Fire Over Africa – Terms of Use
Last Updated: September 15, 2026
1. Introduction and Acceptance
These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Fire Over Africa web platform and associated services (collectively, the "Services"), operated by Fire Over Africa, a California nonprofit corporation ("we," "us," or "our").
By creating an account or using our site, you affirmatively agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference. During registration — whether by email and password or through Sign in with Google — you will be required to check a box confirming that you have read and agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy before your account can be created. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not create an account or use the Services.
2. Eligibility and Age Confirmation
You must be at least 13 years of age (or such higher age as may be required by applicable law in your jurisdiction) to create an account and use the Services. The Services are a ministry-training platform directed to adults and are not directed to children under 13.
During account registration, you will be required to confirm that you meet the minimum age requirement. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that:
You are at least 13 years of age (or the applicable minimum age in your jurisdiction);
You have read and agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy; and
If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you have the consent of a parent or legal guardian to use the Services and that parent or legal guardian has read and agreed to these Terms on your behalf.
3. Consent to These Terms
a. Initial Consent
Your consent to these Terms is obtained through an affirmative action — checking an unchecked checkbox — during account registration. This checkbox will appear alongside a statement such as:
"I confirm that I am at least 13 years of age, and I have read and agree to the Terms of Use (including the arbitration clause and class action waiver) and Privacy Policy."
The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links will be accessible directly from the registration screen. You cannot create an account without completing this step.
If you register through Sign in with Google, the consent step is presented after Google authentication but before your account is created. You must still affirmatively agree to these Terms before proceeding.
b. Consent at Membership Purchase
When you subscribe to a paid plan, a confirmation will be displayed:
"By subscribing, you confirm that you agree to our Terms of Use, including the billing, cancellation, and refund terms described therein."
c. Changes to These Terms and Re-Consent
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will:
Revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page;
Notify you by email at the address associated with your account;
Display an in-app notice the next time you open the app or log in; and
For material changes, require you to affirmatively re-accept the updated Terms before you can continue using the Services.
Your continued use of the Services after non-material changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to a material change, you may cancel your membership and delete your account.
d. Record of Consent
We maintain a timestamped record of your consent, including the version of the Terms and Privacy Policy to which you agreed, the date and time, and the method of consent. These records are retained for as long as necessary to demonstrate compliance with applicable law.
4. Account Registration and Security
To use the Services, you must create an account using a valid email address and password. Your password is transmitted over an encrypted (TLS) connection and is hashed immediately; it is never stored in readable form.
Each account is for a single user. There is no built-in account-sharing or seat mechanism. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.
We may offer Sign in with Google as an alternative authentication method. If you use this feature, Google will receive your name and email address, and your Google account identifier will be stored to link your account. You will still be required to consent to these Terms and our Privacy Policy before your account is created.
You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep your account information up to date.
5. Membership Plans and Pricing
a. Plans
Some courses are available without a paid membership. We offer three monthly membership plans: Explorer (full course library access), Supporter (full course library plus certificate of completion), and Sustainer (full course library, certificate, and funding of free training for pastors in Africa).
b. Pricing
Membership pricing differs by country. The price list shown to you is determined by your IP-derived country at the time of your visit. All prices are as displayed on the Services at the time of purchase.
c. Billing and Renewal
Paid memberships are billed monthly in advance and renew automatically until canceled. All payments are processed exclusively by Stripe. Card details are entered directly into Stripe and never pass through or rest on our servers.
d. Plan Changes
Plan changes take effect at the moment you make the change. Any proration charge or credit is handled by Stripe at that point.
e. Failed Payments
If a payment fails, you will be notified by email and your course access will be paused until payment succeeds. Your progress data is unaffected and will return with access.
f. Taxes
Taxes are not calculated or collected by the platform. You are responsible for any taxes applicable in your jurisdiction.
6. Cancellation
You may cancel your membership at any time from Orders & Billing. There is no notice period and no cancellation fee.
Cancellation does not revoke access immediately. Your access continues through the end of the current paid period, and no further charge is taken.
We will email you the exact date on which your access ends.
At that date, your membership ends and access to paid courses closes. Your progress, notes, and certificates remain in your account and become available again if you restart a plan.
