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FaithWriters.com makes no claims or warranties as to whether your articles or any of your writings will be sold to a publisher, literary agent, or any party interested in your work.

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FaithWriters.com is not responsible for any article or writing that you post to the site that is stolen, copied, used or plagiarized.

FaithWriters.com has the right to delete your membership at anytime for any reason and no reason at our sole discretion.

FaithWriters.com has the right to delete any article, writing challenge entry, posting, or message board posting at anytime for any reason and no reason at our sole discretion.

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That when posting your writing on the site, you will receive automatic emails informing you when an article critique or review is given on the article. This cannot be stopped without cancelling your account.

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UPGRADE MEMBERSHIPS:
When upgrading your account to a Platinum 500 membership or Gold membership, you agree to remain a member of either upgrade membership for at least one year. The value of the services and bonuses we include in your membership are way beyond the cost of your membership so we ask for at least a one year commitment.

If you choose the yearly billing option, your account will be automatically rebilled for another year unless you cancel prior to the renewal date. We do not give refunds once a rebilling occurs.

The Writing Challenge Agreement:
You may not use a previously written, published, or copyrighted work in the writing challenge. The purpose of the challenge is to write on the topic chosen and not to use a previously written piece.

If submitting to and participating in the weekly writing challenge, you agree: To allow FaithWriters.com to use your article in any of their 4 quarterly books. That your article will only be published if it is in the top 10 vote getters which is the READER'S CHOICE or if chosen as one of the top 8 entries by the rotating panel of judges as a weekly EDITOR'S CHOICE for any challenge week. That you will receive no compensation from your entry being used in these seasonal books. If you have a copyright on your material, you agree to release to us the rights to use your entry in any of our 4 quarterly books and that you will receive no compensation from your entry being used in these seasonal books. You also acknowledge that you are the author of all material submitted and it is not plagiarized in any way. You also agree to give us permission to edit your entry if it has grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. FaithWriters.com reserves the right at any time to reject any entry into the writing challenge that it deems inappropriate. FaithWriters.com reserves the right at any time to reject any entry to be included in its seasonal books that it deems inappropriate or if it has grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

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THE WRITING CHALLENGE:

FaithWriters.com reserves the right at any time to reject any entry into the writing challenge that it deems inappropriate. FaithWriters.com reserves the right at any time to reject any entry to be included in its seasonal books that it deems inappropriate or if it has grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

INDEMNITY

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MODIFICATIONS

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TERMINATION

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ARBITRATION AND LAW

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Notwithstanding the above, this agreement shall not be deemed to deprive any party of this agreement the right to equitable relief in the court having jurisdiction in the County where The Company FaithWriters.com resides at the time.

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FAITH STATEMENT:

This is where it all starts...

For many of us, faith is too often something we think or feel while life is something we do. Finding practical, everyday ways to integrate faith into life is the stuff of lessons and sermons for thousands of years past, and it seems to be an increasingly difficult mission in today's fast-paced, chaotic world.

We at FaithWriters.com believe that it is extremely important to get Christians involved in the work of the ministry. Many have gifts that are not being used. The Internet provides us with the opportunity to open the doors to give every Christian the chance to share their gifts with the Body of Christ.


Vision

We are a for-profit ministry dedicated to building up the Church, which is the Body of Christ.

The purpose of FaithWriters.com is to give Christian writers an easy to use environment to manage their writing careers. While at the same time utilizing the FaithWriters platform and the talent of our amazing writers to spread the gospel around the world.

For readers, it is our goal to provide good Christian material to build up the Body of Christ.

For publishers and website owners, our purpose is to provide quality Christian content at a reasonable price.

Mission

As a Christ-centered, for-profit company, we will create value for our customers, employees and Ministry Partners by:
• Bringing glory to God in all that we do;
  
• Equipping people to grow in their faith and the practical application of it in their lives;
  
• Enhancing fellowship, communication and relationship-building within the Christian community; and
  
• Encouraging and enabling personal involvement in the care of those who are spiritually, emotionally, physically or financially poor.

What we believe
Statement of Faith

We Believe The Bible To Be The Inspired, Infallible, Authoritative, And Inerrant Word Of God (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).

We Believe There Is One God, Eternally Existing In Three Persons: The Father, Son And Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).

We Believe In The Deity Of Christ (John 10:33); His Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:34-35); His Sinless Life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26); His Miracles (John 2:11); His Vicarious And Atoning Death (1 Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9); His Resurrection (John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4); His Ascension To The Right Hand Of The Father (Mark 16:19); His Personal Return To Earth In Power And Glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16).

We Believe God the Fathers is Unquestionably Displayed in the Compassion and Love of Jesus for the Sinner. We Believe that in Seeing Jesus Actions in the Scriptures, We Have Clearly Seen the Father's Nature, His Undeniable Love and Desire to Save Us is Displayed Fully in Jesus Himself (John 5:19, John 14:9, John 8:19, John 12:45, Col 1:15, Heb 1:3). We Believe God's Desire is That None Be Lost, That ALL Repent (Change Their Mind and Believe) Onto Eternal Life.(Ezek 18:33, 1 Tim 2:4, John 3:17, 2 Peter 3:9, Titus 2:11). We Believe That the Most Accurate Picture of God the Father's Desire, Thoughts and Love for Mankind, is Presented by Jesus Himself, in The Father Described in the Story of The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32).

We Believe In The Absolute Necessity Of Regeneration By The Holy Spirit For Salvation Because Of The Exceeding Sinfulness Of The Human Nature, And That All Are Justified On The Single Ground Of Faith In The Shed Blood Of Christ, And That Only By God's Grace Through Faith Alone Are We Saved (John 3:16-19; 5:24, Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5).

We Believe In The Resurrection Of Both The Saved And The Lost; Those Who Are Saved Unto The Resurrection Of Life, And Those Who Are Not Unto The Resurrection Of Judgment (John 5:28-29).

We Believe In The Spiritual Unity Of The Believers In Our Lord Jesus Christ (romans 8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).

We Believe In The Present Ministry Of The Holy Spirit By Whose Indwelling The Christian Is Enabled To Live A Godly Life (Romans 8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).

We Believe That We As Christians Are Examples Of The Love Of God In This World. It Is This (agape) Love That We Desire To Possess And Without Which We Have No Right To Call Ourselves Christians (1 John 4:16-17).

We Believe It Is The Mandate Of The Whole Church To Go Into The Whole World And To Preach The Gospel To Every Living Creature. (Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20)