TERMS OF USE FOR ELLEL MINISTRIES 365 (EM365)

Please read these terms of use carefully before you use this website.

In these Terms of Use, 'Ellel Ministries' refers to 'The Christian Trust' and all subsidiaries and all affiliated companies including but not limited to Ellel Ministries Limited, Sovereign World Limited, Ellel Ministries (USA) Ltd and all trading names used by The Christian Trust.

The Christian Trust is a private limited company incorporated in England (Company Number 2883771 and registered Charity Number 1041237) and having its registered office at Ellel Grange, Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 0HN, UK.

This service is provided by ELLEL MINISTRIES and use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms of use, which take effect immediately on your first use of the site.

ELLEL MINISTRIES reserves the right to change these terms of use from time to time.

You are responsible for reviewing regularly information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted changes. ELLEL MINISTRIES further reserves the right, at any time to make access to certain materials or services on this website conditional on you agreeing to additional terms of use.

Liability

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE THE VIEWS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO IT AND NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF ELLEL MINISTRIES. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, ELLEL MINISTRIES:

(i) IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MATERIAL INCLUDED ON THIS SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY WHICH IS DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, ILLEGAL OR OTHERWISE IN BREACH OF ANY PERSON'S RIGHTS;

(ii) DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE INFORMATION AND/OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON OR ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT OR THAT USE OF THE SITE IS FREE OF RISK OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DAMAGE.

UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING ELLEL MINISTRIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:-

(i) ANY DIRECT LOSS; OR

(ii) ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS OR LOSS OF OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR ANY INDIRECT LOSS OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS WHATSOEVER, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER SUCH LOSS ARISES IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, MISREPRESENTATION, BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY OR OTHERWISE AND EVEN IF ELLEL MINISTRIES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, THIS DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER UNDER ENGLISH LAW.

ELLEL MINISTRIES is not liable for death or personal injury due to the user's negligence whilst using the product. ELLEL MINISTRIES is also not liable for fraud due to the user's negligence.

This website contains links to third party sites from, for example, this website's home page and from documents published on this site. These third party sites are beyond the control of ELLEL MINISTRIES and ELLEL MINISTRIES does not accept any responsibility for their content or for any transactions between you and such sites. Your use of these third party sites, and any resultant transactions, may be subject to separate terms and conditions.

Copyright and Trade Marks

All private information (including but without limitation to any data, text, files, graphics, links, music, photographs, software, audio, video, messages, daily teaching, Steps to Life, Living the Life, ARISE! Conference or any other material posted by ELLEL MINISTRIES) ("CONTENT"), is copyrighted by ELLEL MINISTRIES, all rights reserved. No part of the CONTENT may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of ELLEL MINISTRIES.

ELLEL MINISTRIES 365 is owned by ELLEL MINISTRIES and is protected by the copyright laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and various international treaty provisions. ELLEL MINISTRIES retains all rights not expressly granted. All copyrights owned by other parties are acknowledged.

All copyright, trademarks and other intellectual and proprietary rights in ELLEL MINISTRIES 365 are and shall remain the property of ELLEL MINISTRIES. You will ensure that the provisions of this agreement are not violated by the user or by any person under the control of the user or in the service of the user. Grant of a license to the user provides you with the right to use the CONTENT but not own it. You must treat ELLEL MINISTRIES 365 like any other copyrighted material.

Where you are invited to submit any CONTENT to this site you are required by such submission to grant ELLEL MINISTRIES a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any such work worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. If you do not wish to grant such rights to ELLEL MINISTRIES, it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to this site.

By submitting your contribution to this site, you also warrant that such contribution is;
    a. your own original work and that you have the right to make it available for all the purposes specified above;
    b. is not defamatory; and
    c. does not infringe any law.

In addition, you also:

    a. Indemnify ELLEL MINISTRIES against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by ELLEL MINISTRIES, its directors, employees contractors, agents and affiliates as a result of your breach of these terms of use; and;
    b. Agree to waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the website and the other purposes specified above.

