CORE TERMS OF USE

South Carolina Terms of Use
Effective Date: August 10, 2026 | Last Updated: August 10, 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and CORE (“CORE,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of www.coreinchrist.org, related websites, applications, learning platforms, media channels, accounts, and other online services that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”), and the CORE content made available through them.

Please read these Terms before using the Services. If you do not agree, do not access restricted materials, create an account, download CORE Materials, register to facilitate CORE, or otherwise use the Services in a manner requiring acceptance of these Terms.

1. Purpose and Scope

CORE provides Christian spiritual-formation and discipleship resources, educational materials, media, exercises, and related tools. We want CORE resources to be used faithfully and, where CORE authorizes it, as broadly as possible without allowing the materials, name, or teaching framework to be misappropriated, repackaged, commercially exploited, or represented inaccurately.

These Terms govern both the Services and the licenses granted below. A separate Privacy Notice governs personal information. Additional written terms may apply to donations, purchases, events, facilitator credentials, confidential materials, or special licenses. If additional terms expressly conflict with these Terms for a specific activity, the additional terms control for that activity.

2. Acceptance; Authority; Electronic Agreement

You accept these Terms when you click an “I Agree,” “Accept,” registration, download, facilitation, or similar assent control that identifies or links to these Terms, or when you otherwise enter into an electronic transaction in which these Terms are presented as governing terms. Where applicable law recognizes acceptance by another clearly disclosed method, that method may also form the agreement.

If you use the Services for a church, parish, ministry, nonprofit, business, school, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization. In that case, “you” includes both you and the organization.

You consent to transact electronically and to receive notices electronically. You should retain a copy of these Terms for your records.

3. Eligibility and Minors

You must have legal capacity to enter these Terms. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms and supervise your use. Children under 13 may not create their own CORE account. Youth participation in a local CORE offering remains subject to the local host’s safeguarding, parental-consent, and legal requirements.

4. Definitions

“Content” all text, graphics, diagrams, images, audio, video, podcasts, presentations, classes, exercises, worksheets, guides, facilitator materials, downloads, software, designs, compilations, and other materials made available by or for CORE through the Services.

NOTICE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT, S.C. CODE ANN. § 15-48-10 ET SEQ., TO THE EXTENT THAT ACT APPLIES, AND TO THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE. SECTION 27 CONTAINS A BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.

“CORE Materials” Content created, owned, or licensed by CORE that bears CORE branding, copyright notice, or other source identification, including participant and facilitator materials.

“Public Content” CORE Content made available on the public-facing Services without a facilitator or restricted-material access gate.

“Facilitator Materials” CORE Materials designated as facilitator, leader, trainer, confidential, restricted, or otherwise not intended for general public distribution.

“Authorized CORE Offering” a local course, group, retreat, workshop, or other use that CORE has expressly authorized under these Terms, through an account/registration workflow, or in a separate written license.

“Local Host” the church, parish, ministry, organization, or individual responsible for an Authorized CORE Offering.

5. Accounts and Registration

Some Services or materials may require an account, registration, or authorization. You must provide accurate and current information, keep credentials confidential, and promptly notify us at admin@coreinchrist.org of suspected unauthorized account use. You are responsible for activity under your account to the extent permitted by law. You may not share restricted credentials or use another person’s account without permission.

CORE may refuse, suspend, or terminate registration or access when reasonably necessary to protect the Services, Content, users, intellectual property, ministry integrity, or legal compliance.

6. Ownership; No Transfer of Intellectual Property

CORE and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in the Services and CORE Materials, including all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, designs, compilations, software, and other intellectual-property rights. Except for the limited licenses expressly granted in these Terms, no right or ownership interest is transferred to you. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Copyright protection applies to CORE’s original expression and materials. Nothing in these Terms is intended to claim copyright in an idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or other matter excluded from copyright protection by law. Separate trademark, contract, confidentiality, trade-secret, and other rights may apply.

