As this club grows we as founders want to let each of you know how very important you are to this club. We would like to extend a hand of welcome to each new person and a big thank you to the members who have been here for a while. This club has been greatly blessed to have a family of members who truly care for each other. Time after time we have seen someone come here hurting, searching, grieving and others reach out in love to them. I know I am blessed to be here with each of you.

In any large group there has to be some guidelines for things to work together. Keeping that in mind the founders after much prayer have established the following guidelines.

On the message board we do NOT allow any solicitation, advertising, links that lead to anything that points to any non Christian beliefs. We also request that politics not be a part of this board . One other is that no last names be used( exception of our own if we choose) due to the risk of an innocent person being harassed if located or embarrassed by having what they might have considered private being made public. We are concerned about the safety and security of those we pray for here and know that not all who come here to read the posts do so with honorable intentions

This is a Christian club. The basis for our beliefs is outlined in The First Step Toward Better Relationships (How To Have Eternal Life) and Eternal Life! Eternal Or Temporary? both found on this link:

http://www.shatterdmen.com/linkpage.htm

we recommend all to read them. While the basis of our beliefs are common there are many denominational doctrines can lead into quite a bit of controversy. We do not allow debates in this club. There are debate clubs available for that. Now there is a big difference between a short discussion and a debate and we do not wish to deny discussions but debates will be stopped quickly. If you wish to reply to another's post and disagree it would be good to limit it and to include scripture back up

The founders do not enjoy deleting posts and only do it when we feel it is necessary. We feel that God has entrusted us as shepherds with the responsibility of founder and we do take it seriously.

We also take things in the chat room seriously. During the scheduled chats we request that typing only be used with the exception of any who have a physical disability that makes the unable to type. It gets very confusing when voice is used especially as we have several members without voice capability. The chats begin with a few minutes of greeting followed by prayer and praise time then discussion of the topic that the chat leaders have prepared. This does not mean that we do not follow the Holy Spirits leading because we do and many times have left our topic behind. However it is not permissible for any one person to try to overrun that chat an monopolize it as it is for everyone. Sometimes the chat leader or one of the founders may ask a person to allow us to continue on topic at hand or they make a special request to someone in private im. Often we have knowledge that has to be kept confidential that requires us to try to steer the chat along a certain line. Please try to be understanding if this should occur. We really do not want to make it look as if we are trying to control everything but are trying to have the chat flow in a smooth manner and at the same time reach out to some who do not yet know Christ as their personal Savior
 

See Policy for GODS REST PRAYER ROOM 2000