Effective Date: [Insert Date, e.g., September 6, 2026]
Website: https://home-church.org (“Site”, “Directory”, or “Platform”)
Project: Home Church Directory (“we,” “us,” or “our”)
1. Introduction & Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to home-church.org. This website is an unofficial, volunteer-run, non-profit community directory designed to help Christian believers connect, find, and share local home churches, house meetings, and micro-gatherings.
By accessing, browsing, searching, or submitting a listing to home-church.org, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and our Community Code of Conduct. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, please do not use this website.
2. Nature of the Platform (Directory Only)
- Bulletin & Directory Service: home-church.org operates solely as an informational notice board and search directory. We do not operate, govern, sponsor, oversee, or pastor any of the house churches or meetings listed on this Site.
- No Official Affiliation: We are not affiliated with any specific denomination, parent organization, or network unless explicitly stated on an individual listing.
- No Background Checks or Vetting: We do not perform background checks, identity verification, doctrinal exams, or physical site inspections on hosts, leaders, or attendees.
3. Safety, Discernment, and In-Person Gatherings
Visiting a new gathering or meeting in a private residence requires personal wisdom, discernment, and care.
- Personal Responsibility: Attending any home gathering, prayer meeting, or event discovered through this directory is undertaken entirely at your own risk.
- Recommended Safety Practices:
- Contact the host prior to attending to ask questions about the gathering format, leadership, and teaching.
- Consider having a preliminary conversation by phone or video call, or meeting the host in a public location first.
- When visiting a private home for the first time, consider bringing a friend or family member along.
- Parents and guardians are solely responsible for verifying the safety and supervision of any children they bring to a meeting.
4. Community Code of Conduct
To maintain an honest, safe, and Christ-honoring platform, all users and contributors must abide by the following standards:
A. When Submitting Listings
- Authorization: You must have the explicit permission of the homeowner, resident, or host before submitting their address, phone number, or personal details to the public directory.
- Accuracy: Provide truthful, up-to-date, and accurate details regarding meeting times, location format, theological framework, and primary contact information.
- No Misrepresentation: Do not falsely list a meeting under another person’s name or claim leadership/affiliation you do not possess.
B. Prohibited Activities
You agree NOT to use home-church.org to:
- Post commercial solicitations, multi-level marketing (MLM), sales offers, or paid services.
- Promote cults, abusive groups, predatory organizations, or groups practicing spiritual, physical, or financial manipulation.
- Post abusive, defamatory, harassing, sexually explicit, or hateful content.
- “Dox” or publish private personal information of individuals without their direct consent.
- Scrape, harvest, or collect contact information or addresses from listings for unsolicited mass marketing, spam, or malicious purposes.
- Attempt to disrupt the WordPress website, hack accounts, inject malicious code, or bypass security features.
5. Content Moderation and Removal Rights
- Right to Edit or Remove: Because this directory relies on user submissions, we reserve the full right (at our sole discretion, without notice or liability) to edit, reject, unpublish, or permanently remove any listing, comment, or account that violates these Terms or that we deem harmful to the community.
- No Obligation to Retain: We are not obligated to store, preserve, or restore deleted listings.
- Reporting a Listing: If you find an outdated listing, an unauthorized submission of your home address, or an unsafe group, please notify us immediately through our contact page or email at
[Insert Report Email, e.g., admin@indigo-shark-594032.hostingersite.com]. We will review and act on valid takedown requests promptly.
6. User-Submitted Content & License
- By submitting a listing, description, photo, or comment to home-church.org, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to display, index, format, and share that content on our website and related social/announcement channels for the purpose of running this directory.
- You represent and warrant that you own or have obtained all necessary permissions, rights, and releases for any text, photos, or materials you upload.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
home-church.org is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, including but not limited to:
- The accuracy, reliability, or completeness of user-submitted listings, meeting times, doctrines, or host details.
- The safety, legality, doctrinal soundness, or conduct of any group, host, or attendee listed on the Site.
- Uninterrupted or error-free operation of the website, plugins, or search functions.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, home-church.org, its founders, operators, volunteers, and website administrators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection with:
- Your use of or inability to use this website.
- Any information, listing, or contact detail found on the Site.
- Any physical injury, property damage, loss, dispute, theological disagreement, or emotional distress arising from attending a meeting, opening your home, or interacting with people discovered through this directory.
9. Modifications to Terms
We may revise and update these Terms from time to time. The updated date will always be displayed at the top of this document. Continued use of home-church.org following any revisions constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.
10. Contact & Takedown Inquiries
If you have questions about these Terms, need to report a violation, or wish to have a listing or your personal residence removed from the site, please contact:
- Site: home-church.org
- Email: [Insert Admin Email, e.g., contact@indigo-shark-594032.hostingersite.com]
- Removal Request Subject Line: “Listing Removal Request – [Listing Name / City]”
Disclaimer: This document is a template designed to reflect the operational model of a non-profit, volunteer-run house church directory. It does not constitute formal legal advice. You should have qualified legal counsel review your website policies to ensure full compliance with regional laws.