Privacy Policy

Ebenezer French SDA Church
851 Constitution Rd SE
Atlanta, GA 30315

Effective Date: August 20, 2026
Last Updated: August 20, 2026

Ebenezer French SDA Church (“Ebenezer,” “the Church,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect personal information when you interact with Ebenezer French SDA Church, including when you:

Visit our website or registration pages;

Complete an event registration form;

Register through a Facebook or Instagram advertisement;

Communicate with us by telephone, text message, email, or social media;

Attend one of our church events;

Participate in visitor programs, giveaways, or other church activities; or

Otherwise provide information to Ebenezer French SDA Church.

By providing your information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.


1. Information We May Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.

A. Contact Information

We may collect information such as:

First name;

Last name;

Email address;

Mobile telephone number;

Mailing address, if voluntarily provided; and

Other contact information you choose to provide.


B. Event Registration Information

When you register for a church program or event, including the Grande Croisade Évangélique 2026, we may collect information such as:

Your name;

Telephone number;

Email address;

Number of people expected to attend with you;

Whether transportation assistance is requested;

Event registration status;

Attendance or check-in status;

Visitor giveaway eligibility status; and

Other information reasonably necessary to administer the event.

We attempt to collect only the information reasonably necessary to manage registrations, communicate event information, and provide church services.


C. Visitor Giveaway Information

For certain events, Ebenezer French SDA Church may offer items to visitors, including, but not limited to:

Gas cards;

Gift cards;

Diapers;

Household or family items; and

Other promotional or donated gifts.

We may use your registration information to:

Confirm that you registered;

Verify your identity at check-in;

Determine whether you are eligible to participate in a visitor giveaway;

Record that a giveaway item has been distributed; and

Help prevent duplicate claims or misuse of limited giveaway inventory.

Registration may be required to participate in certain visitor giveaways.

Registration does not guarantee that you will receive a gift or any particular gift. Gifts may be limited and are available while supplies last.


2. Information Collected Through Facebook and Instagram

We may advertise church events through Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.

If you submit information through a Facebook or Instagram Instant Form, Meta may collect your information on our behalf and transmit the information you submitted to Ebenezer French SDA Church and our customer relationship management system.

Information received from a Meta Lead Form may include:

Name;

Email address;

Telephone number;

Responses to registration questions; and

Information about the advertisement or campaign through which you registered.

Meta may separately collect information about your use of Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta services in accordance with Meta's own privacy policies and terms.

Ebenezer French SDA Church does not control Meta's independent collection or use of information on Meta platforms.


3. GoHighLevel and Our CRM

Ebenezer French SDA Church may use GoHighLevel/HighLevel as a customer relationship management, communication, registration, marketing, and automation platform.

Information you submit to us may be stored or processed through HighLevel.

We may use HighLevel to:

Store registration information;

Maintain contact records;

Manage event registrations;

Track event attendance;

Track visitor giveaway status;

Send confirmation messages;

Send event reminders;

Send emails;

Send text messages where permitted;

Manage transportation requests;

Send internal notifications to authorized church staff;

Maintain communication history; and

Measure the effectiveness of church outreach campaigns.

Service providers that process information for us are expected to use the information only for authorized purposes and subject to their applicable agreements and privacy obligations.


4. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information for purposes including:

Event Administration

To:

Process registrations;

Confirm registrations;

Organize attendance;

Manage visitor check-in;

Coordinate transportation;

Manage event logistics; and

Administer visitor programs and giveaways.

Communications

To communicate with you about:

Your registration;

Event dates and times;

Event reminders;

Location and directions;

Schedule changes;

Transportation information;

Church activities you have requested information about; and

Follow-up relating to events you attended.

Church Ministry

We may use information to support legitimate church ministry activities, including:

Visitor follow-up;

Responding to questions;

Connecting visitors with requested ministries;

Providing information about future programs; and

Maintaining appropriate church records.

Security and Fraud Prevention

We may use information to:

Protect our systems;

Protect event participants;

Prevent misuse or fraudulent registrations;

Prevent duplicate giveaway claims; and

Investigate suspicious activity.

