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Last Updated: October 14, 2026

Effective Date: October 14, 2026

Version: 2026.3

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the PrayerConnect web app at prayer.prayerconnect.church (the “Website”), the PrayerConnect mobile app (the “App”), and all related services (together, the “Service”). The Service is operated by Prayer Connect Church, a California nonprofit religious corporation recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (“PrayerConnect,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and our Community Guidelines. If you use the App, our End User License Agreement also applies. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. By creating an account, you represent that you are at least 13 years old and able to enter into these Terms. If you are under 18, you represent that your parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms and our Privacy Policy on your behalf, and that they are responsible for your use of the Service.

2. Your Account

  • You must provide your real name and a valid email address that you own or control.
  • We sign you in by emailing you a one-time passcode, so you are responsible for keeping your email account secure.
  • You are responsible for all activity that happens under your account.
  • You may have only one account.
  • Addresses on the @prayerconnect.church domain are reserved for PrayerConnect staff.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Service only for its intended purpose: sharing, supporting, and praying for prayer requests. You agree NOT to:

  • Submit content that is abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or otherwise objectionable, or that breaks our Community Guidelines.
  • Submit content that promotes violence, discrimination, or illegal activities.
  • Use the Service to spam, solicit, advertise, or promote commercial products or services.
  • Impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with any person, church, or organization.
  • Post private information about other people without their consent.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users’ accounts, data, or any part of the Service.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service, its servers, or connected networks.
  • Use bots, scrapers, or other automated means to access the Service, except for reading our public prayer feeds as intended.
  • Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security features or usage limits of the Service.
  • Use the Service in violation of any applicable law.

4. Your Content

4.1 Ownership and license

You keep ownership of the prayer requests, updates, comments, and other content you submit. By submitting content, you give PrayerConnect a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, process, display, reproduce, and distribute it as needed to operate and promote the Service. For prayers you mark as shared, this includes showing them publicly on the Website and App, in organization Prayer Displays (including on organizations’ own websites), in our public prayer feeds, and on our social media channels (such as Discord, Facebook, YouTube, X, and Instagram), including reading them in videos. This license ends when you delete the content or stop sharing it, except for copies that have already been distributed and that we cannot reasonably remove.

4.2 Shared prayers are public

A prayer you mark as shared is public: anyone can see it, including people without a PrayerConnect account, as described in our Privacy Policy. A prayer you do not share is private to you. You decide what to share, and you are responsible for it. Prayer requests often involve sensitive personal, health, or spiritual information, and they sometimes mention other people. Please share thoughtfully, protect other people’s privacy, and use “Post anonymously” if you do not want your name shown.

4.3 AI processing and moderation

Each prayer request is processed by an AI system from our provider, Anthropic. The AI writes a formatted prayer and checks the request against our Community Guidelines before it can be shared. Requests that may violate the guidelines are held for review by a person. Comments and updates are not pre-screened, but they can be reported. We may remove any content that violates these Terms or our Community Guidelines, or that we determine is harmful, without prior notice.

4.4 AI-generated prayer text

AI-generated prayers are provided as a convenience. They may contain mistakes, and they do not represent the views or endorsement of PrayerConnect. Your original request text is always kept alongside the generated prayer.

4.5 Funding links on prayers

You may add a link to a fundraising page (such as GoFundMe) to a prayer request, but only from the platforms the Service accepts, and only for the need described in the prayer. These fundraisers are run by other people on other platforms: PrayerConnect does not collect or hold that money and does not verify those fundraising pages or how their funds are used. Any gift made through such a link is solely between the donor, the fundraiser, and the fundraising platform. We may remove any funding link at our discretion. Donations to Prayer Connect Church itself are covered in Section 7.

4.6 Reporting and blocking

  • Reporting: you may report any prayer, comment, or update that you believe violates these Terms or our Community Guidelines. Our moderation team reviews reports, typically within 24 hours. A report does not guarantee removal.
  • Blocking: you may block any other user. Their prayers, comments, and updates are hidden from you, and they can no longer comment on or follow your prayers. You can unblock them in Privacy Settings. The blocked user is not told they have been blocked. Our moderators are notified of blocks so they can watch for abuse.
  • False reports: reports made in bad faith, or repeated reports of content that does not break our rules, may lead to action against the reporter.

4.7 Moderation actions

When content or conduct violates these Terms or our Community Guidelines, we may, at our discretion and without prior notice:

  • remove or hide content;
  • issue a warning;
  • suspend or permanently terminate the account;
  • archive or delete content created by the account;
  • sign the user out of all devices;
  • report unlawful activity to the authorities.

The action depends on the nature and pattern of the violation. We are not required to warn users before acting on serious or repeated violations.

4.8 Appeals

If your account has been suspended or terminated and you believe it was a mistake, you may appeal within 30 days by replying to the suspension email or by emailing prayer@prayerconnect.church. Include your account’s email address and a short explanation. We aim to respond within three (3) business days.

