Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions
Effective Date: October 23, 2026
Privacy Policy

Gather Church (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information provided through gatherbham.com, our event registration forms, Facebook and Instagram lead forms, and our communications.

Information We Collect
We collect information you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, phone number, event registrations, communication preferences, and information included in your messages to us.
Our website and service providers may also collect technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and pages visited, through cookies and similar technologies.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:
Process event registrations and RSVPs.
Provide confirmations, reminders, directions, and event updates.
Respond to questions and requests.
Follow up about your visit or participation.
Send news and invitations through the communication channels you have agreed to receive.
Maintain consent records and communication preferences.
Operate and improve our website, communications, and events.

Text Messaging and Consent
If you opt in to text messages, Gather Church may send messages about your RSVP, event confirmations, reminders, logistics, responses to questions, and follow-up. If you separately opt in to promotional texts, we may also send invitations to upcoming events and other Gather Church updates.
Providing your phone number or registering for an event does not, by itself, enroll you in promotional text messages. SMS consent is optional and is not a condition of registering for or attending an event.
Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to unsubscribe or HELP for assistance. You may also contact info@gatherbham.com

How We Share Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may provide limited information to service providers that help us operate our website, manage registrations, maintain contact records, and deliver communications. These providers may use that information only as needed to perform services for us, subject to applicable obligations.

We do not share mobile phone information with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. SMS opt-in records and consent are not sold, transferred, or shared for another organization’s messaging campaigns. Providers supporting delivery of our messaging services may process this information only to provide those services.

We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect people, our systems, or our legal rights.

Cookies and External Services
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality and understand site usage. You can manage cookies through your browser settings.

Our website and forms may link to external services, including Facebook and Instagram. Those services have their own privacy policies and terms.

Information Security and Retention
We use reasonable safeguards designed to protect personal information. No internet transmission or storage system is completely secure.

We retain information as needed for the purposes described in this policy, to maintain required records, and to meet applicable legal obligations. We may retain limited opt-out information to ensure we continue honoring your communication preferences.

Your Choices
You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, subject to applicable legal and recordkeeping requirements.
You can unsubscribe from promotional emails using the unsubscribe link in those emails. You can stop text messages by replying STOP.

Children’s Privacy
Our online contact forms and SMS program are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate parental permission, contact us so we can address it.

Policy Updates
We may update this policy by publishing a revised version on this page and updating the effective date.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Website and Event Information
Gather Church provides this website to share information about our community, services, and events. Event times, locations, availability, and other details may change. We will make reasonable efforts to communicate significant changes to registered participants.
Please provide accurate information when completing forms and use this website lawfully.

Gather Church Text Messaging Program
The Gather Church SMS program provides event registration confirmations, reminders, logistical information, answers to questions, and follow-up messages. People who separately consent to promotional texts may also receive invitations to future events and other Gather Church updates.
Messages may be sent through automated technology or individually by our team.

Enrollment and Consent
You enroll by affirmatively selecting the applicable SMS consent option on a Gather Church registration or lead form, or through another clearly disclosed opt-in process.
You may choose informational messages, promotional messages, or both where those choices are offered. We will use your selections to determine which messages you receive.
Consent to receive text messages is not required to register for or attend an event. By enrolling, you confirm that you are authorized to consent to messages at the phone number provided.

Message Frequency and Charges
Message frequency varies based on your registrations, interactions, and communication preferences.
Message and data rates may apply to messages sent and received. Contact your wireless provider for details about your plan.

How to Unsubscribe
Reply STOP to any Gather Church text message to unsubscribe from that messaging program. You may receive one final message confirming your request. After that, no further messages will be sent through that program unless you opt in again.
Unsubscribing from texts does not cancel your event registration.

Help and Support
For assistance email dan@gatherbham.com.

Delivery and Carrier Responsibility
Text message delivery depends on your wireless provider and network availability. Delivery may be delayed or unsuccessful. Wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
If your phone number changes or you stop using it, please notify us so we can update our records.

Privacy
Our collection and use of personal information, including mobile information and SMS consent, are described in the Privacy Policy above.

Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms by publishing a revised version on this page. If a change requires additional consent, we will obtain that consent before applying the change to your messaging enrollment.

Contact Us
Gather Church
5091 Caldwell Mill Rd,
Birmingham, Alabama, 35242
Email: info@gatherbham.com
Phone: (205) 991-5065