Terms & Conditions

Introduction

This page sets out the terms and conditions on which you may use Journey With Christ and the content/services available on them (which we call “Journey With Christ Content”).

These terms apply in different ways depending on what type of user you are, as follows:

Registered users: These terms apply to your use of jwct.org and all Journey With Christ Content irrespective of the delivery platform or device you use to access it. By accessing Journey With Christ you are agreeing to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions you should not use Journey With Christ or any Journey With Christ Content and should request for your account to be deactivated and deleted. If you have any questions please contact contactus@jwct.org.

We strongly recommend that you read these terms and conditions in their entirety.

All users: These terms and conditions replace all previous terms and conditions for Journey With Christ. Journey With Christ may update these terms and conditions for legal or regulatory reasons, or to reflect changes in our services and practices. We will provide notice of any significant changes in Section 14 below. You should regularly check Section 14 to see if any changes have been made. Any changes to our terms and conditions will become effective as soon as we post them on Journey With Christ.

We may in exceptional circumstances cease to publish Journey With Christ, the Journey With Christ Content or cease to provide Biblical guiding services. We will give you at least 30 days' notice of this, if possible. If we do so, then we will have no further obligation to you. See Section 5 for details.

Access and use

Our ability to invest in high quality content depends on our users complying with our copyright policy: Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material
you may always link to content on Journey With Christ, or refer to the content with correct attribution

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Organizations that may be using Journey With Christ Content without the appropriate permissions may approach us at contactus@jwct.org with a view to discussing a license to legitimize that use.

All information received by us from your use of Journey With Christ will be used by Journey With Christ in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please read this for details of how we may process your personal data.

On registration, you must provide Journey With Christ with accurate, complete registration information and it is your responsibility to update and maintain changes to that information on the applicable Journey With Christ registration page. Journey With Christ is entitled to rely on any information you provide to us.

Each registration is for a single user only. On registration, you will choose a username and password (“ID”). The email address that you provide on registration must correspond to a named email account and not a generic or shared email account. You are not allowed to share your ID or give access to Journey With Christ Content through your ID to anyone else. Journey With Christ does not allow multiple users on a network or within an organization to use the same ID. Journey With Christ may cancel or suspend your access to Journey With Christ if you share your ID without further obligation to you. You may not create additional registration accounts for the benefit of others or with the aim of avoiding our use of IDs to control access to and use of Journey With Christ.

You are responsible for all use of Journey With Christ made by you or anyone else using your ID and for preventing unauthorized use of your ID. If you believe there has been any breach of security such as the disclosure, theft, or unauthorized use of your ID, you must notify Journey With Christ immediately by e-mailing us at contactus@jwct.org.

If you provide Journey With Christ with an email address that will result in any messages Journey With Christ may send you being sent to you via a network or device operated or owned by a third party (e.g. your employer or colleague) then you promise that you are entitled to receive those messages. You also agree that Journey With Christ may stop sending messages to you without notifying you.

User-generated content

Journey With Christ includes comments sections, blogs, and other interactive features that allow interaction between users – we call the information posted to these Forums by users “User Generated Content” or “UGC”.

If you wish to view or participate in a Forum then you must comply with any specific rules posted on the Forum. We also recommend that you read our Comments Guidelines which provide further guidance in relation to commenting on Journey With Christ.

You will retain ownership of the copyright in any of your UGC that you or we publish on Journey With Christ so you are free to re-use it as you wish. You agree that if you post UGC to a Forum then you are granting Journey With Christ a right (but not an obligation) unlimited in time to publish, re-use, archive, modify, or delete that UGC in whole or in part as we see fit. This means that you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use any UGC you publish in whole or in part in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever and without further obligation to you. You also waive any moral rights that you may have in regard to the UGC.

You are responsible for all the content of any of your UGC that you or we publish. You are financially responsible to us for any claim against us by any third party that your UGC is not in accordance with the bullet points below or that otherwise relates to your UGC.