7. Public Website License

Subject to these Terms, CORE grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicensable license to access and use Public Content for your own personal, noncommercial religious or educational use. You may not reproduce, redistribute, publicly perform, publicly display, publish, adapt, sell, license, or otherwise exploit Public Content except where these Terms or an express CORE permission says you may.

8. Authorized Facilitation License

Only facilitators expressly authorized by CORE may teach or facilitate an Authorized CORE Offering. If CORE designates particular CORE Materials for facilitation and you satisfy the applicable registration, training, or authorization requirements, CORE grants the Local Host and its authorized facilitator(s) a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicensable license during the authorization period to use those designated materials solely to conduct the Authorized CORE Offering.

Unless CORE states otherwise in writing, an authorized Local Host may:

display or present the current, unmodified materials to participants in the Authorized CORE Offering;
print or provide the number of participant copies reasonably necessary for that offering, provided the copies are not publicly posted or distributed beyond participants;
stream CORE video or audio from sources CORE designates for that purpose rather than re-uploading the media; and
make logistical adjustments to timing, breaks, meals, discussion format, or venue only if those adjustments do not edit, omit, add to, reword, reorder, substitute, or otherwise modify CORE’s official teaching sequence, wording, diagrams, exercises, participant materials, attribution, or essential character.

No facilitation license authorizes you to train, certify, credential, appoint, or sublicense another person to teach CORE; establish a separate CORE-branded organization; create a competing or substitute curriculum from CORE Materials; or represent a modified program as an official CORE program.

9. No Unauthorized Commercial Exploitation; Participant Charges Require CORE Approval

You may not sell, rent, sublicense, monetize, commercially exploit, or receive a fee, royalty, commission, advertising benefit, sponsorship benefit, or other compensation for access to or use of CORE Materials unless CORE gives prior written permission.

A Local Host may not charge participants any fee, required donation, bundled charge, registration charge, or other consideration in connection with an Authorized CORE Offering unless CORE has given prior written approval for that charge or fee structure. If CORE approves a charge, the Local Host may charge only the types and amounts CORE approves. Unless CORE expressly authorizes otherwise in writing, any approved charge may be used only to recover reasonable, bona fide, documented costs directly associated with hosting the offering, such as meals, lodging, venue, or printing, and may not be used to generate profit from CORE Materials or the CORE license.

This Section restricts users, Local Hosts, and third parties; it does not restrict CORE itself from charging for products, services, retreats, events, training, facilitator authorization, certification, publications, licensing, physical materials, digital offerings, or other programs or services that CORE may provide.

10. Content Integrity; Modification; Translation

You may not edit, modify, abridge, expand, omit, add to, reword, reorder, translate, remix, rebrand, substitute, or create derivative materials from CORE Materials without CORE’s prior written permission. This restriction applies to authorized facilitators as well as all other users. The official CORE teaching sequence, wording, diagrams, exercises, and participant materials must be used as provided by CORE unless CORE approves a specific change in writing.

You may not incorporate CORE Materials, or substantial portions or distinctive elements of CORE Materials, into another course, curriculum, ministry program, retreat, training, application, product, or service without CORE’s prior written permission, even if CORE is identified, credited, or cited as the source.

Translations require prior written permission unless CORE has expressly provided a translation workflow or license. Approved translations must preserve required copyright, trademark, and source notices and remain subject to CORE’s approval conditions.

11. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Scraping, and Automated Use

Except with CORE’s prior express written permission, you may not upload, submit, transmit, disclose, provide, or otherwise make CORE Materials available to any generative-artificial-intelligence, large-language-model, machine-learning, automated-content-generation, model-training, fine-tuning, embedding, vector-database, retrieval-augmented-generation, synthetic-data, benchmarking, or similar system or service for purposes including analysis, summarization, transformation, extraction, training, evaluation, grounding, reconstruction, or generation of derivative, substitute, or competing content.

