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Lifetime Membership…Joining FOCP is a lifetime adventure.
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When you join our Fellowship and begin to submit poetry, your published poems are protected under all copyright laws. The Christianpoets.com website is protected under United States Copyright Laws, The Berne Convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. All copyright is reserved to individual poets for the poetry that appears on this website. Individual members allow The Fellowship of Christian Poets to publish their work for the purpose of Christian ministry.

By submitting a poetry you are giving permission to the general public to print your poems off this website for non-commercial use only , in bulletins, newsletters, sermons, and for sharing with family and friends. However, reprinting for resale or profit, in any form, is strictly prohibited without written authorization from the individual author.

We also ask that notification be sent when an author's poem is used so we can let you know. Here are a few Links for more info on Copyright laws:

www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html
www.copyright.gov
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Here are seven good reasons why you should become
a Lifetime Member.

  • Your membership donation is tax deductible, as a contribution to an authorized non-profit Christian ministry.
  • Your gift is in support of the largest and most evangelical poetry site on the web.
  • Your gift of poetry will become a blessing to many of the over 50,000 visitors per year that currently visit our website.
  • Your inspiration will be published in the largest Christian poetry library in the world, which is an ever-growing resource for pastors, teachers and ministry leaders.
  • You will grow in your gifting by association with other Christian poets through this Fellowship.
  • You will learn more about your gifting from pointed articles that focus on style, expression, and content.
  • You will be encouraged, as a Christian and poet, through an on-line monthly Newsletter, full of tips, happenings, poetry and more.

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