Privacy Policy
Effective date: August 4, 2026
MESS Ministries, Inc. (“MESS Ministries,” “MESS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect through messministries.org, how we use it, and the choices available to you.
Information We Collect
We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:
- Submit a contact or organizational inquiry
- Register for training or other programs
- Subscribe to receive formation resources, ministry updates, or invitations
- Communicate with us by email, telephone, or another method
This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, organization, city and state, areas of interest, and information you choose to include in a message.
Please do not submit confidential medical, mental-health, pastoral-care, crisis-response, or other sensitive personal information through a general website form.
Our website and service providers may also collect limited technical information automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring page, pages visited, and cookie data.
How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
- Respond to questions and organizational inquiries
- Explore training, formation, consultation, or partnership opportunities
- Register or support participants in MESS programs
- Maintain appropriate relationship and communication records
- Send email resources, ministry updates, or invitations when you have chosen to receive them
- Operate, secure, evaluate, and improve our website and services
- Meet administrative, legal, accounting, or regulatory obligations
Submitting an inquiry does not automatically subscribe you to promotional email. Where an optional email-consent checkbox is provided, you may contact MESS without selecting it.
Email Communications
If you choose to receive MESS email communications, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting us.
Unsubscribing from general email communications will not prevent us from responding to an inquiry, completing a registration, or sending information necessary to provide a service you requested.
Service Providers and Information Sharing
MESS uses trusted service providers to operate its website, maintain relationship records, deliver communications, host learning resources, and provide embedded content. These providers may include:
- HubSpot, for website forms and contact relationship management
- Mailchimp, for email communications
- Thinkific, for training registration and online learning services
- YouTube and other media providers, for embedded video content
- Website hosting, security, spam-prevention, and analytics providers
These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and service terms.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, or support a business or organizational transition.
MESS Ministries does not sell your personal information.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website and the services embedded within it may use cookies or similar technologies to operate correctly, remember preferences, understand website use, prevent fraud or abuse, and display third-party content.
Embedded content—such as a YouTube video—may behave as though you visited the provider’s website directly. The provider may collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction according to its own privacy practices.
You may adjust cookie controls through your browser. Disabling cookies may affect how some website features function.
How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including maintaining relationship and training records, responding to inquiries, fulfilling services, and meeting legal, financial, administrative, or security obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
Your Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have the right to:
- Ask what personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Withdraw consent for future communications
- Request a copy of information you provided
Some information may need to be retained for legal, financial, administrative, security, or program-record purposes.
To make a privacy request, contact us using the information below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards intended to protect personal information. However, no website, email system, or electronic-storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through this website. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us so we can review and, when appropriate, remove it.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by other organizations. MESS Ministries is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our ministry, services, technology, or legal responsibilities change. The effective date at the top of this page will show when the policy was most recently revised.
Contact Us
For questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy, contact:
MESS Ministries, Inc.
Email: info@messministries.org
Website: https://messministries.org