Effective Date: May 1st 2026
Welcome to Small Church Guys Inc. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of our website, resources, downloads, assessments, forms, blog links, donation pages, coaching information, content, and related services.
 
By using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this website.
 
1. About Small Church Guys Inc.
Small Church Guys Inc. is a nonprofit ministry organized in the State of Texas to provide practical resources, encouragement, assessments, coaching information, training, and ministry support for pastors, churches, ministry leaders, and small-church leadership teams.
 
Small Church Guys Inc. is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to Small Church Guys Inc. may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Donors should consult their own tax advisor regarding the deductibility of any contribution.
 
The content on this website is intended to provide general ministry education, leadership insight, practical tools, and spiritual encouragement. It is not intended to replace professional legal, financial, accounting, tax, counseling, medical, or other professional advice.
 
2. Use of This Website
You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not harm, interfere with, disrupt, or misuse the website, its users, or Small Church Guys Inc.
 
You agree not to:

• Use the website for fraudulent, harmful, unlawful, or abusive purposes

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the website

• Copy, scrape, harvest, or misuse website content or user information

• Upload or transmit harmful code, malware, spam, or disruptive material

• Misrepresent your identity, church, organization, ministry role, or purpose

• Use our forms, resources, downloads, or systems in a way that violates applicable laws or these Terms of Use

• Use the website or our materials in a way that damages the reputation, mission, or ministry of Small Church Guys Inc.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access to the website for anyone who violates these terms or uses the website in a harmful, misleading, unlawful, or inappropriate way.
 
3. Website Content
All content on this website, including text, graphics, logos, downloads, guides, assessments, worksheets, templates, blog descriptions, page copy, images, videos, frameworks, designs, and other materials, is owned by Small Church Guys Inc. or used with permission, unless otherwise stated.
 
You may view, download, print, and use our free resources for personal, church, ministry, or internal team use.
 
You may not, without written permission:

• Sell our resources or content

• Republish our resources or content as your own

• Copy large portions of our website or materials

• Modify our resources and present them as original work

• Upload our free or paid resources to public file-sharing platforms

• Use our resources to create derivative products, trainings, courses, or materials for resale or public distribution

• Use the Small Church Guys Inc. name, logo, brand identity, or materials in a misleading way

• Suggest endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, or affiliation without written permission

If you would like permission to use, reproduce, adapt, distribute, or share our content beyond personal or internal ministry use, please contact us.
 
4. Free Resources and Downloads
Small Church Guys Inc. may offer free resources, assessments, guides, checklists, worksheets, templates, blog content, and other ministry tools.
 
These resources are provided for general informational, educational, spiritual, and ministry-support purposes. While we seek to provide practical and helpful tools, we do not guarantee any specific outcome, result, growth, financial improvement, attendance increase, giving increase, leadership change, volunteer growth, or ministry result from using them.
 
You are responsible for deciding how to apply any resource, recommendation, or tool in your own church, ministry, leadership, or organizational context.
 
5. Assessments
Any assessment offered through Small Church Guys Inc., including the Small Church MRI or any Church Health Assessment, is designed to help pastors and ministry leaders reflect on ministry health, identify potential pressure points, and consider practical next steps.
 
Assessments are not formal audits, legal evaluations, financial reviews, counseling tools, psychological assessments, or professional diagnostic instruments. Assessment results or follow-up communication should be understood as general ministry support and practical guidance, not as professional advice.
 
Completing an assessment does not create a formal coaching, consulting, counseling, advisory, employment, partnership, or professional relationship with Small Church Guys Inc. unless a separate written agreement is made.
 
6. Donations
Small Church Guys Inc. may accept charitable donations to support its mission, programs, resources, training, website, ministry tools, and support for pastors and churches.

Donations are voluntary charitable gifts and are not payments for goods or services unless clearly stated otherwise. Making a donation does not create a coaching, consulting, counseling, employment, partnership, membership, or advisory relationship with Small Church Guys Inc.

Contributions to Small Church Guys Inc. may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Donors should consult their own tax advisor regarding the deductibility of any contribution.

If a donor receives goods, services, event access, resources, or other benefits in exchange for a contribution, only the amount exceeding the fair market value of those benefits may be tax-deductible. Small Church Guys Inc. will seek to provide donation receipts or acknowledgments as appropriate.

Donation refunds, if any, are handled at the discretion of Small Church Guys Inc. and may depend on the circumstances, payment processor rules, accounting requirements, and applicable law.

7. Donor Communication and Receipts
Small Church Guys Inc. may use donor information to process donations, provide receipts, maintain financial records, communicate with donors, comply with legal and tax obligations, and share ministry updates.

Donation receipts, acknowledgments, and year-end giving summaries may be provided electronically or by other reasonable means.
Donors are responsible for keeping their own records and consulting qualified tax professionals regarding charitable contribution deductions.

8. Coaching, Consulting, Training, and Ministry Support
Information about coaching, consulting, training, ministry calls, speaking, or support services on this website is provided for general informational purposes.

Submitting a form, completing an assessment, scheduling an introductory call, downloading a resource, making a donation, or communicating with Small Church Guys Inc. does not automatically create a formal coaching, consulting, counseling, advisory, employment, partnership, or client relationship.