You also may not use bots, spiders, scrapers, automated agents, bulk-download tools, screen-scraping, data-mining, or similar techniques to collect CORE Content or data; bypass technical restrictions; or extract, reconstruct, systematize, or repurpose CORE Materials to build a course, application, model, dataset, knowledge base, product, or service that substitutes for, competes with, or is derived from CORE.

This Section does not prohibit ordinary use of standard web browsers or indexing by generally available search engines that comply with CORE’s robots.txt, access controls, and other technical directives.

These restrictions apply to users and third parties, not to CORE’s own authorized use of CORE Materials. To the extent CORE has the necessary rights, CORE may use CORE Materials with artificial-intelligence or machine-learning systems; train, fine-tune, ground, evaluate, or improve a CORE-controlled model, assistant, or bot; and authorize selected employees, contractors, vendors, or service providers to perform such activities on CORE’s behalf. No person obtains a similar right merely because CORE itself uses artificial intelligence.

12. Video, Audio, Graphics, and Downloads

Video. Unless a download is expressly authorized, CORE video may be viewed or embedded only through the source or player CORE designates. You may not download, re-upload, edit, clip, dub, rebroadcast, sell, or place CORE video behind a paywall or monetized access gate without written permission.

Audio / podcasts. You may stream CORE audio through authorized sources. Recording, rebroadcasting, re-uploading, or incorporating CORE audio into another product, feed, course, or application requires written permission.

Graphics / worksheets / static materials. You may reproduce only the copies expressly allowed by the applicable Public or Facilitation License. Required copyright and attribution notices must remain intact. Unless CORE provides a different notice for a particular item, the preferred attribution is: “© 2026 CORE. All Rights Reserved. www.coreinchrist.org.”

Special permissions. CORE may publish more specific permissions with a particular item. Those item-specific permissions control for that item to the extent they expressly differ from this Section.

13. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Services or Content to:

violate law, infringe another person’s rights, commit fraud, impersonate another person or organization, or misrepresent affiliation with CORE;
remove, alter, conceal, bypass, or interfere with copyright, trademark, attribution, confidentiality, watermark, access-control, digital-rights-management, or security notices or measures;
copy, mirror, frame, deep-link restricted areas, reverse engineer software, derive source code, circumvent access restrictions, or access nonpublic systems without authorization;
introduce malware, overload or disrupt the Services, probe or test vulnerabilities without written authorization, or interfere with another user’s access;
harvest personal information, send spam, conduct unauthorized commercial solicitation, or use participant/contact information for a purpose unrelated to the authorized CORE activity;
publish Facilitator Materials or participant-only materials to public websites, repositories, file-sharing services, social-media groups, course marketplaces, or other uncontrolled locations;
record participants, confidential discussions, or a CORE session in violation of law or without required consents; or
use CORE Materials or the CORE name in a manner that is deceptive, defamatory, exploitative, unsafe, unlawful, or reasonably likely to damage the integrity of CORE or confuse the public about sponsorship, authorization, or source.

14. Facilitator Materials; Confidentiality

Facilitator Materials are licensed only to authorized recipients for the authorized purpose. If CORE identifies materials as confidential, facilitator-only, restricted, or nonpublic, you must use reasonable care to preserve their confidentiality; may not share them with unauthorized persons; and may not publicly post, publish, summarize in a manner that substitutes for the materials, or use them to train another person except as CORE expressly authorizes.

These confidentiality obligations do not apply to information you can demonstrate became public through lawful means without breach of a duty, was already lawfully known to you without a duty of confidentiality, or was independently developed without use of the protected material. Legally compelled disclosure is permitted only to the extent required, and you must provide notice to CORE when legally permitted so CORE may seek protective relief.

15. CORE Name, Logos, and Trademarks

No trademark or branding license is granted except the limited right to identify an Authorized CORE Offering accurately and in accordance with any current CORE brand guidelines. You may not use CORE, its logos, course names, or confusingly similar marks to imply certification, endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or affiliation that CORE has not granted; register a domain, social account, business name, product name, or trademark containing a CORE mark; or use CORE branding on a modified or unauthorized course.

