Terms of Use

Last updated [DATE] · God’s Grace Gospel Ministries International, Hyattsville, Maryland

These terms govern your use of gggmi.com. By browsing the site, contacting us through it, or submitting anything to it, you accept them. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site.

1. About these terms

This site is operated by God’s Grace Gospel Ministries International, also known as [Mercy Chapel — CONFIRM WHICH IS THE LEGAL NAME AND WHICH IS THE OPERATING NAME], of [FULL STREET ADDRESS], Hyattsville, MD 20785. Where these terms say “we”, “us”, or “the ministry”, they mean that organization.

2. Who may use the site

Anyone is welcome to read the site. If you are under 18, please use it with the knowledge of a parent or guardian, and do not submit personal details, register for events, or give financially without their permission. This site is not directed to children under 13.

3. Acceptable use

We ask that you do not:

• Use the site for anything unlawful, or in a way that infringes the rights of others
• Attempt to access areas, accounts, or systems you are not authorized to reach
• Introduce malicious code, or otherwise interfere with how the site runs
• Scrape or harvest contact details from the site for any purpose
• Submit anything abusive, defamatory, obscene, harassing, or knowingly false
• Impersonate another person, or misrepresent your connection to the ministry
• Copy substantial parts of the site to republish elsewhere without permission

We may restrict or withdraw access where these terms are broken.

4. Our content and copyright

The text, images, video, audio, graphics, and design of this site belong to the ministry, or are used with the permission of the owner, and are protected by United States copyright law.

You may read, print, and share our material for personal, devotional, or non-commercial ministry use, provided you keep it intact, do not alter its meaning, and credit God’s Grace Gospel Ministries International as the source.

You may not sell it, place it behind a paywall, present it as your own work, or use it commercially without written permission. For anything beyond personal use, write to [CONTACT EMAIL] and ask. We rarely say no.

5. Copyright complaints (DMCA)

If you believe material on this site infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent with the information the Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires: your signature, identification of the work, the location of the material on our site, your contact details, a statement that you believe in good faith the use is unauthorized, and a statement under penalty of perjury that your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act.

Designated agent: [AGENT NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL]. We will remove or disable material in appropriate cases and may terminate access for repeat infringers.

6. Sermons, teaching, and media

Sermons and teaching materials published here are offered freely for spiritual benefit. You are welcome to share links, quote from them with attribution, and use them in personal study or small group settings.

Please do not re-upload full recordings to other platforms under a different name, edit them in ways that change what was said, or use them to endorse a product, a campaign, or a candidate. Where a recording features a guest speaker, musician, or third-party material, additional rights may sit with someone else, and our permission does not extend to their contribution.

7. Things you submit to us

When you send us a message, a testimony, a comment, or other material, you keep ownership of it. You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store it, read it, and use it for the purpose you submitted it for.

By submitting anything you confirm that it is yours to send, that it does not infringe anyone else’s rights, and that it is not unlawful or abusive. We may decline to publish or use anything submitted, at our discretion and without giving a reason.

8. Testimonies

If you send a testimony, you are giving us permission to publish it on this site, in ministry publications, and on our social media, together with your first name and the details you provided, unless you tell us otherwise.

We may edit for length and clarity, but we will not change the substance of what you said. If you later want it taken down, write to us and we will remove it from the platforms we control. We cannot recall material others have already shared onward.

9. Prayer requests are not an emergency service

Prayer requests submitted through the site go to the pastoral team and are treated as confidential. They are not published and not read aloud unless you have asked for that.

Submissions are not monitored around the clock. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Please do not rely on this form in an emergency.

10. Giving and donations

Gifts to the ministry are voluntary and, unless we agree otherwise in writing, they are not refundable. If you gave in error, contact us at [FINANCE EMAIL] and we will look at it in good faith.

Payments are processed by [PAYMENT PROCESSOR NAME], and their terms apply to the transaction itself. We do not receive or store your card or bank details.

Where a gift is designated for a specific project, we will apply it to that project. If the project is completed, cancelled, or fully funded, we may direct the balance to the general work of the ministry, consistent with IRS rules on designated gifts. [IF 501(c)(3): add the tax-deductibility statement and EIN here]

11. Events and registrations

Registering for an event does not guarantee a place until we confirm it. We may need to change the date, venue, program, or speakers, and we will tell registered attendees as soon as we can. Where an event carries a fee, the refund position will be stated at registration.

12. Pastoral guidance is not professional advice

The teaching, counsel, and encouragement offered through this site and through the ministry are spiritual and pastoral in nature. They are not medical, psychiatric, legal, financial, or immigration advice, and they are not a substitute for it. Please consult a licensed professional for matters in those fields.

13. Church governance

Matters of membership, doctrine, discipline, ordination, and the internal governance of the ministry are ecclesiastical, and are decided under our own governing documents and religious doctrine rather than under these terms.

14. Links to other sites

We link to other websites, including social media platforms, partner ministries, and resource providers, as a convenience. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, or how they handle your information.

15. Availability of the site

We aim to keep the site running and its content accurate, but we do not promise it will always be available, uninterrupted, or error free. We may change, suspend, or withdraw any part of it without notice.

16. Disclaimer of warranties

17. Limitation of liability

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded under Maryland law.

18. Indemnification

If you use the site in breach of these terms and that causes a claim against the ministry, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless for the reasonable costs, damages, and attorneys’ fees that result.

19. Privacy

How we handle personal information is set out in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

20. Resolving disputes

If a dispute arises, please contact us first at [CONTACT EMAIL] so we can try to resolve it directly. We ask for 30 days to work it out before either side begins formal proceedings.

21. Governing law and venue

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be brought in the state or federal courts located in [Prince George’s County — CONFIRM], Maryland, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.

22. General

If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the site.

23. Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms from time to time. The version published here is the one that applies, and the date at the top shows when it last changed. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the revised terms.