If there is any conflict between the terms of use and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail. All rights are reserved and reproduction of part or all of the contents of this site is prohibited other than in accordance with the following permission:

    a. permission is granted to download the daily teaching material contained on this website to a single personal computer and to print a hard copy of such materials solely for personal and non-commercial use.

For the purpose of these terms, non-commercial supply or use shall mean that neither you nor any third party may charge for viewing any materials that have been downloaded or copied from this website, and that neither you nor any third party can use any materials from this website to attract others to buy goods or services. Any other use of materials on this website, including storage and recording (other than on a purely transitory basis to permit you to view them), reproduction, modification, distribution, re-transmission, diversion or republication, without the prior written permission of ELLEL MINISTRIES, is strictly prohibited. This means, for example, that you must not use on any other website any materials displayed on this website.

3. ELLEL MINISTRIES Proprietary Rights

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You acknowledge and agree that the website and any necessary software used in connection with the website ("SOFTWARE") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Except as expressly authorized by ELLEL MINISTRIES you agree not to copy, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the SOFTWARE, in whole or in part. ELLEL MINISTRIES grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its SOFTWARE on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the SOFTWARE. You agree not to modify the SOFTWARE in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the SOFTWARE, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorised access to the website. You agree not to access the SOFTWARE by any means other than through the interface that is provided by ELLEL MINISTRIES for use in accessing the website. The SOFTWARE and this website (including but not limited to its design and incorporated text, graphics, illustrations, images and other media, the selection and arrangement thereof) are copyright to ELLEL MINISTRIES or their licensors unless otherwise stated.

4. Disclaimer of warranties

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You expressly understand and agree that:

(a) Your use of the service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. ELLEL MINISTRIES expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
(b) ELLEL MINISTRIES makes no warranty that
(i) the service will meet your requirements;

(ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free;

(iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable;

(iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations; and

(v) any errors in the software will be corrected.
(c) any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the service is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
(d) no advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from ELLEL MINISTRIES or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in this agreement.

5. Data Protection

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The information and data ("personal data") which is provided by you in connection with this website will be held on the computers and manual records of, and will be used by ELLEL MINISTRIES. How personal data is stored and used by ELLEL MINISTRIES is detailed in the Privacy Policy

ELLEL MINISTRIES or its partners will only contact you in accordance with your wishes; your responses are recorded at the time these terms and conditions are presented.

You are able to modify or remove any or all of your personal information through the use of this web site. If you are unable to do so for any reason, please write to ELLEL MINISTRIES at the address below stating your full name and address and providing any other relevant information.

6. Forums, Message Boards & Facepage

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The views and information (including but without limitation to any data, text, files, graphics, links, music, photographs, software, audio, video, messages) ("CONTENT"), expressed on the Forums, Message Boards or Facepage are those of the individual user and not those of ELLEL MINISTRIES. Accordingly, the user, not ELLEL MINISTRIES is entirely responsible and liable for all activities conducted through the website. ELLEL MINISTRIES ask you not to post messages or e-mails which are abusive, obscene, defamatory or the content of which is otherwise undesirable, illegal or in breach of any person's rights, and they reserve the right, in their full discretion, to remove any messages or e-mails at any time and without notice to you. By accessing the message board in any way you are agreeing with the Forum Rules

ELLEL MINISTRIES does not control the CONTENT posted or transmitted in any way via Forums, Message Boards or Facepage and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such CONTENT. Under no circumstances will ELLEL MINISTRIES be liable in any way for any CONTENT in the Forums, Message Boards or Facepage, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any CONTENT in the Forums, Message Boards or Facepage, for any breaches of copyright or similar intellectual property ruling, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the user of any CONTENT in the Forums, Message Boards or Facepage featuring on the website.

7. General

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These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Disputes arising here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the contents of this website and therefore should cease using this website immediately.

If any of these terms of use should be determined to be illegal by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms of use are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that term of use is illegal, it shall be severed and deleted from this clause and the remaining terms of use shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

Any login or private information (including, but not limited to, passwords, user name or login name) or promotional coupons are for your personal use only and must not be shared with or used by others, unless stated other wise in the website.