Nominative references to CORE that are permitted by law must be accurate and must not imply endorsement or authorization.

16. User Submissions; Content Standards; Promotional Permissions

If the Services allow you to submit comments, stories, feedback, photos, documents, discussion posts, or other material (“Submissions”), you retain the rights you lawfully own in your Submission. You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit it and that it does not violate law, these Terms, or another person’s intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or other rights.

Without limiting the foregoing, you may not submit or distribute through the Services material that: (a) is protected by another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or other proprietary right unless you have permission; (b) is unlawful, threatening, hateful, tortious, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, profane, obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit, exploitative, or otherwise unlawful; (c) restricts or inhibits another person’s use or enjoyment of the Services; (d) constitutes or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability; (e) contains malware, viruses, harmful code, unauthorized advertising, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or misleading indications of origin; or (f) impersonates another person or entity or falsely states or misrepresents an affiliation, authorization, sponsorship, or endorsement.

For ordinary Submissions, you grant CORE a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, format, transmit, and display the Submission only as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, and provide the feature for which you submitted it.

Promotional use requires separate permission. If you separately authorize CORE through a release, consent form, checkbox, submission form, or other clear permission process to use a story, testimonial, photograph, video, audio recording, name, likeness, voice, or other Submission for communications or promotion, then, subject to the terms of that permission, you grant CORE and its affiliates, successors, service providers, and permitted sublicensees a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and sublicensable license to reproduce, copy, distribute, transmit, publish, publicly display, publicly perform, edit, crop, excerpt, translate, subtitle, dub, reformat, adapt, and otherwise use that authorized material, together with any name, likeness, voice, or biographical information you specifically authorize, for CORE’s religious, educational, ministry, fundraising, communications, publicity, and promotional purposes in any media now known or later developed, including use outside the United States. Unless the separate permission states otherwise, no additional compensation is due for those authorized uses. Where required by law, CORE will obtain permission from a parent, guardian, or other legally authorized person before promotional use involving a minor.

CORE will not treat an unsolicited idea as confidential unless CORE separately agrees in writing.

CORE may remove or restrict Submissions that it reasonably believes violate these Terms or create legal, safety, security, or ministry-integrity concerns, but CORE is not obligated to monitor all user content.

17. Copyright Complaints and DMCA

CORE respects intellectual-property rights. If you believe material available through the Services infringes your copyright, send a written notice to CORE’s designated copyright contact with the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), including identification of the copyrighted work, identification and location of the challenged material, your contact information, the required good-faith and accuracy statements, and your physical or electronic signature.

Designated Copyright / DMCA Contact: CORE Copyright Agent, CORE, P.O. Box 1573, Hollywood, SC 29449; Email: admin@coreinchrist.org. CORE may publish additional designated-agent information required by applicable law.

If CORE removes or disables material in response to a valid notice, a user may submit a counter-notification meeting 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). CORE may terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. CORE’s designation of an agent with the U.S. Copyright Office, if required for the Services, is separate from publication of this clause.

18. Security

You may not access data, accounts, networks, or systems you are not authorized to access; probe or test vulnerabilities without written authorization; bypass authentication; interfere with service; forge headers or identifiers; introduce malicious code; or use automated tools to evade technical controls. CORE may investigate suspected violations and may preserve or disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, security, comply with law, or cooperate with lawful process.

19. Third-Party Services and Links

The Services may use or link to third-party platforms, payment processors, video hosts, social networks, learning systems, or websites. Their terms and privacy practices may also apply. CORE does not control third-party services and is not responsible for their availability, content, security, acts, or omissions. A link does not by itself mean CORE endorses the third party.

20. Local Hosts Are Independent

Unless CORE expressly agrees otherwise in a separate signed agreement, Local Hosts and facilitators are independent from CORE and are not CORE employees, agents, joint venturers, franchisees, partners, clergy, counselors, health professionals, or legal representatives. Authorization to use CORE Materials does not give a Local Host authority to bind CORE or make promises on CORE’s behalf.

