PRIVACY POLICY
Grace Family International Church
Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Last Updated: August 8, 2026
Grace Family International Church (“Grace Family International Church,” “Grace Family,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us by our members, visitors, guests, volunteers, donors, ministry participants, website users, and members of our community.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, protect, and retain personal information when you interact with Grace Family International Church, including through our website, online forms, mobile services, online giving platforms, events, ministries, communications, and other church-related activities.
By using our website or voluntarily providing personal information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
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1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Depending on how you interact with Grace Family International Church, we may collect information such as:
A. Contact Information
* Full name
* Mailing address
* Email address
* Telephone or mobile number
* Emergency contact information
* Preferred method of communication
B. Church and Ministry Information
When voluntarily provided, we may collect information relating to:
* Membership or visitor registration
* Ministry participation
* Volunteer applications
* Event registrations
* Baptism or other church-related activities
* Prayer requests
* Counseling or pastoral-care requests
* Discipleship or leadership programs
* Children’s and youth ministry participation
* Small groups and ministry teams
We seek to collect only information reasonably necessary for the relevant ministry, administrative, safety, or communication purpose.
C. Donation and Giving Information
If you make a donation or financial contribution, we may receive information necessary to process and document that contribution, including:
* Name
* Contact information
* Donation amount
* Date of donation
* Giving history
* Designation of the contribution
* Payment information as handled by our third-party payment processor
Grace Family International Church generally does not retain complete credit-card or debit-card numbers when donations are processed through third-party payment providers. Payment information may instead be handled directly by the applicable payment processor under its own privacy and security practices.
D. Website and Technical Information
When you visit our website, certain technical information may automatically be collected, including:
* IP address
* Browser type
* Device type
* Operating system
* Pages visited
* Date and time of visits
* Referring website
* General website usage information
This information may be used for website security, analytics, troubleshooting, and improving our online services.
E. Photographs, Video, and Audio
Grace Family International Church may photograph, record, or livestream church services, conferences, worship services, ministry activities, and other events.
Images, video, and audio recordings may be used for:
* Church services and livestreams
* Church websites
* Social media
* Promotional materials
* Ministry communications
* Historical and archival purposes
If you do not wish to appear in identifiable photographs or recordings used publicly, please contact the church using the contact information provided below.
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2. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use personal information for legitimate church, ministry, administrative, operational, and legal purposes, including:
* Providing pastoral and ministry services
* Communicating with members, visitors, volunteers, and ministry participants
* Processing donations and issuing contribution records
* Registering people for church events and programs
* Administering ministries and volunteer activities
* Responding to prayer requests and inquiries
* Providing information about church services, events, programs, and opportunities
* Maintaining church membership and administrative records
* Protecting children, youth, volunteers, members, and guests
* Maintaining the security of church facilities, systems, and online services
* Improving our website and ministry programs
* Complying with applicable legal obligations
* Preventing fraud, misuse, or unauthorized activity
* Maintaining appropriate church records
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
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3. CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS
If you provide your email address or telephone number, Grace Family International Church may use it to communicate with you regarding:
* Worship services
* Bible studies
* Prayer meetings
* Conferences
* Church events
* Ministry opportunities
* Volunteer activities
* Pastoral communications
* Administrative matters
* Giving and contribution records
* Other church-related information
Where required or appropriate, you may request that we stop sending certain categories of communications.
You may unsubscribe from promotional or informational email communications by using the unsubscribe option included in the communication or by contacting us directly.
Please understand that certain administrative or transactional communications may still be necessary.
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4. PRAYER REQUESTS AND PASTORAL INFORMATION
Prayer requests and pastoral-care communications may contain personal or sensitive information voluntarily provided by individuals.
Grace Family International Church will make reasonable efforts to treat such information with care and discretion.
However, individuals should use appropriate caution when submitting information through online forms, email, social media, public prayer requests, or other electronic communication channels.
Unless expressly requested otherwise, prayer requests submitted through a public or group format may be shared with designated prayer teams, ministry leaders, or church members for prayer and ministry purposes.
Please do not submit information through a public prayer request that you do not want others to receive.
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5. CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Grace Family International Church takes the privacy and safety of children and youth seriously.
Information relating to children and youth may be collected for legitimate purposes such as:
* Ministry registration
* Emergency contact
* Allergy or safety information
* Attendance
* Volunteer and child-safety administration
* Event participation
* Communication with parents or legal guardians
Where appropriate, information concerning minors will be collected from or with the knowledge and involvement of a parent or legal guardian.
Parents or legal guardians may contact Grace Family International Church regarding information maintained about their children, subject to applicable law and legitimate church recordkeeping requirements.
Parents and guardians should understand that church services and events may be photographed, recorded, or livestreamed as described in this Policy.