You agree that you will:

only publish UGC that is your original content and will not infringe the copyright or other rights of any third party when publishing UGC
not post, link to or otherwise publish any UGC containing any form of advertising or promotion for goods and services or any spam or other form of unsolicited communication
not post, link to or otherwise publish any UGC that is threatening, offensive, libellous, indecent or otherwise unlawful
not post comments that are discriminatory in nature, for example, comments which make attacks on the grounds of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age
respectfully challenge different points of view but not personally attack other commentators
not disguise the origin of any UGC and not impersonate any person or entity (including Journey With Christ representatives or Forum guests or hosts) or misrepresent any connection with any person or entity
not post or otherwise publish any UGC unrelated to the Forum or the Forum’s topic
not post or transmit any UGC that contains software viruses, files or code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of Journey With Christ or any computer software or equipment
not collect or store other users’ personal data
not restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Forums
comply with the guidelines for commenting set out in our Commenting FAQ

The Forums contain UGC submitted by users over whom Journey With Christ has no control so we cannot therefore guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any UGC. Some users may not behave properly and may post UGC that is misleading, untrue or offensive.

It is not possible for Journey With Christ to fully monitor all UGC published on Journey With Christ but where we have actually received notice of any UGC that is potentially misleading, untrue, offensive, unlawful, infringes third party rights or is potentially in breach of these terms and conditions, then we will review that UGC, decide whether to remove it from Journey With Christ and act accordingly. This may include banning a user from participation in UGC on Journey With Christ.

Our moderation and community team may contact you from time to time regarding your comments. Comments, including those made under a pseudonym, can be linked to your Journey With Christ account by Journey With Christ.

For more guidance about commenting on Journey With Christ, please see our Commenting FAQ. If you believe that any UGC published on Journey With Christ infringes any legal rights that you may have or is not allowed under these terms and conditions, please notify us immediately with specific details by contacting us at contactus@jwct.org.

Third party sites and services

Journey With Christ may contain links to other Internet websites or online and mobile services provided by independent third parties, including websites of our advertisers and sponsors (what we call “Third Party Sites”), either directly or through frames. Third Party Sites may be co-branded with Journey With Christ and so include Journey With Christ’s trademarks.

It is your decision whether you purchase or use any third party products or services made available on or via Third Party Sites and you should read Section 8 below carefully. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to Third Party Sites.

Journey With Christ contains advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on Journey With Christ complies with international and national law. Journey With Christ is not responsible for any error or inaccuracy in advertising or sponsorship material.

Copyright in any software that is made available for download from Journey With Christ belongs to Journey With Christ or its suppliers. Your use of the software is governed by the terms of any license agreement that may accompany or be included with the software. Do not install or use any of this software unless you agree to such license agreement. Journey With Christ is not responsible for any technical or other issues that may happen if you download third party software.

Our responsibilities to you

A summary of what this section means: this section is important and you should read it carefully. It makes clear to what extent, if any, Journey With Christ accepts responsibility (liability) to you for your use of Journey With Christ or the Journey With Christ Content or in respect of any third party products or services that we refer to or link to on Journey With Christ.

In no circumstances do we accept responsibility for your use of Third Party Sites or in respect of any Third Party Products. By Third Party Sites we mean websites, online or mobile services provided by third parties, including websites of advertisers and sponsors that may appear on Journey With Christ. By Third Party Products we mean products or services provided by third parties.

What we promise: Journey With Christ promises to develop and operate Journey With Christ with reasonable skill and care and will use reasonable efforts to promptly remedy any faults of which it is aware.

Content ownership

All Journey With Christ Content belongs to Journey With Christ or its licensors who own all intellectual property rights (including copyright and database rights) in the Journey With Christ Content and any selection or arrangement of the Journey With Christ Content. No intellectual property rights in any Journey With Christ Content are transferred to you. "Journey With Christ" and "jwct.org" are registered trademarks and you may not use them without written permission from Journey With Christ. You are permitted to use Journey With Christ Content only as set out in Section 2. Access and Use.

Changes to terms and conditions

These terms and conditions were published on 10 March 2023.