7. Refunds
Refunds are handled on a case-by-case basis. If you believe you are entitled to a refund, please contact us at support@fireoverafrica.org. No automated refund logic exists in the software; any refund is issued manually through Stripe.
8. Course Access and Offline Downloads
An active membership grants access to the courses included in your plan for as long as it is active.
Course files on paid plans are authorized against your membership at request time; a direct file URL alone does not grant access.
Downloading lesson materials for offline study is supported. Downloads are saved to your device's local storage. These downloaded files must be deleted manually by you; neither deleting your account nor uninstalling the application removes files already downloaded to your device.
9. Certificates
A certificate is issued automatically when you complete every course in a certificate program.
The certificate records your name, email address, the program, and the date of completion.
Certificates are retained indefinitely so that a previously issued certificate can be verified as genuine, including after the account that earned it is deleted.
There is no automated revocation mechanism; withdrawing a certificate would be a manual administrative action.
The platform makes no accreditation claim. Any statement about academic or accredited status is a business decision and not a representation made by the software.
10. User-Generated Content
The Services do not currently support member-generated content. Comments, course reviews, group discussions, and forums are planned for future development. When available, member-written posts will be visible to other members.
When user-generated content features are introduced, the following will apply:
You retain ownership of the content you create but grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, and distribute your content as part of the Services.
You are solely responsible for the content you post. You agree not to post content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, harassing, infringing, or otherwise objectionable.
Removal of content will be a manual administrative action; no automated moderation is currently planned.
We reserve the right to remove any content that violates these Terms.
We will update these Terms and, where required, obtain your re-consent before launching user-generated content features
11. Donations
The Sustainer plan is a paid membership. Its price additionally funds free training access for pastors in Africa. No part of the Sustainer plan is treated as a charitable donation by the software: no donation receipt is issued and no tax-deductibility statement is made. Fire Over Africa's nonprofit status does not confer tax-deductible treatment on membership fees unless separately stated in a written communication from Fire Over Africa.
Standalone donations may be processed by Stripe in the future. Card details for donations are entered directly into Stripe and never pass through or rest on our servers.
12. Intellectual Property
All content, materials, courses, videos, text, graphics, logos, and other intellectual property available through the Services (excluding user-generated content, when available) are owned by or licensed to Fire Over Africa and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, or otherwise exploit any content from the Services without our prior written consent, except as expressly permitted (e.g., downloading lesson materials for your personal offline study as described in Section 8).
13. Feedback and Suggestions
If you provide us with any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, recommendations, or other feedback regarding the Services ("Feedback"), you hereby assign to Fire Over Africa all rights, title, and interest in and to such Feedback. You agree that we are free to use, disclose, reproduce, license, and otherwise distribute and exploit Feedback as we see fit, without obligation or compensation to you.
14. Account Deletion
You may delete your account at any time through the web platform (account settings) or the mobile application (Profile > Delete account). You must type your email address to confirm; the action is irreversible.
If you have an active paid membership, you must cancel it before deleting your account.
Upon deletion:
Your account record, course progress, quiz attempts, and private notes are deleted.
Payment and invoice records, issued certificates (with name and email), and consent records are retained.
Lesson files already downloaded to your device are not removed. You must delete them manually.
Deleting your account terminates your agreement to these Terms, except for those provisions that by their nature survive termination (see Section 26).
15. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
Use the Services for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other user accounts, or our systems.
Interfere with or disrupt the Services or the servers or networks connected to the Services.
Share your account credentials with others or allow others to access your account.
Use automated means (bots, scrapers, etc.) to access or collect data from the Services without our express permission.
Circumvent access controls to view paid content without an active membership.
Use the Services to transmit malware, spam, or other harmful content.
Misrepresent your age during registration.
16. Electronic Communications Consent
By creating an account, you consent to receive electronic communications from us, including emails regarding your account, membership, payment confirmations, certificate issuance, policy updates, and other notices required under these Terms. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. You may withdraw this consent only by deleting your account, in which case you will no longer be able to use the Services.
17. Third-Party Services
The Services integrate with third-party services as described in our Privacy Policy. These third-party services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies:
Apple App Store: Subject to Apple's Terms of Service and the Licensed Application End User License Agreement.
Google Play Store: Subject to Google Play's Terms of Service.