5. Organizations

  • Organizations (churches, ministries, and groups) are managed by their administrators, who control membership, roles, and organization settings.
  • New top-level organizations are reviewed and approved by PrayerConnect before they can be used. After approval, the organization’s administrators may create sub-organizations. We may limit the number of organizations a user can create or request.
  • When you join or ask to join an organization, its administrators can see your name and email address.
  • Organization administrators may remove members at their discretion, and they are responsible for how they use member information and for content they publish, such as Prayer Displays on their own websites.
  • Public organizations appear in the Organization Directory. Private organizations can be joined by invitation only.
  • We may archive organizations that violate these Terms or are no longer active.

6. Emails and Notifications

By creating an account, you agree to receive the emails needed to run the Service, including sign-in passcodes, invitations, and account and moderation notices. You can control optional emails and push notifications (such as processing notices, prayer support digests, organization notices, and notices about prayers you follow) in Notification Settings and in your device settings.

6.1 Text messages (SMS)

Program: PrayerConnect text messages, provided by Prayer Connect Church.

  • What you receive: if you opt in, we text you sign-in passcodes and the prayer notifications you choose (for example, when your prayer is ready or someone comments on a prayer you follow).
  • How to opt in: enter your mobile number and tick the text-message consent box in Notification Settings or at sign-up on prayer.prayerconnect.church or in the PrayerConnect app. Consent is not a condition of using the Service.
  • Frequency: varies with your activity and settings, typically 1 to 10 messages per week.
  • Cost: message and data rates may apply. PrayerConnect does not charge for text messages.
  • Opt out: reply STOP to any message to stop all texts. You will receive one confirmation message. You can also turn texts off in Notification Settings.
  • Help: reply HELP to any message, or email prayer@prayerconnect.church.
  • Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
  • Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your mobile number. No mobile information is shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

7. The Service Is Free; Donations

The Service is provided free of charge. We may add, change, or remove features, or set reasonable usage limits, at any time.

Prayer Connect Church accepts voluntary donations on prayerconnect.church. Donations are processed by our payment provider (Stripe) and are used to support our ministry, including the operation of the Service. Prayer Connect Church is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law; you will receive a receipt for your records. Donations are voluntary and do not purchase any goods, services, or special treatment on the Service. If you believe a donation was made in error, contact us at prayer@prayerconnect.church.

Financial transparency: we are committed to transparency. Records of all donations received and of how funds are spent, including what is purchased and why, are available for review. Donor contact and payment details are kept private as described in our Privacy Policy.

8. Termination

  • By you: you may stop using the Service at any time. You can delete your account in Privacy Settings on the Website or in the App. This starts a 7-day grace period during which you can cancel. You can also email prayer@prayerconnect.church.
  • By us: we may suspend or terminate your account, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms or our Community Guidelines, if your conduct harms other users or the Service, or if required by law. Section 4.8 explains how to appeal.

When an account is terminated, the right to use the Service ends, the user is signed out of all devices, and their content is archived or deleted as described in our Privacy Policy. A user whose account we have terminated may not create a new account without our written permission.

9. Our Intellectual Property

The Service, including its design, software, features, and content (excluding content submitted by users), is owned by PrayerConnect or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from the Service without our written permission.

10. Not Professional or Emergency Help

PrayerConnect is a prayer community. It does not provide pastoral counseling, medical, mental health, legal, or financial advice, or emergency or crisis services. If you or someone else is in danger, contact local emergency services. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

11. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that:

  • the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free;
  • content submitted by users is accurate, complete, or appropriate;
  • AI-generated prayer text will be accurate, appropriate, or theologically sound;
  • fundraising pages linked by users are legitimate or that their funds are used as described;
  • the Service will meet your requirements.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PRAYERCONNECT AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, VOLUNTEERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of these limitations may not apply to you.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless PrayerConnect and its directors, officers, volunteers, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your content, or your violation of these Terms.

14. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in California, and you and we consent to their jurisdiction. Before filing a claim, please contact us at prayer@prayerconnect.church so we can try to resolve it informally. Nothing in these Terms limits any rights you have under the consumer protection laws of the place where you live.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The version number and “Last Updated” date at the top show when they last changed. When we make a material change, the Website and App will ask you to review and accept the updated Terms the next time you use them. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, stop using the Service and you may delete your account.

16. General

  • Severability: if any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest of the Terms will remain in effect.
  • No waiver: our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
  • Assignment: you may not transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer ours to an affiliated ministry or successor organization.
  • Entire agreement: these Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, and (for App users) the End User License Agreement, are the entire agreement between you and PrayerConnect about the Service.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, contact:

Prayer Connect Church
Email: prayer@prayerconnect.church
Website: prayerconnect.church