdvise; (5) Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising, contests, raffles, or solicitations; (6) Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, surname (family name) addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers; (7) Viruses, malware, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; (8) Content that is unrelated to the topic of the area in which such Content is posted; (9) Content or links to content that, in the sole judgment of ChurchAdvise violates the previous subsections herein, is objectionable, which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the areas or this website, or which may expose ChurchAdvise or its affiliates or its users to any harm or liability of any type.
You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.
We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.
ChurchAdvise takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any comments posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is ChurchAdvise liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, ChurchAdvise is not liable for any statements, representations or content provided by its users in any public forum, personal home page or other area. Although ChurchAdvise has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any area, ChurchAdvise reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, translate or edit without notice any content posted or stored on this website at any time and for any reason, or to have such actions performed by third parties on its behalf, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any content you post or store on this website at your sole cost and expense.
SECTION 9 - CHURCHES
ChurchAdvise is not a church but may be affiliated with one or more churches. Although ChurchAdvise displays information about churches and facilitates searches to find a church, such actions do not in any way imply, suggest, or constitute ChurchAdvise sponsorship or approval of churches or third parties, or any affiliation between ChurchAdvise and churches or third parties. Although ChurchAdvise members may rate and review particular churches based on their own experiences, ChurchAdvise does not endorse or recommend the churches or third parties. You agree that ChurchAdvise is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of information it obtains from churches or third-parties and displays on its sites or apps.
Your interactions with churches and third parties are at your own risk. ChurchAdvise will have no liability with respect to the acts, omissions, errors, representations, warranties, breaches or negligence of any church or third party or for any personal injuries, death, property damage, or other damages or expenses resulting from your interactions with churches or third parties.
This website may link you to churches or other websites that ChurchAdvise does not operate or control. For further information, please refer to the “h2 SECTION 7 - THIRD-PARTY LINKS” section.
SECTION 10 - PERSONAL INFORMATION
ChurchAdvise believes in protecting your privacy. Your submission of personal information through the website is governed by our Privacy Policy. To view our Privacy Policy, please click here.
In certain circumstances we may disclose information about you to third parties if we determine, in our sole discretion, such disclosure is necessary to protect our systems, assets, employees, members and customers; or to ensure the integrity and operation of our business and systems; or to comply with legitimate and enforceable governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders. We may choose to comply with or disregard such requests or orders in our sole discretion. Our right to disclose information, including but not limited to user profile information (i.e. name, email address, etc.), IP address and traffic information, usage history, and posted content, shall take precedence over any terms of the Privacy Policy.
SECTION 11 - ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS
Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to church information which includes but is not limited to service times, locations, descriptions, ministries, programs, languages, denominations, affiliations, beliefs, service length. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information in the website or on any related website at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted the information).
We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the website or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied in the website or on any related website, should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.
SECTION 12 - PROHIBITED USES
In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the website or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the website or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.
SECTION 13 - DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
We do not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable.
You agree that from time to time we may remove the service for indefinite periods of time or cancel the service at any time, without notice to you.
You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the service is at your sole risk. The service and all products and services delivered to you through the service are (except as expressly stated by us) provided 'as is' and 'as available' for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind.
In no case shall ChurchAdvise, our directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, interns, suppliers, service providers, sponsors, or licensors be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages of any kind, including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings, loss of data, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, arising from your use of any of the service or any products procured using the service, or for any other claim related in any way to your use of the service or any product, or anyone else’s use of the service, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the service or any content (or product) posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the service, even if advised of their possibility. Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
SECTION 14 - INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ChurchAdvise and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, sponsors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party.
SECTION 15 - SEVERABILITY
In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
SECTION 16 - TERMINATION
The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all purposes.
These Terms of Service are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Service at any time by notifying us that you no longer wish to use our Services, or when you cease using our site.
If in our sole judgment you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may terminate this agreement at any time without notice and you will remain liable for all amounts due up to and including the date of termination; and/or accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part thereof).
SECTION 17 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this site or in respect to The Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service).
Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not be construed against the drafting party.
SECTION 18 - GOVERNING LAW
These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Spokane, Washington United States.
SECTION 19 - CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE
You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at this page.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.
SECTION 20 - CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at:
ChurchAdvise
906 W. 2nd Ave., STE 100
Spokane, Washington 99201, USA