Stripe: Subject to Stripe's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Vimeo: Subject to Vimeo's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the terms, policies, or practices of any third-party services.
Your use of the mobile application is also subject to the terms and conditions of the Apple App Store or Google Play Store from which you downloaded the application. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and the applicable app store terms, the more restrictive terms shall apply with respect to the subject matter of the conflict.
18. Apple App Store — Additional Terms
The following terms apply to your use of the Go With Jesus mobile application downloaded from the Apple App Store. These terms are required by Apple and supplement the rest of these Terms:
a. Acknowledgment
You acknowledge and agree that these Terms are between you and Fire Over Africa only, and not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). Apple is not responsible for the Services or the content thereof. Fire Over Africa, not Apple, is solely responsible for the Services and the content available through the mobile application. To the extent that these Terms provide usage rules that are less restrictive than the Usage Rules set forth in Apple's App Store Terms of Service, the more restrictive Apple terms shall apply.
b. Scope of License
The license granted to you for the mobile application is limited to a non-transferable license to use the mobile application on any Apple-branded device that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in Apple's App Store Terms of Service.
c. Maintenance and Support
Fire Over Africa is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application, as specified in these Terms or as required under applicable law. You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the mobile application.
d. Warranty
In the event of any failure of the mobile application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the mobile application to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the mobile application, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be Fire Over Africa's sole responsibility.
e. Product Claims
You acknowledge that Fire Over Africa, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims you or any third party may have relating to the mobile application or your possession and/or use of the mobile application, including but not limited to: (a) product liability claims; (b) any claim that the mobile application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.
f. Intellectual Property Claims
In the event of any third-party claim that the mobile application or your possession and use of the mobile application infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, Fire Over Africa, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim.
g. Legal Compliance
You represent and warrant that: (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist-supporting" country; and (b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
h. Third-Party Beneficiary
You acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as they relate to the mobile application, and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
19. Export Compliance
You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist-supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You agree to comply with all applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations in your use of the Services.
20. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
THE PLATFORM MAKES NO ACCREDITATION CLAIM. CERTIFICATES ISSUED THROUGH THE SERVICES REFLECT COMPLETION OF COURSES AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ANY ACADEMIC DEGREE, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION, OR ACCREDITATION UNLESS EXPLICITLY STATED OTHERWISE BY FIRE OVER AFRICA IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
21. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FIRE OVER AFRICA, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
22. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Fire Over Africa, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of the Services; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any rights of any third party; or (d) any content you submit through the Services.
23. Governing Law, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution
a. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions.
b. Agreement to Arbitrate
YOU AND FIRE OVER AFRICA AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE SERVICES, OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES (COLLECTIVELY, "DISPUTES") SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW.
By creating an account and agreeing to these Terms, you acknowledge that you are waiving your right to a trial by jury and your right to participate in a class action, as described in this Section 23.
c. Arbitration Rules and Forum
Arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, which are available at www.adr.org. If the AAA is unavailable, the parties shall mutually agree upon an alternative arbitration forum. If the parties cannot agree, a court of competent jurisdiction in California shall appoint an arbitrator.
The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award any remedy that would otherwise be available in court, including injunctive or declaratory relief, but only on an individual basis and only to the extent necessary to resolve the individual claim.
d. Location and Procedure
Unless you and we agree otherwise, the arbitration shall take place in Concord, California. However, for claims seeking no more than $10,000 in damages (exclusive of attorneys' fees and costs), the arbitration shall be conducted entirely on the basis of written submissions, without an in-person hearing, unless the arbitrator determines that a hearing is necessary. For claims above that threshold, the right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules.
If you reside outside the United States, you may elect to participate in the arbitration by telephone or video conference rather than in person, and the arbitration shall be conducted in English.
e. Arbitration Fees and Costs
Each party shall bear its own attorneys' fees and costs in connection with the arbitration, unless applicable law or the arbitrator's award provides otherwise. We will pay all AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees for claims seeking less than $10,000 in damages (exclusive of attorneys' fees and costs), provided that the arbitrator finds the claim to be non-frivolous. For all other claims, the allocation of AAA fees and costs shall be governed by the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules.
f. Class Action and Jury Trial Waiver
YOU AND FIRE OVER AFRICA EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
YOU AND FIRE OVER AFRICA EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND. All Disputes must be brought in the parties' individual capacities and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.
