Bethany Lutheran Church

Lindsborg Kansas

BACKGROUND: This policy statement is intended to guide the congregation when requests arise regarding members placing their publications on Bethany Lutheran Church's web page.

I. Only requests received from a member of the congregation are to be considered unless the council rules otherwise.
II. All requests are to be presented in writing to the Pastor or Chairman of the Council to be approved or denied by the Executive Committee. In cases where the Executive Committee has doubts about the appropriateness of the request, action is to be taken by the full council.
III. All documents placed on the web page must be prefaced by the name, address and telephone number of the author and whether or not the document may be downloaded with or without permission of the author
IV. Each document must be prefaced with a disclaimer stating that the views contained in the document are the views of the author and not necessarily the views of Bethany Lutheran Church.
V. The Executive Committee is to set a schedule of review for all documents placed on the web page and may remove a document at any time. The author is to be notified that such action has been taken.
VI. All costs of placing and maintaining the document on the web page are to be borne by the author.
VII. As a general principle, only writings that are deemed relevant to or of interest to Bethany Lutheran Church or the Church at large are to be placed on the web page.
VIII. All documents to be placed on the web page must be considered to be faithful to the Bible and Lutheran Confessions. In cases of doubt the author is to be consulted.
IX. The host site will retain the right to reject any material it deems inappropriate.
X. The host site will have the right to limit the amount of storage used.