Terms of Use

1. Acceptance

By accessing or using edmontoncentraladventist.org (or any sub-site or members portal operated by Edmonton Central Seventh-day Adventist Church), you agree to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. Who we are

This website is operated by Edmonton Central Seventh-day Adventist Church (“ECSDAC,” “we,” “us”), a registered Canadian charity (CRA number 118893494RR0001) located at 10131 111 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 0B5. We are a constituent congregation of the Alberta Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

3. Permitted use

You may use this site to:

• Read about Edmonton Central, our ministries, our pastors, and our beliefs;
• Submit a contact form, prayer request, Bible study request, volunteer interest, or other request to which you are entitled;
• Watch the livestream and sermon archive for personal devotional, study, or fellowship purposes;
• Subscribe to our eNews bulletin;
• Make a donation through AdventistGiving Canada;
• If invited, access the members portal for committees, ministries, or club rosters you serve on.

4. Acceptable conduct

You agree that you will not:

• Use the site for any unlawful purpose, fraud, harassment, defamation, or threats;
• Misrepresent your identity or impersonate any person, member, or representative of the church;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any member-only area, administrative interface, or other person’s account;
• Submit false, malicious, or spam content through any form, including prayer requests or contact submissions;
• Use the site to distribute unsolicited commercial messages, malware, or any content that violates the rights of others;
• Reverse-engineer, scrape, or systematically harvest personal information from the site;
• Use our livestream, sermons, or worship recordings for commercial purposes, redistribution, or to mock or attack the Seventh-day Adventist Church or any individual.

5. Livestream & sermon archive

The ECSDAC livestream and sermon archive are provided free of charge for personal worship and study. Sermons are also published on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/@ecsdac) and may be embedded into this site from there. Members and visitors may share links and embedded players freely on personal social media. Republication of full sermon audio or video on another platform, podcast, or website requires written permission from the lead pastor.

Persons appearing on the livestream or in worship recordings do so by their presence at the service; see the Privacy Policy §10 for how this is handled.

6. Donations and tax receipts

Online donations are processed by AdventistGiving Canada, operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada (SDACC). Tax receipts are issued by AdventistGiving Canada (for online donations) or by the church office (for e-Transfer, pre-authorized debit, cash, or cheque) in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency rules. Designated gifts are honoured for their stated purpose. Donations are generally non-refundable; if a donation is made in error or to the wrong fund, please contact the office promptly so we can correct the record where possible.

7. Intellectual property

All content on this site — including the Edmonton Central name and logo, the Adventist symbol used under denominational licence, sermon recordings, photographs, written content, design, and code — is the property of Edmonton Central, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, or our content licensors and is protected by Canadian copyright and trademark law.

You may share, embed, link to, and quote our content for personal, devotional, educational, and non-commercial purposes with attribution to Edmonton Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. For all other uses, please request permission in writing.

8. Third-party links and embeds

This site links to and embeds services operated by others: YouTube (sermon and livestream video, served through YouTube’s no-cookie domain), AdventistGiving Canada (donations and CRA tax receipts), Thrive, the North American Division’s discipleship platform (member login), AlbertaAdventist.ca and the wider denomination, and Coralwood Adventist Academy. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or privacy practices of those services. Your use of them is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. How those services relate to your personal information is set out in §9 of our privacy policy.

9. Members portal

Access to the members portal is granted by the church office to confirmed members, committee members, ministry volunteers, and other persons serving in roles that require access. You agree to keep your login credentials confidential, to use the portal only for legitimate ministry purposes, to respect the confidentiality of all meeting materials, agendas, minutes, and member rosters available within the portal, and not to share Zoom links, passcodes, or other meeting credentials outside the assigned committee or team.

10. Service availability

We aim to keep this site, the livestream, and the members portal available continuously, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. The site may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance, updates, technical failure, or events beyond our control. We are not liable for any loss or inconvenience caused by interruptions.

11. No medical, legal, financial, or professional advice

Information on this site — including sermons, articles, health-ministry content, prayer responses, and pastoral material — is provided for spiritual, educational, and devotional purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial, mental-health, or other expert advice. Please consult a qualified professional for personal advice in those areas.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Edmonton Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, its officers, pastors, elders, deacons, board members, volunteers, employees, and ministry partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages arising out of your use of, or inability to use, this site. Our total liability for any claim related to the site will not exceed CAD$100.

13. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Edmonton Central, its leadership, and our denominational affiliates against any claim, loss, or expense arising out of your breach of these terms or your misuse of the site.

14. Children

This site is open to the general public, including children. However, registration in the members portal and submission of personal information through forms requires you to be the age of consent in Alberta, or to have the verifiable consent of a parent or legal guardian. We collect and use children’s information only in line with our Privacy Policy.

15. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable there. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or the site will be brought exclusively in the courts of Alberta sitting in Edmonton, except where, as a religious organization, an internal church-resolution process is appropriate under the Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual.

16. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as our ministries and the law evolve. The current version is always posted on this page with the effective date. Material changes will be announced in the eNews bulletin.

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