Local Hosts are responsible for their venue, staffing, participant communications, safeguarding, background checks where appropriate, accessibility, emergency planning, insurance, taxes, permits, food service, transportation, mandatory reporting, child-protection requirements, and compliance with applicable law. CORE’s listing or acknowledgment of an offering does not constitute a warranty of a host or facilitator unless CORE expressly states otherwise.

21. Religious, Educational, and Professional-Services Disclaimer

CORE Materials are provided for Christian religious formation, discipleship, reflection, and general education. They are not medical care, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, diagnosis, treatment, crisis intervention, legal advice, financial advice, or a substitute for services from an appropriately qualified professional. Some CORE exercises and discussions may involve personal, spiritual, relational, or emotional reflection. Participation is voluntary. Participants remain responsible for determining whether and to what extent they participate and for seeking appropriate professional or emergency assistance when circumstances require it. A facilitator’s, Local Host’s, or other participant’s use of or involvement with CORE Materials does not create a therapist-patient, doctor-patient, attorney-client, fiduciary, clergy-parishioner, counseling, or other professional relationship between the participant and CORE.

Except to the extent applicable law imposes a nonwaivable duty, CORE does not undertake a duty to diagnose, monitor, supervise, evaluate, or treat any participant’s physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, legal, financial, or other condition. CORE does not promise or guarantee any particular spiritual, emotional, relational, health, financial, professional, or other result. Participants remain responsible for their own decisions. CORE or a Local Host may require a separate participant acknowledgment, release, consent, and/or waiver and assumption-of-risk form for an in-person course, retreat, workshop, activity, or event.

22. Privacy and Electronic Communications

CORE’s Privacy Notice, when posted or presented through the Services, describes how CORE collects, uses, and shares personal information. By providing contact information or using communication features, you agree to receive transactional and service-related communications electronically. Marketing communications are subject to applicable consent and opt-out requirements.

23. Changes, Suspension, and Termination of Services

To the fullest extent permitted by law, CORE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, suspend, restrict, or discontinue all or any part of the Services or Content at any time, with or without notice or liability. CORE may refuse, suspend, restrict, or terminate any account, registration, facilitation authorization, license, or access to the Services or CORE Materials at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, including for breach of these Terms, unauthorized use, security concerns, legal risk, misuse of CORE Materials, or conduct CORE believes may harm CORE, its mission, its users, or the integrity of its materials.

Upon termination of a license or authorization, you must stop the licensed use and, on request, delete or return restricted CORE Materials in your possession or control, except for archival copies required by law. Sections that by their nature should survive—including ownership, confidentiality, restrictions, disclaimers, liability, indemnity, dispute resolution, and miscellaneous provisions—survive termination.

24. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES, CONTENT, AND CORE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE. CORE DISCLAIMS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, RELIABILITY, SECURITY, COMPATIBILITY, AND UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE AVAILABILITY. CORE DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES OR CONTENT WILL PRODUCE ANY PARTICULAR RESULT; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; THAT THE SERVICES, SERVERS, DOWNLOADS, COMMUNICATIONS, OR CONTENT WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES, MALWARE, HARMFUL CODE, INTERRUPTION, LOSS, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS; OR THAT THIRD-PARTY SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE OR SECURE. CORE MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE ACTS, OMISSIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDUCT, QUALIFICATIONS, OR SERVICES OF ANY LOCAL HOST, FACILITATOR, PARTICIPANT, THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER, OR OTHER PERSON OR ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT ACTING AS CORE’S AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEE OR AGENT.

Some jurisdictions do not allow particular warranty exclusions. Accordingly, each exclusion in this Section applies only to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

25. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CORE AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES, CONTENT, CORE MATERIALS, THESE TERMS, AN AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED CORE OFFERING, OR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF AN INDEPENDENT LOCAL HOST, FACILITATOR, PARTICIPANT, USER, OR THIRD PARTY, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT CORE WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CORE’S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES, CONTENT, CORE MATERIALS, OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT, IF ANY, THAT YOU PAID DIRECTLY TO CORE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. IF YOU PAID CORE NOTHING DURING THAT PERIOD, THE MAXIMUM CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY CAP UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH IS $0, SUBJECT ALWAYS TO LIABILITY THAT APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT PERMIT TO BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED.

