Forum Goal
The goal of Answers in Genesis (AiG) in providing this forum is to create an online community where Answers Vacation Bible School directors and volunteers can share ideas, ask (and answer) questions, and encourage each other during their VBS planning and preparation.
By posting on this forum, you are agreeing to these guidelines.
General Conduct
Our forum is a community of Christian friends, so please follow the Golden Rule and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. We encourage you to display biblical attitudes and actions as encompassed by the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22–23). Against such things, we have no law.
Please remember that you will be communicating with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ from a variety of church denominations and who may hold opinions on non-essential doctrinal points that differ from your own. However, we all strive to follow Christ and share the truth of the Bible and its gospel message with children.
If you wish to voice a complaint or a concern, please follow the principle of Matthew 18 and deal directly with the person or people involved. Contact the people who can do something about your concern directly, treating them the way you want to be treated.
Privacy Statement
Your privacy is very important to us. Please keep in mind that whenever you disclose personal information online, for example on forums, through email, or in chat areas, the information can be seen by others. Be careful what information you disclose.
Sharing of Copyrighted Material
Using Answers VBS (e.g., from Operation Space or Amazon Expedition) clip art and logos (whether purchased or downloaded at no cost) to create items for your own church use associated with these curricula is permitted. However, the commercial use of such material or the sharing of such creations with other churches or users is a violation of copyright law.
Feel free to share ideas, instructions, and even templates for creating items on this board, but to remain legal, don’t distribute anything containing copyrighted logos, images, or ideas.
Promotion of Retailers
Our intent is to maintain a non-commercial environment. Please refrain from referencing any specific supplier re-seller by web address.
Competing Product
With the many resources that we provide, our aim is to support and encourage your ministry in teaching that the Bible is God’s Word and can be trusted to tell the truth in every area it touches on. We rely on you to enable us to continue this support through your use of AiG materials. By posting links on our forums to products similar to those AiG offers, it becomes difficult for us to continue providing resources. We therefore reserve the right to delete links or references to other products that we believe compete with AiG products.
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Ultimately, Answers in Genesis—USA will retain the right to add, edit, or delete at our discretion any content from AiG’s websites or forums.