Terms & Conditions
Last updated: 11 September 2026
1. About These Terms
Welcome to The Shepherd’s Mandate.
These Terms & Conditions govern your use of The Shepherd’s Mandate website and the content and resources made available through it.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the website.
The Shepherd’s Mandate is a Christian ministry committed to helping people know the Good Shepherd, follow His voice, grow in His truth, and faithfully live His mission.
We are currently in the process of establishing the ministry’s formal charitable structure. These Terms & Conditions therefore do not describe The Shepherd’s Mandate as a registered charity.
2. Using This Website
You may use this website for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms & Conditions.
You may:
- read and access our publicly available content;
- watch or listen to our ministry resources;
- use the 90-Day Journey and other resources for personal or ministry-related learning;
- share links to our website and publicly available content; and
- contact us through the channels provided on the website.
You must not use the website:
- for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose;
- to attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, its systems, or accounts;
- to interfere with the security or proper operation of the website;
- to introduce malicious software or other harmful material;
- to impersonate another person or organisation; or
- in a way that could damage, disrupt, or misuse the website or ministry.
We reserve the right to restrict or suspend access to the website where reasonably necessary to protect the website, its users, or The Shepherd’s Mandate.
3. Our Ministry Content
The Shepherd’s Mandate provides Christian teaching, biblical resources, articles, videos, devotional material, leadership resources, and other ministry content.
Our content is intended to encourage people to engage with Scripture, consider the claims of the Gospel, grow in faith, and live faithfully as followers of Jesus Christ.
We seek to present our teaching carefully and faithfully according to our understanding of the Bible.
However, website content should not be understood as personalised professional advice or services, including legal, financial, medical, counselling, or other professional advice or services.
Where a matter requires professional advice or assistance, you should seek an appropriately qualified professional.
4. Bible and Spiritual Content
The Shepherd’s Mandate is a Christian ministry and our teaching is presented from a Christian, Bible-centred perspective.
Our content is intended to encourage personal engagement with the Bible and, ultimately, with Jesus Christ.
The views and interpretations expressed in our teaching represent the ministry’s understanding of Scripture. Visitors remain responsible for considering the teaching carefully and examining Scripture for themselves.
The Shepherd’s Mandate does not claim that every article, video, interpretation, or explanation will answer every theological question or reflect every Christian tradition or denomination.
Our aim is to point people toward the authority of God’s Word and the person and work of Jesus Christ.
5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the website and its original content are owned by The Shepherd’s Mandate or used with appropriate permission.
This includes, where applicable:
- written materials;
- articles and devotional content;
- video and audio content;
- graphics and original artwork;
- logos and branding;
- website design elements;
- the 90-Day Journey and its original materials; and
- other original ministry resources.
These materials are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Some materials appearing on the website, including Bible quotations, third-party resources, logos, images, or other materials, may be subject to the rights of their respective copyright owners or licensors. Such material remains subject to the applicable permissions and licence terms.
You may access and use publicly available content for personal, educational, or reasonable ministry purposes, provided that you do not reproduce, republish, or commercially exploit substantial portions of our original content without permission.
You must not:
- claim our original material as your own;
- remove or alter copyright, attribution, or other ownership notices;
- reproduce substantial portions of our content for commercial purposes without permission;
- sell or commercially exploit our original materials without permission; or
- substantially modify or republish our content in a way that misrepresents its source or meaning.
You are welcome to share links to our website and publicly available resources so that others can access the original material.
If you would like to reproduce, adapt, or otherwise reuse substantial portions of our content, please contact us first.
6. User Submissions
If you contact The Shepherd’s Mandate through our website or email, you remain responsible for the information you choose to provide and for ensuring that you have the right to share it with us.
This may include questions, comments, encouragement, testimonies, prayer requests, or other communications.
By submitting information to us, you confirm that, to the best of your knowledge, you have the right to provide it and that doing so does not knowingly violate another person’s rights.
We may use information you provide to respond to your message and otherwise handle it in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We do not automatically publish or publicly share private communications simply because they have been submitted to us.
If we ever wish to publish a person’s testimony, quotation, or other identifiable contribution, we will seek appropriate permission where required.
7. External Links
The website may contain links to external websites, platforms, or services, including YouTube.
These links are provided for convenience, information, or further resources.
We do not control external websites and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, cookies, or terms.
When you follow an external link, you leave The Shepherd’s Mandate website and become subject to the terms and policies of the external service.
We encourage you to review the relevant terms and privacy information of external websites before using them or providing personal information.
8. Website Availability
We aim to keep the website available, secure, and functioning properly.
However, we cannot guarantee that the website or any particular content or resource will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, or free from technical problems.
We may temporarily suspend, modify, restrict, or discontinue parts of the website where reasonably necessary, including for:
- maintenance;
- security;
- technical changes;
- updates;
- improvements; or
- circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
We may also change, update, remove, or replace website content from time to time.
9. No Guarantee of Results
The Shepherd’s Mandate provides its content and resources to encourage biblical understanding, spiritual growth, discipleship, leadership development, and faithful Christian living.
However, we do not guarantee any particular personal, spiritual, ministry, leadership, or other outcome from using our resources.
Spiritual growth and the application of biblical teaching involve personal circumstances, choices, relationships, and many factors outside our control.
Our resources are intended to encourage and equip, not to promise particular results.
10. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, The Shepherd’s Mandate will not be responsible for losses or damage arising from your use of the website or reliance on its content where those losses or damage result from circumstances outside our reasonable control or from your use of the website in a way that is not reasonably foreseeable.
This includes, where permitted by law, losses arising from:
- temporary website unavailability;
- technical problems;
- reliance on information provided through the website;
- external websites or services; or
- circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
Nothing in these Terms & Conditions excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.
Nothing in these Terms & Conditions affects your statutory rights or any liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms & Conditions from time to time to reflect:
- changes to the website;
- changes to our services or resources;
- changes in how the ministry operates;
- changes in applicable law or regulatory requirements; or
- developments in The Shepherd’s Mandate’s organisational structure.
When we make significant changes, we will update the date shown at the beginning of these Terms & Conditions.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
If you do not agree to updated Terms & Conditions, you should stop using the website.
12. Governing Law
These Terms & Conditions and your use of this website are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Any disputes arising in connection with these Terms & Conditions or your use of the website will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, subject to any applicable legal rights or requirements.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms & Conditions or the use of this website, please contact us:
The Shepherd’s Mandate
Email: theshepherdsmandate@hotmail.com
For information about how we handle personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
Our Commitment
The Shepherd’s Mandate exists to point people toward Jesus Christ, encourage faithfulness to God’s Word, develop faithful disciples and leaders, and strengthen Gospel witness.
We seek to operate this website with honesty, integrity, responsibility, and respect for every person who engages with the ministry.
Follow Christ. Lead Like Christ. Proclaim Christ.