These limitations are intended to apply to all claims and theories of recovery to the fullest extent permitted by law, including contract, warranty, tort (including ordinary negligence), strict liability, statute, misrepresentation, defamation, product-related claims, third-party claims, and otherwise. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that applicable law does not permit to be excluded or limited, including liability for gross negligence, reckless or willful misconduct, actual fraud, or other nonwaivable liability to the extent applicable law so provides. A separate signed participant waiver may address bodily injury, property damage, premises, travel, food, physical activity, and similar event-specific risks.

26. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CORE and its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, affiliates, licensors, and service providers from and against third-party claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from or relating to: (a) your material breach of these Terms; (b) your unlawful or unauthorized use, teaching, distribution, reproduction, modification, facilitation, commercialization, or other use of CORE Materials; (c) your Submission or your infringement, misappropriation, or violation of another person’s intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or other rights; (d) your acts or omissions as a Local Host or facilitator; (e) your failure to obtain a consent, release, authorization, permission, insurance coverage, background check, permit, or other requirement for which you are responsible; (f) bodily injury, property damage, or other claims arising from a location, activity, transportation, meal, event, employee, volunteer, facilitator, contractor, or service for which a Local Host is legally responsible; or (g) an unauthorized representation, promise, warranty, statement, or commitment made by you concerning CORE. This obligation does not apply to the extent indemnification is prohibited by applicable law or the claim is caused by conduct for which applicable law does not permit CORE to obtain indemnification.

CORE may assume or control the defense of a matter subject to indemnification, using counsel of its choice, and you agree to provide reasonable cooperation. You may not settle a claim in a manner that admits wrongdoing by CORE, imposes liability on CORE, or imposes a nonmonetary obligation on CORE without CORE’s prior written consent.

27. Dispute Resolution; Individual Arbitration; Class Action Waiver

27.1 Informal notice first.

Before filing arbitration or a lawsuit (other than a claim for emergency equitable relief or a claim that may be filed immediately in small-claims court), the claimant must send written notice to the other party describing the dispute and requested relief. Notice to CORE must be sent to admin@coreinchrist.org and P.O. Box 1573, Hollywood, SC 29449. The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute for at least 60 days after receipt of the notice before either party initiates arbitration or other covered proceedings.

27.2 Contractual limitations period.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY COVERED DISPUTE, CAUSE OF ACTION, OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE SERVICES, CORE CONTENT, OR A CORE LICENSE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, IT IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

This contractual period does not shorten any limitations period that applicable law does not permit the parties to shorten.

27.3 Agreement to individual arbitration.

Except for excluded claims described below, you and CORE agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Services, CORE Content, a license granted by these Terms, or the parties’ relationship (“Covered Dispute”) will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis rather than by a judge or jury.

27.4 Governing arbitration law.

The Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1–16, governs this arbitration agreement to the extent the transaction at issue involves interstate commerce and the FAA applies. If the FAA does not apply and the South Carolina Uniform Arbitration Act (“SCAA”), S.C. Code Ann. § 15-48-10 et seq., applies, the SCAA governs to that extent. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to create federal jurisdiction or an interstate-commerce nexus where one does not otherwise exist.

27.5 Administrator and rules.

Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). A Covered Dispute between an individual consumer and CORE will be administered under the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures then in effect, including applicable consumer fee provisions. A Covered Dispute arising from an organization’s non-consumer or commercial use will be administered under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect, unless the parties agree otherwise or AAA determines another rule set applies.

