Forums Specific Guidelines

* The names or titles of God, including Jesus Christ and the Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, or Holy Spirit), in any language, are not to be used as expletives or interjections or in an abusive, mocking, or insulting way.

* Sharing of information about one's beliefs, for instance by quoting Bible verses or witnessing, is encouraged. Honest debate and discussion regarding the existence and nature of God is allowed and welcome. Mockery of Christians, Christians beliefs, and the Christian God are not. MINISTRY IS A NO DEBATE AREA

* Promotion of the religion or rituals of Satanism is strictly prohibited. Promotion is defined as the active attempt to sway others to Satanic beliefs and/or practices.

* Flaming, baiting, trolling, or feeding trolls is not allowed. This also applies to groups. In other words, play nice, don't hurt others, nor call them names.

* If you think you are being flamed, choose *not* to be offended, but instead take a break, and communicate, rather than escalating or accusing others.

* Defamation is not allowed.

* Harassment of another member is not allowed.
Repeated harassment of staff will result in a 30 day site wide ban

* Threads which are off topic for the individual forums are not allowed, and substantial derails of threads are not looked upon in a favorable fashion.

* Congregational Forums wishing to remain safe havens may choose to limit debate to members of their own denomination, insist that all posts conform to their creed etc.

* Age and or gender restrictions are to be respected.

* Reasonable confidentiality will be respected by Staff and Members, alike.

* Issues with staff decisions should be taken to the staff member, then the reconciliation team, period. Don't post them, don't PM them to others, don't take them to Lee.

* Do not say racist or sexist things. If the swear filter is activated, edit your post, don't try to bypass it. Don't post graphics or text you would not be comfortable sharing with someone's grandmother.
Ministry staff will remove posts or threads that we think could be harmful in any way to any member or group of members. Even if the post or thread might not be intentionally harmful.

Ministry staff will remove posts and threads that advertise some business, ask for money, or direct someone to a website that you will earn some profit by this.

Ministry staff will remove personal contact information such as addresses, phone numbers and email addresses from public posts. You can post, "please pm me" instead to share that information.

Most of all, we are a Christian website. Traditional Christian values hold true for all of Ministry


* Don't break the law, don't violate copyright, threaten others, or do or promote anything illegal.

* Don't spam in threads or sigs, don't promote get rich quick schemes anywhere on the site.

* Use the brain God gave you. Think before you post. Think about how your post may affect someone else.


Ministry staff will remove posts or threads that we think could be harmful in any way to any member or group of members. Even if the post or thread might not be intentionally harmful.

Ministry staff will remove posts and threads that advertise some business, ask for money, or direct someone to a website that you will earn some profit by this.

Ministry staff will remove personal contact information such as addresses, phone numbers and email addresses from public posts. You can post, "please pm me" instead to share that information.
Please refer to announcements,

Reports:
The reportee is allowed 1 post to explain his position, all others will be deleted...unless a question is specifically asked

Most of all, we are a Christian website. Traditional Christian values hold true for all of Ministry

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