PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: October 8, 2026

Wildfire Vineyard Church is committed to protecting the privacy of our congregation, visitors, and online community. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, register for events, give tithes and offerings, or interact with our ministries.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, as well as data automatically generated by your use of our site.

-Personal Information: This includes your name, email address, phone number, and physical address. This is gathered when you fill out connection cards, request prayer, sign up for small groups or events, register children for children's ministries, or sign up for volunteer opportunities.

-Financial Information: If you give tithes or financial gifts online, your payment information is securely processed by our third-party payment processors. We do not store financial account numbers on our servers.

-Automatically Collected Data: Like most websites, our server automatically collects your IP address, browser type, referring pages, and the times you visit our site.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your personal data to support church community life, including to:

-Manage event registrations and keep you informed about church updates.

-Provide age-appropriate check-ins and security for our children's ministries.

-Coordinate community service and volunteer outreach programs.

-Send pastoral communications, prayer chain updates, and newsletters.

-Track and issue annual giving statements for tax-exempt charitable donation records.

3. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

We highly value your trust and do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes. Your data is only shared with:

-Internal church staff and approved ministry leaders who need the information to serve you.

-Trusted third-party service providers (such as church management software, email platforms, and giving processors) who assist us in operating our ministry and are legally bound to keep your data confidential.

-Legal authorities if strictly required to comply with a valid legal obligation or to protect the safety of our church community.

4. DATA SECURITY

We implement industry-standard physical, administrative, and technological security measures (such as SSL encryption on our website forms) to maintain the safety of your personal information. While we work hard to secure your data, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

5. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Protecting the safety of minors is critical to us. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental or guardian consent. Any data gathered for children participating in church ministries must be provided directly by a parent or legal guardian.

6. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Our website may contain links to external sites (such as the main Vineyard USA platform or community resources). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those external websites.

7. YOUR CONTROL AND RIGHTS

You have the right to request access to the information we hold about you, request corrections, or ask us to delete your contact data from our active church communication lists. You can also opt out of church emails at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of our emails.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please reach out to our church administration office:

Email: wildfirevineyard@gmail.com

Phone: 930-215-5116

Mailing Address: 1229 McGavock Pike Nashville, TN 37216