The rules for using Uplift.

1. Your agreement with Uplift

These Terms are an agreement between you and Uplift the Brethren, the name under which this service is operated ("Uplift," "we," or "us"). They apply to the website, accounts, memberships, catalog tools, and research services we provide. Our Privacy Notice explains how information is handled.

You accept these Terms when you create an Uplift account, confirm a paid checkout, or continue using the service after receiving reasonable notice of an updated version. If you do not agree, do not create an account or purchase a service.

2. What Uplift provides

Uplift is a searchable catalog of sermons, books, podcasts, articles, and related teaching available at public source URLs. Listings normally point to or play media from the source website or platform. Uplift may also display catalog metadata, short descriptions, summaries, comparisons, and analyses prepared for the service. These additions are not substitutes for the complete source work and may contain errors.

Public availability does not prove who owns a work or whether every publication was authorized. Uplift does not claim ownership of third-party works. Copyrights, trademarks, and other rights remain with their respective owners or licensees. A listing is not an endorsement by Uplift or by the person, congregation, or publisher named in it.

3. Who may use an account

You may create an account only if you can form a binding agreement where you live. Children under 13 may not create an account. If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, use an account only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.

4. Permission to use the service

Uplift gives you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable permission to use the service as these Terms allow. This permission does not transfer ownership of Uplift's software, design, catalog structure, summaries, analyses, or branding.

You may not:

• break the law, infringe another person's rights, or misrepresent your identity;
• gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to an account, system, or non-public information;
• bypass access limits, security controls, membership restrictions, or instructions in robots.txt;
• use automated access at a volume that degrades the service, or copy a substantial part of the catalog to build a competing database without written permission;
• introduce malicious code, interfere with other users, or use the service to send spam; or
• submit material you do not have the right to submit.

5. Accounts, security, and suspension

Keep your sign-in credentials private and provide accurate account information. Tell us promptly through the contact page if you believe someone else accessed your account.

We may restrict or suspend an account when reasonably necessary to protect the service or another person, investigate misuse, comply with law, or respond to a material breach of these Terms. We may terminate an account for serious or repeated misuse. When practical, we will give notice and an opportunity to correct the problem. You may ask us to export, correct, or delete account information as described in the Privacy Notice.

6. Suggestions and other submissions

You keep ownership of material you submit. You give Uplift a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to store, review, reproduce, edit, and use a catalog correction, listing suggestion, or other feedback for operating and improving the service. This permission lasts as long as reasonably needed for those purposes. Private contact messages are not published unless you separately agree.

You promise that your submission is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the rights needed to send it. We may decline, remove, or revise a submission and are not required to pay for feedback.

7. Corrections, courtesy removal, and copyright notices

Anyone may report an incorrect name, source, date, link, or attribution through Share a suggestion. A rights holder may also request courtesy removal of a listing. A removal request is not automatically proof that a link or listing is unlawful, but we review rights-related requests promptly.

If you believe material linked or displayed by Uplift infringes copyright, send a notice through the contact page containing:

• your name and a reliable way to contact you;
• identification of the copyrighted work;
• the exact Uplift URL and the material you want reviewed;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief the disputed use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or law;
• a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act; and
• your physical or electronic signature.

We may remove or disable a listing while reviewing a notice. A person who believes material was removed by mistake may send a counter-notice identifying the material, explaining the mistake, and providing contact information and a signature. We may terminate accounts that repeatedly submit infringing material. This contact process does not represent that Uplift has registered a designated agent with any government office.

8. Paid memberships

Supporter ($25 per year) and Researcher ($50 per year) memberships are annual subscriptions. The selected price is shown beside the checkout control and again by Stripe before payment. A paid membership is charged yearly in advance and renews automatically each year until canceled. You authorize those recurring charges when you confirm the recurring-billing disclosure and continue to Stripe. Stripe processes the payment; Uplift remains responsible for providing the Uplift membership.

Displayed prices do not include taxes or government charges that may apply. A failed or reversed payment may pause paid features. Membership limits and currently available benefits appear on the Pricing page.

To request that future renewal stop, use the membership-cancellation page. Submitting the form records a request for operator processing; it does not itself change the Stripe subscription. Renewal stops when Stripe confirms the cancellation. Paid access continues through the period already paid for and then returns to the Free plan. Contact us if Stripe confirmation does not arrive before your renewal date.

Subscription charges are otherwise non-refundable and are not prorated when you cancel, except when required by law. If Uplift ends paid access without cause before the paid period ends, we will provide a proportional refund for the unused period.

We may change a subscription price only for a future renewal and will give reasonable advance notice. You may cancel before the new price takes effect. If the Pricing page describes a founding price as "locked in," that means the advertised base subscription price will not increase while that same paid subscription remains uninterrupted and the plan remains offered. Taxes, optional services, and third-party charges are excluded; canceling, allowing payment to lapse, or switching plans ends that price commitment.

Planned and roadmap features are goals, not guaranteed delivery dates or promises that a feature will ship. We may improve, replace, or retire features, but will not knowingly charge for a materially different paid plan without notice and an opportunity to cancel.

9. One-off research services

Custom research is separate from a membership. Before charging for a research request, Uplift will state the agreed question or scope, price, expected deliverable, and any material timing or refund terms. Research reflects the catalog and the judgment of the person preparing it; it does not promise a particular conclusion or exhaustive coverage.

10. Third-party services and privacy

Source websites, embedded media providers, map providers, payment processors, and other third parties operate under their own terms and privacy practices. Uplift does not control their availability or content. The Privacy Notice identifies the principal services a visitor's browser may contact and explains Uplift's own collection and use.

11. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent applicable law permits, Uplift is provided "as is" and "as available." We do not promise uninterrupted availability, complete coverage, error-free listings, or that third-party material is accurate, lawful, useful, or available. We disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement to the extent those warranties may lawfully be disclaimed. Nothing here limits a warranty or consumer right that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.

Uplift's religious, historical, and research material is informational. It is not legal, medical, financial, or other professional advice.

12. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent applicable law permits, Uplift is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, goodwill, or opportunities arising from the service or a third-party site. Uplift's total liability for claims arising from the service will not exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you paid Uplift during the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.

These limits do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, personal injury caused by negligence, or any liability that applicable law does not allow us to limit.

13. Changes to the service or these Terms

We may update the service and these Terms. For a material Terms change, we will provide reasonable notice on the site or by email and identify the new effective date. Material changes normally take effect at least 30 days after notice; a shorter period may apply when reasonably required for security, abuse prevention, or law. Changes apply prospectively. A paying member may cancel before a material change takes effect.

14. No selected jurisdiction or mandatory arbitration

These Terms do not select an exclusive governing jurisdiction or court, require arbitration, or waive participation in a class proceeding. Applicable law determines your rights, available remedies, and where a dispute may be brought. Contacting us informally is optional and does not shorten or pause a legal deadline.

15. General terms

These Terms, the Privacy Notice, the Pricing page, and any transaction-specific terms shown before payment form the agreement for the relevant Uplift service. Transaction-specific terms control only when they expressly differ from these Terms. If part of this agreement cannot be enforced, the remaining parts continue to apply. A delay in enforcing a term is not a waiver. You may not transfer your account or this agreement; Uplift may transfer the service to a successor only if the successor accepts the obligations that apply to it.

Questions about these Terms belong on the contact page.