Terms of Service

The short version

• Sermonwright is a study tool. You own what you create with it. We own the platform that helps you create it.
• Subscriptions auto-renew until you cancel. You can cancel at any time from your account or by emailing us; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
• AI-generated output is a draft, not a sermon. The validator flags claims that need verification. The minister is responsible for what they preach.
• Don’t use the Service to abuse, attack, or scrape it; for anything illegal; or to bulk-generate content for resale.
• We provide the Service “as is,” with limited liability, because we are honest about what AI tools can and cannot guarantee. The full disclaimers are below.

The full Terms follow. The plain-English summary above does not replace them.

Acceptance of these terms

By creating an account, signing in, or using any part of the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, don’t use the Service.

If you are using the Service on behalf of a church, ministry, or other organization, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization, and “you” in these Terms refers both to you individually and to that organization.

Who can use Sermonwright

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account. You must not be barred from using the Service under the laws of your jurisdiction or any sanctions list applicable to us.

The Service is built for ministers, theological students, and others doing serious study of the biblical text. It is not a general-purpose chatbot, and the Terms reflect that intended use.

Your account

You are responsible for the security of your account and for everything that happens under it. Use a strong, unique sign-in method (we currently support Google and Apple OAuth via Clerk). Notify us promptly at support@sermonwright.com if you suspect your account has been used without your authorization.

One account per person. Don’t share an account across multiple ministers; team and church accounts are on the roadmap and will be offered when available.

Subscriptions and billing

Most features of the Service require a paid subscription. Plan pricing and what each plan includes are listed at sermonwright.com/pricing and may change from time to time as described under “Changes to these terms.”

Billing. Subscriptions are billed in advance through Stripe, our payments processor, on a monthly recurring basis (or annually, where an annual plan is offered). By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method for the plan fee, plus any applicable taxes, on each renewal date until you cancel.

Renewal. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period at the then-current price for your plan. We will give reasonable notice before any price change takes effect on your account.

Cancellation. You can cancel at any time from your account settings or by emailing support@sermonwright.com. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep access until then. We do not pro-rate refunds for partial billing periods.

Refunds. Subscription fees are non-refundable except where required by applicable law. If you believe you have been charged in error, contact us within 30 days of the charge and we will review the claim in good faith.

Failed payments. If a charge fails, we may retry the charge, suspend access to the Service, or downgrade your account. We will give you a chance to update your payment method before any account is closed for non-payment.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service to break the law, infringe anyone’s rights, or harass any person.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape at scale, overwhelm with automated traffic, or otherwise interfere with the operation of the Service.
• Bypass or attempt to bypass rate limits, billing, authentication, or any other protective mechanism of the Service.
• Use the Service to bulk-generate content for resale, to power a competing AI product, or to build a derivative dataset.
• Submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, or designed to extract personal information about a third party.
• Misrepresent the Service’s output as having been verified or endorsed by Sermonwright when it has not been.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section. Where a violation is unintentional and easy to fix, we’ll usually contact you first.

Your content and ours

Your content. The passages, prompts, and other inputs you submit to the Service, and the output the Service generates in response, are yours. You can export, edit, and use the output for sermon preparation, teaching, publication, or any other lawful purpose. We do not claim ownership of your sermons.

To operate the Service, you grant us a limited, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, transmit, process, and display your content for the purpose of providing the Service to you. This license terminates when you delete the content or your account, subject to short-term backup retention as described in the Privacy Policy.

Our content. The Sermonwright platform — the website, application, source code, generation pipeline, validator, design system, brand, and documentation — is owned by us and protected by intellectual property law. These Terms do not transfer any of our rights to you beyond the right to use the Service while your subscription is active.

Feedback. If you send us ideas, bug reports, or feature requests, we may use them without obligation to you. We won’t identify you publicly as the source of feedback without your permission.

About AI-generated output

Sermonwright uses large language models to generate sermon prep. The output is a research draft, not a finished sermon, and it is not a substitute for the minister’s own study, theology, or pastoral judgment.

The validator flags claims in the output that may require verification before preaching — historical context, lexical claims, cross-references, and quotations especially. We work hard to make the validator catch fabrication, but no automated system is perfect. The minister is responsible for verifying every claim before it crosses the pulpit.

We do not warrant that any specific output is theologically correct, factually accurate, free of errors, or suitable for any particular sermon, congregation, or denomination. We make commitments about how we operate the Service (in these Terms and our editorial policy); we do not make commitments about the outputs of any single generation.

Third-party services

The Service relies on third-party providers — currently Anthropic (model inference), Clerk (authentication), Stripe (payments), and Netlify (hosting). When you use the Service, you are also subject to those providers’ terms and privacy policies for the data they handle on our behalf, as described in the Privacy Policy.

The Service may include links to third-party websites or documentation (for example, links from a Strong’s entry to a lexicon’s online edition). We are not responsible for the content, terms, or privacy practices of those third-party sites.

Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, non-infringement, and uninterrupted operation. We do not warrant that the Service will be error-free, that every output will be accurate, or that the Service will meet your specific requirements.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties; in those jurisdictions, the exclusions in this section apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sermonwright and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (a) your use of or inability to use the Service; (b) any content obtained from the Service; or (c) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or content.

Our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the Service in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions, the limitations in this section apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Sermonwright and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Service, your content, or your violation of these Terms.

Termination

You can terminate your account at any time by canceling your subscription and requesting account deletion at support@sermonwright.com.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service if you materially violate these Terms, if your account remains unpaid after reasonable notice, if continuing to provide the Service would expose us to legal risk, or if we discontinue the Service in whole or in part. Where practical, we will give you advance notice and an opportunity to export your content before termination.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law) will survive.

Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. You and we agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, except where applicable law requires otherwise. You and we each waive the right to a jury trial to the extent permitted by law.

Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable rights you may have under the law of your country of residence.

Changes to these terms

When we change these Terms, we update the “Last updated” date at the top of the page. For material changes — anything that affects your rights, our obligations, pricing, or how the Service works — we will give notice in the product and by email at least 14 days before the change takes effect, so you have time to review and, if you choose, cancel before the change applies.

Continued use of the Service after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.

Contact us

For questions about these Terms or anything else covered here:

support@sermonwright.com

Our privacy policy is at sermonwright.com/privacy. Our editorial policy on AI generation and verification lives at sermonwright.com/policy.