Guidelines for Equipping the Saints Study Forum

Here are a couple of guidelines for using the Forum. You must register at the Equipping the Saints Study Forum before you can participate, so don't forget to do that. Remember ...

• No Denomination Bashing. This study group believes in and practices the unity of the Church. We come from many different backgrounds and traditions -- Catholic, Orthodox, Reformed, Mainline Protestant, Pentecostal, Baptist, Non-demonational, denominational, to name a few. Some may not yet have become Christians. Thus we discourage criticizing other denominations. Our focus, service and unity is in Jesus Christ and the Word of God.

• Practice a gentle, loving Spirit. You may not agree with everyone's opinion you see on the Forum. Feel free to disagree in love and state your reasons. This way we can learn from each other. But if your motive is to set everyone straight, please don't bother. Critical and Judgmental comments are not welcome, and posters whose comments don't demonstrate a loving spirit will be removed and banned without notice. If you notice such a comment and we haven't please email us and let us know.

• Removing Comments. We trim comments on the Forum occasionally, so don't be offended if your comments aren't listed forever. We and our visitors enjoy hearing from you so it will only be if we deem it necessary.

• Stay On Topic. It's important not to wander off-topic in this Forum. If your comment isn't on the topic of the Bible text we're studying, please "hold that thought." This isn't a "Christian chat" but a focused Bible study. Even so, we'll try to make sure we add a topic for quick tips and insights at the end of each study.

• Be Discrete. Share carefully, realizing that many other people will be reading. Don't share things that are too personal. Though you'll give your e-mail to register as a Forum member - it will be hidden unless you request to reveal it, please don't share your e-mail address openly in your Forum postings, since that will get you picked up by spambots and added to a spam list. But if you'd like to e-mail another Forum member you can do that going through the Forum itself.

• No ADS, Promotions, website addresses within user names. We encourage you not to waste your time. All sign-ups and/or posts of this kind will be deleted without notice. We also encourage all legitimate Bible study forum students to report any abuse of our policy or posts of this kind. With your help, we will create an Internet atmosphere that God can use to impact the lives of His people.

Thank you. Have a blessed study.

Helping leaders and supporters in the local church,
--Team at Armorbearers International

P.S. Special Note to Old Forum members: Thank you for your past participation. You may know or may not know - we had to disable the old forum once again until we could figure out how to get a handle on the spam. It was not designed to give place or voice to shameless ads, hate and porn. So here we are again, giving it another try. This time some features are disabled and others protected to avoid the problem again. We offer our most humble apologies but you will have to sign up again if you want to participate. I sure you hope you do; its going to be fun hearing from people all over the world! So don't miss out - see you in the forum. --earma CLICK HERE to sign up.