Church Membership Terms
Effective date: November 1, 2026
These terms apply when you join a church on Fruto del Espíritu, either by accepting an invitation or by registering a church. They add to our Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy, which still apply. By accepting, you agree to everything below.
1. Your church's space
Each church's administrators manage its space: its members, services, attendance and messages. The church chooses them, not Fruto del Espíritu, and they are responsible for how they use what they see and what they send. We provide the tools; we don't review church messages before they go out. If a church breaks our Terms and Conditions, tell us through our contact page. If you register a church, you confirm that you are authorized to act for it, and you become its first administrator.
2. Messages from your church
As a member, you receive the messages your church's administrators send to its members, by email and as browser notifications. Joining is how you agree to receive them. So the switches in your notification settings don't apply to them, and church emails have no unsubscribe link. To stop them, leave the church (section 5).
- Browser notifications: They reach you only if your browser allows them. You can turn them off in your browser's settings at any time.
- Text messages: If your church offers them in the future, they will reach you only if you've signed up for texts with us. Replying STOP will always stop them.
You'll find your church's messages in the church section, starting from the day you joined.
3. What your church can see about you
- Administrators: your name, email address and phone number (from your account, or one they recorded for you); your role; the date you joined; the services you were checked in to; and any tithes and offerings the church records for you.
- Leaders: your name and email address, so they can check you in to services, plus who attended those services.
- Other members: none of your contact details.
We handle this information as our Privacy Policy describes.
4. What you can see
As a member, you see:
- the church's dashboard: how many members it has and recent attendance;
- its services and their dates;
- the messages it has sent since you joined.
Your church may give you a larger role, such as leader or administrator. If it does, you'll see what that role allows, and you agree to use other members' information only for the church's activities.
5. Leaving the church
You can leave at any time from the church section. Leaving ends your membership right away: church messages stop, and you lose access to the church section. A church must always keep an administrator, so the last one has to name another before leaving. An administrator can also remove you, which ends your membership the same way.
The records of services you attended and of tithes and offerings recorded for you stay in the church's history after you leave. If you delete your account, the church keeps your email address with those records, so its history stays complete.
6. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. If a change affects what your church can see or send, we'll ask you to accept the new version. We record which version you accepted and when.