SMS PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE

SMS Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

Effective Date: 4.01.26


Liberty Christian Fellowship values your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This SMS Privacy Policy and Terms of Service explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you opt in to receive SMS or MMS text messages from us, as well as the terms that apply to your participation in our messaging program.


Organization Information

Liberty Christian Fellowship
244 Williams Dr
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948


SMS Program Description

By providing your mobile phone number to Liberty Christian Fellowship, you agree to receive SMS or MMS text messages from us. These messages may include customer care responses, appointment or meeting reminders, service-related follow-up, church notices, ministry updates, and public service announcements related to our organization.

Message frequency varies depending on your interaction with Liberty Christian Fellowship.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchase.


Information We Collect

When you opt in to receive SMS messages from Liberty Christian Fellowship, we may collect:

  • Your mobile phone number
  • Your name, if provided
  • Records of your consent to receive messages
  • Message content and message history
  • Date, time, and status of messages sent or received
  • Carrier information, if available

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Send you customer care and public service announcement text messages
  • Respond to your questions and requests
  • Provide appointment, meeting, and service-related updates
  • Maintain records of communication preferences and consent
  • Improve our communication services
  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements

Sharing Your Information

Liberty Christian Fellowship does not sell, rent, trade, or share your personal information with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes.

We may only share your information in the following limited situations:

  • With service providers who help us operate our SMS messaging services
  • When required by law, subpoena, court order, or similar legal process
  • In connection with a business or organizational transition, merger, transfer, or restructuring, if applicable

Consent to Receive Text Messages

By voluntarily providing your mobile number, you expressly consent to receive recurring automated and non-automated SMS or MMS text messages from Liberty Christian Fellowship. These messages may relate to your communication with our church, ministry information, appointments, meeting reminders, responses to your inquiries, service updates, or important announcements.

You confirm that the mobile number you provide is accurate and that you are the authorized subscriber or owner of that number. If your phone number changes, you agree to notify us promptly before the change takes effect.


Opt-In

You may opt in to receive text messages from Liberty Christian Fellowship by providing your mobile number directly to our staff, submitting a form on our website, requesting text communication, or initiating a text conversation with us.

By opting in, you agree to receive text messages from Liberty Christian Fellowship. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply.


Opt-Out

You may opt out of receiving SMS or MMS messages from Liberty Christian Fellowship at any time by replying with any of the following keywords to any message you receive from us:


STOP, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE, or QUIT

You may also opt out by contacting us directly using the contact information listed below.

After opting out, you may receive one final message confirming your request. After that, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us unless you opt in again.


Help and Support

For assistance, reply HELP to any message you receive from us or contact Liberty Christian Fellowship directly.


Message and Data Rates

Liberty Christian Fellowship does not charge for text messages you receive from us. However, message and data rates may apply according to your mobile carrier plan. Please contact your wireless provider for details about your text or data plan.


Carrier Participation

Participating carriers may include major United States wireless providers, but not all carriers support SMS or MMS messaging services. Carrier participation may change without notice. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.


Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.


Children’s Privacy

Our SMS messaging services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through our SMS messaging program. If we learn that such information has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.


Service Modifications and Termination

Liberty Christian Fellowship reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue SMS messaging services at any time, with or without notice.


Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Liberty Christian Fellowship from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to:

  • your provision of a phone number that is not your own
  • your failure to notify us of a change in your phone number
  • your violation of applicable law or these terms

Participation Requirements

By participating in our SMS messaging program, you represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age or have permission from a parent or legal guardian, have a wireless device capable of two-way messaging, and are subscribed to a participating wireless carrier’s messaging service.

Service availability may vary by carrier, device, and geographic location.


Changes to This Policy and Terms

Liberty Christian Fellowship may update this SMS Privacy Policy and Terms of Service from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued participation in our SMS messaging program after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.


Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this SMS Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, or if you wish to opt out of SMS communications, please contact:

Liberty Christian Fellowship
244 Williams Dr
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

Phone: 252-441-6592
Email: administrator@libertyobx.com