PRIVACY POLICY

The Olive Branch Outreach Church Inc.
Effective Date: September 19, 2026

The Olive Branch Outreach Church Inc. (“Olive Branch Outreach Church,” “the Church,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information entrusted to us with care.

This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, maintain, and share information when you visit our website, communicate with us, submit information through our website, participate in ministry activities, or use services made available by Olive Branch Outreach Church.

1. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with Olive Branch Outreach Church and the features available on our website, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

Name
Email address
Telephone number
Mailing address
Prayer requests
Membership information
Ministry interests
Volunteer information
Event registration information
Newsletter or communication preferences
Information submitted through contact forms
Parent or guardian information associated with youth activities
Donation and contribution information
Other information you voluntarily provide to the Church

Our website may also automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, website activity, cookies, and similar technologies.

2. How We May Use Your Information

Information collected by Olive Branch Outreach Church may be used to:

Respond to questions, prayer requests, and other communications.
Provide information about worship services, ministries, programs, and events.
Process event, membership, ministry, volunteer, or youth registrations.
Communicate church announcements and ministry updates.
Send email newsletters or text communications when requested or authorized.
Coordinate ministry and volunteer activities.
Maintain appropriate church and administrative records.
Process and maintain records relating to charitable contributions.
Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website.
Carry out the religious, charitable, outreach, educational, and ministry purposes of Olive Branch Outreach Church.

We do not sell personal information provided to the Church.

3. Prayer Requests

Our website may allow individuals to submit prayer requests.

Prayer requests may contain personal or sensitive information. We encourage you to share only information that you are comfortable providing to the Church and not to disclose sensitive personal information about another individual without their permission.

Prayer requests may be shared with appropriate church leadership, ministry personnel, or prayer-team members when reasonably necessary to respond to the request.

Submitting a prayer request through our website is not intended for emergencies. If you are experiencing an emergency or believe someone is in immediate danger, contact the appropriate emergency services.

4. Online Giving and Charitable Contributions

Olive Branch Outreach Church is a nonprofit religious organization. Voluntary tithes, offerings, donations, and other charitable contributions may be accepted to support the Church's religious, charitable, outreach, operational, and ministry purposes.

When online giving is available through our website, transactions may be processed using third-party payment service providers.

The Church may receive information related to a contribution, including the donor's name, contact information, contribution amount, transaction date, designation, and payment status.

Payment-card numbers, bank-account information, and similar financial information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment provider rather than stored by Olive Branch Outreach Church.

Contribution acknowledgments or giving records may be provided when applicable.

Donors are responsible for consulting their own tax or financial advisers regarding the tax treatment or deductibility of individual contributions.

Additional terms regarding contributions may be provided in the Church's Giving & Donation Policy.

5. Designated Contributions

From time to time, Olive Branch Outreach Church may provide opportunities to contribute toward particular ministries, programs, outreach activities, projects, or other purposes.

The Church will make reasonable efforts to use designated contributions consistently with their stated charitable or ministry purpose.

Unless otherwise required by applicable law or a legally enforceable restriction accepted by the Church, contributions remain subject to the Church's appropriate oversight and administration.

Our Giving & Donation Policy may contain additional information regarding designated contributions.

6. Email Communications

If you voluntarily provide your email address or subscribe to Church communications, we may use your email address to send:

Church announcements
Ministry updates
Event information
Service reminders
Newsletters
Volunteer information
Other communications related to Olive Branch Outreach Church

Where applicable, you may unsubscribe from nonessential or promotional email communications by using the unsubscribe option provided in those communications.

Certain administrative communications may still be necessary when you have registered for an event, requested information, volunteered for a ministry, made a contribution, or otherwise requested services from the Church.

7. Text Messages and Mobile Communications

If SMS/text messaging is offered, individuals may voluntarily provide their mobile telephone number and provide appropriate consent to receive text messages from The Olive Branch Outreach Church Inc.

Messages may include service information, event reminders, ministry updates, weather or schedule changes, and other Church communications. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. Consent to receive promotional text messages is not a condition of making a donation, attending the Church, or participating in Church services.

SMS opt-in data and consent will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile telephone numbers and SMS consent information will only be used as necessary to provide the text messaging services requested, administer Church communications, or as otherwise required by law.

