Effective Date: 8/13/2026
Welcome to The Shepherd’s Tool® (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining your trust. The Shepherd’s Tool® exists to help individuals share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, grow as disciples, connect with others, and access encouragement, guidance, and support resources.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share information when you use our website, applications, services, and related tools (collectively, the “Platform”).
By using The Shepherd’s Tool®, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We collect information necessary to provide, improve, protect, and personalize our services.
When you register or interact with The Shepherd’s Tool®, we may collect:
We do not intentionally collect information that is unnecessary for fulfilling the mission and services of The Shepherd’s Tool®.
A core feature of The Shepherd’s Tool® allows users to share Gospel messages and view the impact of those shares.
To provide this feature, we may collect and display information such as:
The purpose of this information is to encourage discipleship, spiritual growth, and responsible follow-up.
We do not sell Impact Tree information or use it for advertising purposes.
The Shepherd’s Tool® may provide access to discipleship resources, guidance, community support, and connections to organizations or service providers.
Information shared through support requests may be used to:
Only information necessary to provide assistance will be used or shared.
We may use information collected to:
The Shepherd’s Tool® may offer optional paid features, sponsorship opportunities, or ways to financially support the mission.
Payment information is processed through secure third-party payment providers. We do not store full credit card or banking information on our systems.
Payment-related information may be used for:
We respect your privacy. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.
We may share limited information only:
The Shepherd’s Tool® may connect users with churches, ministries, nonprofits, and community organizations.
Partner organizations are responsible for their own privacy practices when users choose to interact directly with them.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of any third-party organization.
The Shepherd’s Tool® values the protection of children and families.
The Platform is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age required by applicable law without appropriate parental or guardian consent.
If we discover that information has been collected improperly from a child, we will take appropriate steps to remove it.
We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.
However, no online platform can guarantee complete security. Users are encouraged to protect their login information and notify us of any unauthorized account activity.
By creating an account, you may receive messages related to:
You may adjust communication preferences where available.
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary to:
Users may request account deletion according to available procedures.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically as The Shepherd’s Tool® grows and new features are added.
Updated versions will include a revised effective date.
Continued use of the Platform after updates means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us:
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