If this class action waiver is found to be unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, then that claim or request for relief shall be severed and may proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction in California, while the remaining claims shall proceed in arbitration.
Important Note Regarding California Law: California's Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA") may limit the enforceability of waivers of representative PAGA claims. To the extent that the waiver of representative proceedings in this section is found unenforceable with respect to a PAGA claim, such PAGA claim may proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction in California, while all other Disputes remain subject to individual arbitration.
g. Exceptions to Arbitration
Notwithstanding the foregoing agreement to arbitrate, either party may:
Seek injunctive or equitable relief. Either party may seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction in California to prevent irreparable harm pending the outcome of arbitration. Any such court proceeding shall be limited to the request for injunctive or equitable relief and shall not address the merits of the underlying Dispute, which shall remain subject to arbitration.
Small claims court. Either party may bring an individual action in small claims court in Contra Costa County, California for claims that qualify, provided the claim remains on an individual, non-representative, and non-class basis.
Intellectual property claims. Claims relating to the infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property rights may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in California without first submitting to arbitration.
h. Opt-Out Right
You have the right to opt out of this arbitration agreement. If you do not wish to be bound by the arbitration provisions of this Section 23, you must notify us in writing within 30 days of the date you first create an account or the date on which this arbitration clause becomes effective as to your account (whichever is later). Your opt-out notice must be sent to:
Fire Over Africa, 3341 Walnut Blvd., Suite 304, Brentwood, California, Attn: Arbitration Opt-Out
or by email to support@fireoverafrica.org with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out."
Your opt-out notice must include your name, the email address associated with your account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of the arbitration agreement. If you timely opt out, you will not be bound by the arbitration provisions of this Section 23, and all Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in California in accordance with Section 23(a). Opting out of arbitration does not affect the validity of any other provision of these Terms.
i. Survival
This arbitration agreement shall survive the termination of your account and these Terms.
j. Severability
If any provision of this Section 23 (other than the class action waiver in Section 23(f)) is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Section 23 shall remain in full force and effect. If the class action waiver is found to be unenforceable in its entirety, then this entire Section 23 (arbitration agreement) shall be null and void, and all Disputes shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in California.
24. Force Majeure
Fire Over Africa shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform any obligation under these Terms where the delay or failure results from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, government actions, pandemic, epidemic, power or internet outages, or failure of third-party services (including but not limited to Stripe, Vimeo, Apple, Google, Vercel, or Neon). During any such event, our obligations under these Terms will be suspended for the duration of the delay
25. Beta Features
From time to time, we may offer new features or functionality on an experimental, beta, or early-access basis ("Beta Features"). Beta Features are provided "as is" and "as available" without any warranty of any kind. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any Beta Feature at any time without notice or liability. Your use of any Beta Feature is at your own risk.
26. Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and access to the Services at our sole discretion, with or without cause and with or without notice, including for violation of these Terms. Upon termination, the provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive (including, without limitation, Sections 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24) shall remain in effect.
27. Notices
All notices from us to you under these Terms will be delivered by email to the address associated with your account or through an in-app notification. Notices are deemed received on the date the email is sent or the in-app notification is displayed. All notices from you to us must be sent to support@fireoverafrica.org or to Fire Over Africa, 3341 Walnut Blvd., Suite 304, Brentwood, California. Notices to us are deemed received when actually received.
28. Accessibility
We are committed to making the Services accessible to users with disabilities. If you experience any accessibility barriers when using the Services, please contact us at support@fireoverafrica.org so that we can work to address the issue.
29. Accessibility of These Terms
These Terms are accessible at all times from:
Within the mobile application (Profile or Settings screen);
On the web platform (footer of every page);
On the marketing website at gowithjesus.org (footer);
In the Apple App Store and Google Play Store listings.
30. Miscellaneous
Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Fire Over Africa regarding the Services.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. The specific severability rules in Section 23(j) shall govern in the event of a conflict with this general severability provision.
Waiver. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Assignment. You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations without restriction.
Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Terms.
31. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Support@fireoverafrica.org or Fire Over Africa, 3341 Walnut Blvd., Suite 304, Brentwood, California.