Any formal coaching, consulting, training, speaking, or paid service relationship must be established separately through a written agreement, proposal, invoice, engagement letter, or other clear arrangement between the parties.

Small Church Guys Inc. reserves the right to decline, discontinue, or limit services at our discretion.

9. No Professional Advice
The content, resources, assessments, blog links, and communication provided through this website are for general ministry education, encouragement, spiritual reflection, leadership development, and practical support.

Nothing on this website should be considered legal, financial, accounting, tax, medical, mental health, therapeutic, employment, human resources, governance, safety, or professional counseling advice.

You should consult qualified professionals when dealing with legal, financial, employment, tax, counseling, safety, abuse, crisis, governance, insurance, or other specialized matters.

If you are facing an emergency, crisis, abuse situation, threat of harm, or urgent safety concern, contact local authorities, emergency services, denominational leadership, law enforcement, legal counsel, or appropriate professional support immediately.

10. Ministry and Spiritual Content
Small Church Guys Inc. may provide biblical, pastoral, theological, devotional, leadership, and ministry-related content. This content is provided for encouragement, education, and practical ministry support.

Churches and leaders are responsible for evaluating how content aligns with their own doctrine, denominational standards, governing documents, bylaws, policies, practices, and ministry context.

Small Church Guys Inc. does not claim that every resource, recommendation, strategy, article, or tool will fit every church, denomination, tradition, or ministry situation.

11. External Links
This website may include links to third-party websites or services, including Blogger, scheduling platforms, email platforms, donation platforms, payment processors, social media pages, video platforms, analytics tools, or other external resources.

These third-party websites and services are not controlled by Small Church Guys Inc. We are not responsible for their content, policies, security, availability, accuracy, practices, or terms.

When you click an external link, you are subject to that third party’s terms, privacy policy, and practices.

12. User Submissions
If you submit information through forms, assessments, emails, messages, surveys, donations, scheduling links, or other communication channels, you are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide is accurate and that you have the right to share it.

You agree not to submit content that is false, unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, confidential without authorization, invasive of privacy, or otherwise inappropriate.

By submitting information to Small Church Guys Inc., you give us permission to review, respond to, and use the information as reasonably necessary to provide resources, support, communication, follow-up, services, donor records, or ministry-related responses connected to your inquiry or interaction.

Our handling of personal information is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

13. Testimonials, Stories, and Feedback
If you provide a testimonial, endorsement, story, comment, review, or feedback, you give Small Church Guys Inc. permission to use it for ministry, promotional, educational, donor communication, website, or organizational purposes unless you clearly state otherwise in writing.

We may edit testimonials or feedback for length, clarity, spelling, grammar, or formatting, but we will not intentionally change the meaning of your words.

We will seek to use reasonable care when sharing names, churches, identifying details, or sensitive ministry information.

14. Intellectual Property
The Small Church Guys Inc. name, logo, website content, frameworks, written materials, downloadable resources, assessments, page copy, graphics, and related brand elements are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws where applicable.

Nothing on this website grants you ownership rights in our intellectual property.

You may not use the Small Church Guys Inc. name, logo, brand identity, or materials in a way that suggests endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, representation, or affiliation without written permission.

15. Disclaimer of Warranties
This website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Small Church Guys Inc. makes no warranties or guarantees that:

• The website will always be available, secure, uninterrupted, or error-free

• The content will always be current, complete, accurate, or applicable to your situation

• The resources will produce specific ministry results

• The website will be free from viruses or harmful components

• Any assessment, resource, recommendation, article, or coaching information will fit every church or situation

• Any donation platform, payment processor, scheduling tool, or external service will be available or error-free

You use this website and its resources at your own discretion.

16. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Small Church Guys Inc., its directors, officers, leaders, team members, volunteers, contractors, partners, affiliates, and representatives shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from your use of this website, resources, assessments, external links, donation tools, forms, or communication with us.

This includes, but is not limited to, loss of data, loss of revenue, ministry disruption, leadership conflict, employment matters, financial decisions, donor processing issues, payment platform errors, or outcomes resulting from how you apply information from this website.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of these limitations may not apply to you.

17. Indemnification
You agree to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify Small Church Guys Inc., its directors, officers, leaders, team members, volunteers, contractors, partners, affiliates, and representatives from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising out of your use of the website, your violation of these Terms of Use, your misuse of resources, your submission of information, or your violation of any rights of another person or organization.

18. Changes to the Website
Small Church Guys Inc. may update, modify, remove, or discontinue any part of the website, resources, assessments, services, pages, features, donation links, forms, blog links, or content at any time without notice.

We are not obligated to keep any specific resource, page, article, assessment, service, donation option, or feature available permanently.

19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time. When updates are made, the effective date at the top of this page will be revised.

Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms of Use.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.

20. Governing Law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any disputes arising from these Terms of Use or your use of this website shall be handled in the appropriate courts located in [Insert County], Texas, unless otherwise required by law.

21. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at:
Small Church Guys Inc.
Email:info@smallchurchguys.com
Website: smallchurchguys.com