By using the Redeemer’s Heart Community Forum, you agree to follow these rules and guidelines. Moderators will enforce these rules. This forum is at its best when people are kind and respectful towards one another. These rules are meant to help our community grow and stay positive. Repeated or serious violations of our rules will lead to you being blocked from the forum.

 FORUM RULES

Private Membership

• The Redeemer’s Heart Community Forum is a private group in which members must be approved first. Signing up for the forum does not guarantee membership. Violations of the rules may result in your termination of forum membership.

 Views Expressed

• Please remember that we are not responsible for any message posted. 
• We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. 
• The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this forum or Redeemer’s Heart.

WHAT YOU CAN NOT POST

• You may not use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false, defamatory, and/or inaccurate.
• You may not post abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, or disturbing content.
• You may not post anything invasive of a person’s privacy, or a violation of any law.
• You may not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this forum.

 Do you need to tell somebody about a problem?

• Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email via the Contact Form. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so within a reasonable time frame if we determine that removal is necessary.

FORUM GUIDELINES

Be Respectful

• Respect others. If you have negative comments about someone’s personal posts, photos, or artwork, keep them to yourself.  If someone asks for constructive criticism, please state your opinions as positively as possible.  Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
• Respect the privacy of others. Do not post the contents of private messages or personal information about other members that cannot be found on their profiles without permission. You may not link to off-site websites with personal information about someone. This is a privacy violation.
• We at Redeemers Heart work hard to keep improving the site and we love getting helpful ideas and feedback from our members. When problems arise, we will do our best to be fair and kind. We ask that community members interact with us in a respectful manner as well. We will do our best to help resolve conflicts by following examples found in scripture. 

Don’t Spam

• There is sharing and then there is spamming. Think about the place, context, and time when you post something that is self-promotional.
• Posting the same message to more than 2 threads without permission from the moderators is not permitted. Unreasonable crossposting is considered spam!
• Unsolicited promotional messages that have little or nothing to do with the mission of Redeemer’s Heart may be considered spam. You will be warned if we receive complaints about spammy comments or private messages.

Other Things…

• “Sock puppet” accounts are not permitted. A sock puppet is an additional account that is used in a deceptive fashion.
• You may not use this forum to request copies of copyrighted materials or artwork from people who do not have permission to distribute them. You may not post or share copyrighted materials on this forum without permission from the copyright holder.

Do you have questions or concerns about these guidelines? We welcome your comments on the Contact form or post your question in the forum.