8. Addresses for service

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ELLEL MINISTRIES, Ellel Grange, Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 0HN, UK



EM365 Online Forum:

By registering and participating in the EM365 Online Forum's discussions you agree to the following code of conduct and disclaimer. If you are unable to agree you have the right not to participate in forum discussions at any time.

Preamble:

This forum is established for members of Ellel 365 to share their thoughts, have discussions, share prayer points and have some fun. Even though this is your community, we do need to place some guidelines and rules to keep the core fundamentals of Christian life on the forum.

Code of Conduct:

This is a Christian forum; therefore all members are expected to post with mutual respect to core Christian values. Anti-Christian posts or posts that seek to persuade members to consider other religions will not be tolerated.

While the administrators/moderators and staff of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible where acceptable, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made on this forum express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators/moderators or staff (except for posts by these people) and they will not be held liable.

In this forum we encourage debate, discussion and constructive argument, but please respect one another:

  • DO NOT be rude, use offensive language (which includes using punctuations to bypass the profanity filter) or insult one another
  • DO NOT personally attack or purposefully post inflammatory posts these will no be allowed. If you are flamed, don't respond in-kind. Alert staff to the situation by utilizing the report button.
  • DO NOT goad another member or start call-out threads. This flaming rule also applies to public figures.
  • DO NOT insult, belittle, mock, or personally attack other members or groups of members.
  • DO NOT use of derogatory nicknames in reference to other members.
  • DO NOT make another member's experience on this site miserable. This includes, but is not limited to, gossiping or spreading rumors about another member or persistently attacking them in the open forums.
  • DO NOT threaten another member and do not report another member out of spite.
  • DO NOT harass another member, including sexual harassment.
  • Please respect another member's request to cease contact.

    • Inappropriate content:

  • You will not insult or mock God or Christianity. 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.
  • Repetitive posts similar or identical posts or threads are not allowed. Do not advertise commercial products or services. This includes promoting or linking to other message boards.
  • Messages, images, content or links to material that is sexually oriented, violent, illegal, illegal dialogue, has adult content or links to these things is prohibited. Messages with links to or suggesting illegal activity is also prohibited.
  • Posting content that is abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any applicable laws, international laws, the laws of the country where EM365 Online forum is hosted, or your country's laws may lead to you being temporarily or permanently banned from these forums and your service provider may also be informed with your IP address of these activities
  • Posts which violate the copyrights of others. In general, this means that any quoted portion of any work must not exceed 20% of the total work. All quoted copyrighted material must be linked to the webpage from which it was quoted.

    • The administrators/moderators and staff members reserve the right to:

  • Remove or edit offensive posts, including posts that are an abuse to the Code of Conduct and ethic of this forum, without notice.
  • Ban or suspend members from the forum, especially in circumstances where repeated warnings by moderators go unheeded.
  • Modify these rules, without notice or warning. It is your sole responsibility to regularly review these rules and ensure your compliance with them.


    • Disclaimer:

    By using this website, you acknowledge your acceptance and understanding of these rules. These rules apply to all communications made on this site, including posts in the forums (as well as automatically generated sections of posts such as signatures, custom user titles, and avatars) and private messages. Staff will remain the sole and final arbiter of what does and does not violate community standards. For any advice given on this site: The Christian Trust and it's subsidiaries (Ellel Ministries International, Ellel Ministries Ltd., Ellel Ministries Resources) its owners and its staff will not be held responsible for any advice posted. The IP address of all the posts in this forum will be recorded to help the enforcement of the Code of Conduct and report any violation of international laws. Any material or views expressed or posted on this forum are not necessarily the views of The Christian Trust and it's subsidiaries (Ellel Ministries International, Ellel Ministries Ltd., Ellel Ministries Resources) and any member of staff of The Christian Trust and it's subsidiaries (Ellel Ministries International, Ellel Ministries Ltd., Ellel Ministries Resources) and thus is not responsible for, nor accepts any liability in respect of, the accuracy of the information contained in this forum, or the improper application of such information. By entering the EM365 forum, you represent that you have read, and agree to be bound by, this notice and the EM365 forum Code of Conduct which apply to the use of, and access to, the EM365 forum.