27.6 Locale and hearing format.

Unless applicable law or AAA rules require another permissible locale or the parties agree in writing, the arbitration locale will be Charleston County, South Carolina. The arbitrator may permit remote or virtual proceedings consistent with applicable rules. No provision of these Terms requires a South Carolina claimant to arbitrate outside South Carolina where such a requirement would be unenforceable under S.C. Code § 15-7-120 or other applicable law.

27.7 Fees and attorneys’ fees.

Fees and arbitrator compensation will be allocated under the applicable AAA rules and applicable law. Where the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, CORE will pay the amounts assigned to the business under those rules. CORE will not require a consumer to bear costs that applicable law or the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules require CORE to pay. Except to the extent an award of attorneys’ fees is expressly authorized or required by applicable nonwaivable law or a separate written agreement between the parties, each party will bear its own attorneys’ fees and other legal expenses. AAA administrative fees, arbitrator compensation, and arbitration expenses are not attorneys’ fees.

27.8 Exceptions.

Either party may bring an individual claim in a court of competent jurisdiction that qualifies for small-claims jurisdiction and remains there. Either party may seek temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property, confidential information, trade secrets, accounts, data, or system security, or to stop unauthorized use or distribution while arbitration is pending. Claims that applicable law makes non-arbitrable are not required to be arbitrated.

27.9 Class and representative action waiver.

YOU AND CORE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF, CLASS MEMBER, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR REPRESENTATIVE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR ARBITRATION.

Unless both parties agree in writing, the arbitrator may not consolidate claims of different persons or preside over a representative proceeding.

27.10 Authority of court and arbitrator.

A court of competent jurisdiction will decide disputes about whether an arbitration agreement was formed and any issue that applicable law requires a court to decide. Subject to that rule, the arbitrator will decide issues concerning the scope, interpretation, application, and merits of a Covered Dispute and may award the same individual remedies available in court, subject to the limitations of these Terms and applicable law. Judgment on an award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

27.11 Severability.

If a portion of this Section 27 is unenforceable, it will be severed or limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remainder will continue to the fullest extent permitted by law. If the class/representative waiver in Section 27.9 is finally held unenforceable as to a particular claim and applicable law does not permit severance, that claim will proceed in court rather than class or representative arbitration.

28. Governing Law and Court Venue

Except to the extent federal law controls and except for the arbitration-law provisions in Section 27, these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. For a dispute that is not required to be arbitrated, the parties consent to personal jurisdiction in South Carolina. Any forum selection is subject to applicable South Carolina venue statutes and other nonwaivable law. The parties agree that an appropriate state or federal court located in or serving Charleston County, South Carolina is the preferred venue where legally permissible.

29. Changes to These Terms

CORE may revise these Terms. The current version will state its effective date. For material changes, CORE will provide notice by a reasonably appropriate method, such as an account notice, email, or prominent website notice, before or when the change becomes effective as required by law. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance only where applicable law permits and the notice reasonably communicates that consequence.

A material change to Section 27 will not apply retroactively to a dispute for which CORE had received a written dispute notice before the change’s effective date unless the parties agree otherwise.

30. Miscellaneous

Entire agreement. These Terms, the Privacy Notice, and any applicable additional written terms constitute the agreement regarding the subject matter they cover and supersede prior statements about that subject matter, except a separate signed agreement that expressly controls.

No waiver. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or a CORE license without CORE’s written consent. CORE may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, reorganization, transfer of substantially all relevant assets, or successor ministry/entity, subject to applicable law.

Severability. Except as specifically provided in Section 27.11, if a provision is held unenforceable, it will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.

Headings. Headings are for convenience and do not alter meaning.

No third-party beneficiaries. Except for parties expressly protected by the warranty, liability, or indemnity provisions, these Terms do not create third-party beneficiary rights.

Language. The English-language version controls to the extent permitted by law if CORE provides a translation for convenience, unless CORE expressly states that another language version is authoritative.

31. Contact

CORE
P.O. Box 1573
Hollywood, SC 29449

Legal: admin@coreinchrist.org
General: admin@coreinchrist.org
Website: www.coreinchrist.org