By contacting us via SMS with your mobile number, you consent to receive customer care text messages from OLIVE BRANCH OUTREACH CHURCH. Msg&Data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Text HELP for help. Reply "STOP" at any time to opt out.

8. Children and Youth Information

Olive Branch Outreach Church provides ministries and activities for children and youth.

When personal information about a minor is required for registration or participation, we intend for the information to be submitted by, or with the involvement of, the child's parent or legal guardian.

Information collected for youth ministry activities may include information reasonably necessary for registration, emergency contact, attendance, safety, communication, and ministry administration.

Parents and guardians should not submit more information about a child than reasonably necessary for the particular ministry or activity.

The Church does not intend its website to be used to knowingly solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

9. Photographs, Video, Livestreaming, and Church Services

Worship services, church events, ministry programs, classes, outreach activities, and other Church gatherings may be photographed, recorded, livestreamed, or otherwise documented.

Photographs and recordings may appear on the Church's website, social-media accounts, livestream platforms, ministry materials, or other Church communications.

We recognize that additional care may be appropriate when photographs or recordings involve children and youth.

If you have a concern regarding a specific photograph or recording published by the Church, please contact us.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to or integrate with third-party services, including services used for:

Online giving
Payment processing
Event registration
Email communication
Text messaging
Social media
Video and livestreaming
Website analytics
Maps
Other ministry or technology services

These third parties may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

Olive Branch Outreach Church does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites or services.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information through those services.

11. Wix and Website Hosting

The Olive Branch Outreach Church website is created and/or hosted using services provided by Wix.

As our website platform provider, Wix and services integrated with Wix may process certain information necessary to provide website functionality, security, hosting, analytics, and other website services.

Information processed by Wix is also subject to Wix's applicable privacy practices and policies.

12. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to operate properly. Other technologies may assist with functionality, analytics, security, performance, or understanding how visitors interact with the website.

Where applicable, visitors may be provided with choices regarding nonessential cookies through the website's cookie-consent tools.

Your browser may also allow you to control certain cookies through its settings.

13. How We Share Information

Olive Branch Outreach Church may share information when reasonably necessary with:

Authorized Church leadership
Ministry leaders and volunteers who need information to perform their responsibilities
Service providers assisting with website hosting, communications, registration, donations, technology, or administration
Professional advisers when reasonably necessary
Governmental or legal authorities when disclosure is required by applicable law

We do not sell personal information.” SMS opt-in data, mobile telephone numbers, and SMS consent will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.

14. Protecting Personal Information

Olive Branch Outreach Church seeks to use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information we maintain.

Access to personal information should be limited to individuals who reasonably need the information to perform Church, ministry, administrative, financial, safeguarding, or legal responsibilities.

However, no website, internet transmission, email system, electronic communication, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

15. Retention of Information

We may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the ministry, administrative, financial, legal, safeguarding, or recordkeeping purposes for which the information was collected.

Certain information, including financial contribution records and other Church records, may be retained for longer periods when reasonably necessary or required by law.

16. Your Choices and Requests

You may contact Olive Branch Outreach Church if you would like to:

Correct or update personal information you previously provided.
Ask questions about information you submitted.
Request removal from certain Church communications.
Ask questions about our privacy practices.
Raise concerns regarding a photograph or video.
Request information regarding how your personal information is being handled.

Some information may need to be retained when reasonably necessary for financial, legal, safeguarding, administrative, or recordkeeping purposes.

17. External Links

Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by organizations other than Olive Branch Outreach Church.

Providing a link does not mean that the Church controls the privacy, security, content, or practices of that third party.

Visitors should review the applicable policies of external websites before providing personal information.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Olive Branch Outreach Church may update this Privacy Policy periodically as our ministries, website features, technology, service providers, or legal requirements change.

When the policy is materially revised, the updated version may be posted on our website with a revised effective date.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

19. Contact Us

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of Olive Branch Outreach Church may be directed to:

The Olive Branch Outreach Church Inc.
3724 Cypress Creek Pkwy., Ste. 320
Houston, TX 77068
Phone: (281) 826-6005
Website: myolivebranchoc.org

Privacy/Administrative Email: contact@myolivebranchoc.org