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6. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
Grace Family International Church may share personal information when reasonably necessary to operate the church and provide ministry services.
Information may be shared with:
A. Church Leaders and Authorized Personnel
Information may be provided to pastors, ministry leaders, staff, volunteers, or other authorized individuals who require the information to perform legitimate church responsibilities.
B. Service Providers
We may use trusted third-party companies to provide services such as:
* Website hosting
* Email and text communications
* Online registration
* Online giving
* Payment processing
* Database management
* Event management
* Livestreaming
* Video and media services
* Website analytics
* Information technology and security
These providers may process information on our behalf and may have their own privacy policies.
C. Legal or Safety Requirements
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
* Comply with applicable law
* Respond to lawful governmental requests
* Protect the safety of an individual
* Protect the church, its members, or others
* Investigate fraud or abuse
* Enforce church policies or agreements
* Respond to legal process
We will seek to limit disclosures to information reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.
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7. DONOR PRIVACY
Grace Family International Church respects the privacy of its donors.
We do not sell, rent, or trade donor personal information to outside organizations for their own marketing purposes.
Donor information may be used to:
* Process contributions
* Maintain financial records
* Provide contribution statements or receipts
* Communicate with donors regarding their contributions
* Meet accounting, tax, legal, and regulatory requirements
* Administer church financial operations
Information concerning donations may be accessible to authorized church personnel and professional service providers who require access for legitimate financial, accounting, administrative, or legal purposes.
Third-party giving platforms may collect and process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
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8. COOKIES AND ANALYTICS
Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies to help operate and improve our website.
These technologies may be used to:
* Remember preferences
* Understand website traffic
* Improve website functionality
* Monitor security
* Measure the effectiveness of communications
* Understand how visitors interact with our website
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
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9. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
Our website, emails, social-media pages, or other communications may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.
Examples may include:
* Online giving platforms
* Social-media platforms
* Event registration services
* Video platforms
* Payment processors
* Church-management platforms
Grace Family International Church does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing them with personal information.
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10. SOCIAL MEDIA
Grace Family International Church may maintain accounts or pages on social-media platforms.
If you interact with us through social media, information you provide may be visible to others depending upon the platform’s settings and policies.
We do not control how social-media platforms collect, use, store, or disclose information. Please review the privacy policy of the applicable social-media platform.
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11. INFORMATION SECURITY
Grace Family International Church takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no electronic transmission, website, database, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.
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12. INFORMATION RETENTION
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for legitimate church, ministry, administrative, financial, legal, safety, accounting, tax, historical, or recordkeeping purposes.
Some church records may be retained permanently or for extended periods because they serve legitimate historical, membership, financial, or organizational purposes.
When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, destroy, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with our applicable record-retention practices.
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13. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
Depending on applicable law and the nature of the information, you may contact Grace Family International Church to:
* Request information about personal information we maintain about you
* Request correction of inaccurate information
* Request that certain communications be discontinued
* Request removal from certain communication lists
* Ask questions about how your information is used
* Request that certain information not be publicly shared where reasonably practicable
Some requests may be subject to legal, accounting, security, church-governance, or recordkeeping requirements.
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
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14. DONATION AND FINANCIAL RECORDS
Certain financial records must be retained for legitimate accounting, tax, audit, legal, and organizational purposes.
Accordingly, a request to delete personal information associated with a financial contribution may not result in complete deletion of all information relating to that transaction.
Grace Family International Church may retain information necessary to document contributions and satisfy applicable legal and financial obligations.
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15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Grace Family International Church may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our ministries, technology, practices, or applicable legal requirements.
When changes are made, we may update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Policy.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
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16. NO SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Grace Family International Church does not sell personal information.
We also do not rent or trade personal information for third-party marketing purposes.
Where third-party service providers process information on our behalf, their processing may be governed by their own contractual and privacy obligations.
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17. SECURITY OR PRIVACY INCIDENTS
If Grace Family International Church becomes aware of a security incident involving personal information, we will evaluate the incident and take reasonable steps consistent with applicable law, including any legally required notifications.
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18. CONTACT US
Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information may be directed to:
Grace Family International Church
Address: 589 Winder Highway, Lawrenceville GA 30045
Email: info@gracefamilyint.com
Telephone: 770-963-8343
Website: www.gracefamilyint.com
Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line of an email concerning privacy matters.
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19. GOVERNING LAW
This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted in accordance with applicable federal law and the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent another jurisdiction’s law is mandatorily applicable.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to create rights or obligations beyond those required by applicable law.
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20. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Grace Family International Church is committed to handling personal information responsibly, respectfully, and in a manner consistent with our Christian values, our ministry responsibilities, and applicable law.
By interacting with Grace Family International Church, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review this Privacy Policy.
Grace Family International Church
Privacy Policy — Effective January 1, 2026