Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 26, 2026

Living Word Christian Center Long Beach (“Living Word Christian Center Long Beach,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you choose to provide through our website.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information submitted through our website, including information provided through our online forms, prayer requests, praise reports, volunteer inquiries, baptism registration, and donation-related activities.

By using our website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

Information Submitted Through Our Online Form

Our website may provide a form that allows you to:

• Submit a prayer request

• Share a praise report or testimony

• Inquire about volunteering

• Register or express interest in baptism

• Provide your name and contact information

• Provide other information necessary for us to respond to your submission

The information you provide may vary depending on which option you select and what information you choose to include in your submission.

Donation Information

If you choose to make a donation through our website, you may be asked to provide information necessary to process your donation, such as your name, contact information, billing information, and payment information.

We may use a third-party payment processor to process online donations. Payment card information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment processor rather than being stored directly on our website.

We encourage donors to review the privacy policies and terms of any third-party payment provider used to process donations.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use information you provide to:

• Respond to prayer requests and inquiries

• Receive and acknowledge praise reports and testimonies

• Contact you regarding volunteer opportunities

• Process baptism registrations or inquiries

• Communicate with you regarding church activities, events, ministries, or services when appropriate

• Process and acknowledge donations

• Maintain appropriate records

• Respond to questions or requests

• Improve our website and ministry communications

• Protect the security and integrity of our website

• Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not use prayer requests, praise reports, baptism information, or volunteer inquiries for purposes unrelated to the ministry or administrative operation of Living Word Christian Center Long Beach unless otherwise disclosed or permitted by you.

3. Prayer Requests and Other Personal Information

Prayer requests, testimonies, praise reports, and other submissions may contain personal, sensitive, or private information.

Please use discretion when submitting information through our website. You should not submit information that you do not want Living Word Christian Center Long Beach to receive or retain.

Prayer requests and other submissions may be accessed by authorized church leadership, ministry staff, volunteers, or individuals who need the information to appropriately respond to or administer the request.

We do not guarantee that information submitted electronically can be kept completely confidential or secure.

4. How We Share Information

Living Word Christian Center Long Beach does not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share information with trusted service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our website, communicate with individuals, process donations, manage forms, maintain technology systems, or provide other administrative services.

For example, information may be processed by:

• Website hosting providers

• Form or email service providers

• Donation/payment processors

• Website security or analytics providers

• Other technology providers that assist with website operations

These providers may only receive information reasonably necessary to provide their services.

We may also disclose information when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to legal process, protect the rights or safety of the organization or others, investigate suspected misuse, or protect the security of our website.

5. Cookies and Website Technologies

Our website or third-party services used on the website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies.

These technologies may collect information such as:

• IP address

• Browser type

• Device type

• Pages visited

• General website usage information

• Date and time of website activity

• Referring website or page

This information may be used to help maintain, secure, analyze, and improve our website.

Third-party services may have their own privacy policies governing the information they collect.

6. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including websites or services used for donations, social media, event registration, ministry resources, or other purposes.

Once you leave our website, the privacy practices of the third-party website will apply. Living Word Christian Center Long Beach is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website before submitting personal or financial information.

7. Donations

Online donations may be processed through a third-party payment or donation service.

Living Word Christian Center Long Beach does not intend to collect or store complete payment card information through its website.

Donation information may be retained as reasonably necessary for accounting, acknowledgment, tax, legal, compliance, and organizational recordkeeping purposes.

Donation receipts and tax-related documentation, where applicable, will be handled in accordance with applicable requirements.

For questions concerning the tax deductibility of a donation, donors should consult their own tax professional.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information submitted through our website from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no website, electronic transmission, database, or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You understand that submitting information electronically involves some degree of risk.

9. Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to your request

• Administer church and ministry activities

• Maintain organizational records

• Process and document donations

• Fulfill legal, accounting, tax, or compliance obligations

• Resolve disputes

• Protect the organization and its members, visitors, and users

Retention periods may vary depending on the type and purpose of the information.

10. Your Privacy Choices

You may contact us to ask about personal information you have submitted to Living Word Christian Center Long Beach.

Where appropriate and legally permissible, we may assist with requests to:

• Correct inaccurate information

• Update contact information

• Request deletion of certain information

• Ask questions about how information is being used

Some information may need to be retained for legitimate organizational, legal, accounting, tax, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

11. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate permission, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, ministry operations, technology, or applicable requirements.

When changes are made, the updated “Effective Date” will appear at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Your continued use of the website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how Living Word Christian Center Long Beach handles information submitted through its website, please contact us through the contact information provided on our website.

Living Word Christian Center Long Beach
Long Beach, California
lwcclongbeach@gmail.com