Analytics and Improvement

We may analyze registration and campaign information to understand:

How people learned about our programs;

Which advertisements or outreach methods performed effectively;

Registration volume;

Attendance patterns; and

How we can improve future church outreach.


5. SMS/Text Message Communications

If you voluntarily provide your mobile number and affirmatively agree to receive text messages, Ebenezer French SDA Church may send you SMS or MMS communications related to your registration or church events.

Messages may include:

Registration confirmations;

Event reminders;

Schedule updates;

Location information;

Transportation updates;

Event-related announcements; and

Other communications you have agreed to receive.

SMS Consent

Your consent to receive text messages is voluntary.

Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of registering for an event, attending the church, participating in an event, or being eligible for a visitor giveaway.

Message frequency may vary.

Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying:

STOP

You may request assistance by replying:

HELP

After you opt out, we may send a final message confirming that you have been unsubscribed.

We will not intentionally continue sending marketing or promotional SMS messages after a valid opt-out request, except where communication is legally permitted or necessary to respond to a request you initiated.


6. Email Communications

If you provide your email address, we may send email communications concerning:

Your registration;

Event confirmations;

Event reminders;

Schedule updates;

Relevant church information; and

Other communications you have requested or consented to receive.

Where applicable, promotional emails may include instructions for unsubscribing.

You may also contact us directly to request removal from non-essential email communications.


7. How We Share Information

Ebenezer French SDA Church does not sell your personal information for money.

We may disclose information to third parties when reasonably necessary to operate our services.

These parties may include:

Technology Providers

Providers that help us operate:

Websites;

Registration forms;

CRM systems;

Email services;

SMS services;

Cloud storage;

Analytics;

Advertising;

Communications; and

Security.

Meta

If you register through Facebook or Instagram, information necessarily passes through Meta systems.

Where enabled, we may also provide limited event or conversion information to Meta for purposes such as:

Advertisement measurement;

Campaign reporting;

Attribution;

Improving campaign performance; and

Understanding whether advertising resulted in registrations.

Authorized Church Personnel

Registration information may be accessible to authorized pastors, leaders, volunteers, administrators, or ministry personnel who need the information to:

Manage the event;

Process registrations;

Assist visitors;

Coordinate transportation;

Administer giveaways;

Conduct follow-up; or

Perform other legitimate church responsibilities.

We expect authorized personnel to treat personal information responsibly and confidentially.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

Comply with applicable law;

Respond to lawful court orders, subpoenas, or government requests;

Protect the safety, rights, or property of the Church or others;

Investigate fraud or misuse; or

Enforce applicable policies.


8. Advertising and Campaign Measurement

Ebenezer French SDA Church may use advertising services offered by platforms such as:

Facebook;

Instagram;

Meta;

Google;

YouTube; and

Other advertising or social-media platforms.

These platforms may provide us with information about campaign performance such as:

Advertisement impressions;

Clicks;

Registrations;

Leads;

Cost per registration;

General geographic information;

Device information; and

Campaign attribution.

Where advertising conversion tools or server-side integrations are enabled, limited event information may be shared with advertising platforms for campaign measurement and optimization.

We do not intentionally provide advertising platforms with sensitive personal information for targeted advertising purposes.


9. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our websites or pages may use cookies, pixels, tracking technologies, or similar tools.

These technologies may help us:

Keep websites functioning correctly;

Understand website traffic;

Measure campaign effectiveness;

Determine how visitors arrive at our pages;

Improve website performance; and

Measure registrations resulting from advertising campaigns.

Third-party services may also use cookies or similar technologies according to their own policies.

Depending on your browser, device, and applicable law, you may be able to limit or disable certain cookies through browser or device settings.

Disabling some technologies may affect website functionality.


10. Information We Do Not Intentionally Request

Unless necessary for a particular ministry purpose and separately disclosed, our crusade registration forms are not designed to request sensitive information such as:

Social Security numbers;

Financial account numbers;

Credit card information;

Government identification numbers;

Medical diagnoses;

Detailed health records; or

Other highly sensitive information.

Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive personal information through event registration forms.


