Agape World Fellowship, (AWF) believes in Christian & family values and therefore has set the following Rights & Rules for both Citizens and Visitors to better maintain a wholesome and friendly atmosphere for all.
1. AWF is a Christian fellowship and ministry and is "G" rated. We welcome both Christians and Non-Christians as long as our Rights & Rules are respected.
2. There is NO cost to join AWF as a citizen. AWF is totally funded by donations only and is recognized by the State of New York and by the Federal government of the United States as Non-Profit Religious Organization
3. The initial citizenship will last for a 3 month period but will be continued for an additional year if the Citizen wishes to stay, at NO cost.
4. Some AWF positions are by appointment only and others by Election but all positions require that a Citizen be a Christian who has accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, lives by our Statement of Beliefs, been a Citizen of AWF for at least 3 months and has conducted themselves in an openly Christ-like manner. The Pastor and or Board as a whole reserve the right to accept or decline any Citizen for a position in the AWF ministry.
5. Please do not insult Citizens or Visitors with inflammatory or offensive statements, images or url postings. We ask that you refrain from expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity. Please do not harass other users, including verbal abuse or personal attacks. Please do not engage in racial, religious, ethnic, or sexual slurs, lewd comments, or generally disruptive behavior.
6. There will be NO cyber-sexual behavior, sexual orientation discussions or activity.
7. The use of all caps is considered shouting, please refrain from using caps unless you are intending to shout. Please refrain from flooding (continuous posting of repetitive text) as this can be annoying to users.
8. AWF reserves the right to enforce compliance with our Rules and Rights, which may include temporary ejection or permanent expulsion without warning. We have a three (3) strikes system whereby any Citizen or Visitor can be ejected for a specific incident after they have been warned three (3) times by a Pastor or Board Member. The Senior Pastor or Board as a whole have the right to ban anyone for good from AWF if necessary.
9. AWF will NOT allow the following activities: (a) Displaying material containing nudity, pornography, or sexual material of a lewd, lecherous or obscene nature and intent or that violate local, state and national laws. (b) Providing material that is grossly offensive to the online community, including blatant expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred or excessive profanity. (c) Promoting or providing instructional information about illegal activities. Promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promoting any act of cruelty to animals. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: Providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons.
10. We reserve the right to suspend or remove any objects or properties from AWF which is brought to our attention and which we find, in our sole discretion, violates any of these content guidelines or otherwise is in violation of the law.
11. All avatars, (except personal avatars), models, sequences, sounds and textures in the AWF Object Path are the sole property of AWF. Only such things that have been loaned to AWF and agreed to by the AWF Board in the AWF Minutes will be considered Not AWF property.
12. In no event will AWF be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use AWF or any content therein. This disclaimer applies, without limitation, to any damages or injury, whether for breach of contract, tort, or otherwise, caused by any failure of performance; error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; computer virus; file corruption; communication-line failure; network or system outage; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any record.
13. Users who are in violation of the AWF Rights & Rules may have their membership revoked, services cancelled and their worlds or properties, or portions of their properties, removed without warning; in which event AWF will not return the removed properties or worlds to the offending member.
14. AWF reserves the right to deny membership to serious or repeat offenders.
15. AWF makes no guarantee of availability of service and reserves the right to change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue any functionality or feature of AWF.
16. AWF reserves the right to amend any or all rights and rules.
NOTE: We dislike having to set Rules and Rights for Citizens and Visitors to AWF. These Rules don't negatively affect people who respect others and only come to enjoy fellowship, friendship, chat, 3dvr building and so on. We hope you are one of these people, a friend, a brother or sister in the Lord, or someone who just enjoys a wholesome place to come to.
May God Bless You. ~Senior Pastor Bob Shoemaker