11. Children

Our online event registration forms are intended to be completed by adults or by a parent or legal guardian acting on behalf of a household.

We do not knowingly use our general event registration forms to collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

Parents or guardians may include children in the total number of people attending an event without providing separate personal contact information for each child.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us so that we can review the situation.


12. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for:

Event administration;

Church ministry purposes;

Visitor follow-up;

Recordkeeping;

Security;

Fraud prevention;

Compliance with legal obligations; and

Other legitimate organizational purposes.

Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information.

For example, event attendance information may be retained longer than temporary campaign analytics if it becomes part of an appropriate church ministry record.

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely archive it, subject to applicable operational and legal requirements.


13. Data Security

Ebenezer French SDA Church takes reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures designed to protect personal information from:

Unauthorized access;

Unauthorized disclosure;

Loss;

Misuse;

Alteration; and

Destruction.

However, no website, electronic transmission, cloud system, email system, or database can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted electronically.


14. Your Choices and Requests

Depending on applicable law and the nature of your relationship with us, you may contact us to request that we:

Correct inaccurate contact information;

Update your registration information;

Stop sending non-essential emails;

Stop sending SMS messages;

Remove you from certain communication lists;

Provide information about data we maintain about you; or

Delete certain personal information where appropriate and legally permitted.

To request that SMS messages stop, reply:

STOP

You may also contact us using the contact information at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain privacy requests.

Some information may be retained when necessary for:

Legal compliance;

Security;

Fraud prevention;

Recordkeeping;

Resolving disputes; or

Other legitimate organizational purposes.


15. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our websites, advertisements, social-media posts, emails, or text messages may contain links to third-party websites or services.

Examples may include:

Facebook;

Instagram;

Google;

YouTube;

Mapping services;

Registration services; and

Other websites.

Once you leave an Ebenezer-controlled page, the third party's own privacy policies and terms may apply.

We are not responsible for the independent privacy practices of third-party websites or platforms.


16. Transportation Requests

If you indicate that you need transportation assistance, your contact information and transportation request may be shared with authorized church personnel or volunteers responsible for transportation coordination.

This information should be used only as reasonably necessary to contact you and coordinate transportation related to the church event.


17. Visitor Check-In and Giveaway Verification

Visitors who register for a giveaway-related event may be asked to provide information such as their:

Name; or

Telephone number

when arriving at the church.

This information may be used to locate the visitor's registration record.

Our team may update the visitor's record to indicate statuses such as:

Registered

Checked In

Attended

or

Gift Received

These records help us administer limited visitor gifts fairly and efficiently.


18. Photography and Video at Church Events

Church events may be photographed, livestreamed, or recorded for ministry, archival, communication, or promotional purposes.

This Privacy Policy does not itself constitute a release for uses that would legally require separate permission.

Where individual consent or a separate media release is required, we may request it separately.

If you have concerns regarding photography or video at an event, please speak with an event organizer.


19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:

Changes in church operations;

Changes in technology;

Changes in services;

New communication platforms;

Changes to our registration process; or

Applicable legal requirements.

When we make material updates, we may revise the:

Last Updated

date displayed at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.


20. Contact Ebenezer French SDA Church

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, event registration, or communication preferences, please contact:

Ebenezer French SDA Church

851 Constitution Rd SE
Atlanta, GA 30315

Email: [INSERT CHURCH PRIVACY/CONTACT EMAIL]

Phone: [INSERT CHURCH PHONE NUMBER]

Website: [INSERT CHURCH WEBSITE]

For privacy-related requests, please include enough information for us to identify your record and understand your request.


21. Grande Croisade Évangélique 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to registration information collected for:

Grande Croisade Évangélique

Dates: August 29 – September 12, 2026

Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location:
Ebenezer French SDA Church
851 Constitution Rd SE
Atlanta, GA 30315

Theme:
“En route vers la maison du Père”

Speaker:
Pasteur Jocelin Belizaire

Registration information submitted in connection with this event may be used as described in this Privacy Policy, including for registration administration, communication, visitor check-in, transportation coordination, giveaway administration, attendance tracking, and appropriate church follow-up.