1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Christia (the "Service"). The Service is operated by Andrew Stringer ("we," "us," or "our"), an individual based in the United States. By creating an account or otherwise using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.

2. Description of the Service

Christia is an AI-assisted spiritual companion that provides guided conversation, scripture study, journaling, reflection prompts, goal tracking, and optional community features. The Service includes a free tier with daily usage limits, paid personal subscriptions, and group or organizational subscriptions. Features, tiers, and pricing may change over time.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. By using the Service you represent that you meet this age requirement and that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. The Service is not intended for users under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. See Section 10 of the Privacy Policy.

4. Accounts

You may create an account using an email and password or by signing in with Google. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us promptly at admin@christia.ai if you suspect unauthorized access. One person may not maintain multiple accounts for the purpose of circumventing free-tier limits, referral rewards, or enforcement actions.

5. Subscriptions, Billing, and Refunds

5.1 Free trial. New subscribers may be offered a time-limited free trial. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your subscription will automatically convert to a paid subscription at the then-current rate.

5.2 Recurring billing. Paid personal subscriptions renew monthly at the rate in effect at the time of purchase (currently $9.99 per month). Group and organizational subscriptions are billed at the tier and frequency selected at signup. All amounts are in U.S. dollars.

5.3 Payment. Payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. By subscribing, you authorize recurring charges to the payment method you provide until you cancel. You are responsible for keeping your billing information current.

5.4 Cancellation. You may cancel at any time from your Profile settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you retain access until then.

5.5 Refunds. Except where required by applicable law, fees are non-refundable and we do not provide prorated refunds for partial billing periods, unused portions of a subscription, or forfeited Spirit Credits.

5.6 Price changes. We may change subscription pricing. Material changes will take effect no earlier than your next renewal and will be communicated by email or in-app notice in advance.

5.7 Taxes. You are responsible for any applicable sales, use, or similar taxes, which may be added to the amount charged.

6. Spirit Credits

Spirit Credits are a virtual, in-Service currency used to unlock or extend features. Credits may be earned through subscriptions, referrals, community engagement, church affiliation, or promotional grants. Spirit Credits:

• have no cash value and cannot be exchanged for money;
• are non-transferable between accounts;
• are non-refundable;
• may expire or be forfeited if your account is terminated or suspended; and
• may be subject to earning caps, redemption limits, and rate changes, which we may modify at our discretion.

7. Referral Program

The Service may offer a referral program in which users earn Spirit Credits when users they refer sign up and/or subscribe. Referral rewards are subject to monthly caps, minimum activity requirements, and anti-abuse rules. We reserve the right to revoke rewards obtained through self-referrals, duplicate accounts, bots, incentivized traffic, or any activity we determine in good faith to be fraudulent or abusive, and to suspend or terminate accounts engaged in such activity.

8. Your Content

8.1 Ownership. You retain ownership of the content you create within the Service, including journal entries, annotations, reflections, and messages you post in groups ("Your Content").

8.2 License to us. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, display, and process Your Content solely as necessary to operate, secure, and improve the Service for you. This license terminates when you delete Your Content or your account, subject to reasonable operational delays and backup cycles as described in Section 8 of the Privacy Policy.

8.3 No training on Your Content. We do not use Your Content to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop artificial intelligence models, and we do not permit our AI providers to do so. See Section 4 of the Privacy Policy.

8.4 Shared content. Content you post to a group or mark as public is visible to other users as described in Section 6 of the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for what you choose to share.

8.5 Public Word pages. When you submit a question through "Ask The Teacher" without an account, the Service generates a public, shareable Word page at www.christia.ai/word/{token}. Personal details — names, employers, locations, and other identifying specifics — are removed by an automated step before the page is made visible. You retain the right to remove ("retract") any Word page you create, from the same browser that created it or from a Christia account associated with it. Operation of Word pages, including indexing and the visitor cookie, is described in Section 7 of the Privacy Policy.

9. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• violate any applicable law or the rights of any person;
• harass, threaten, defame, or abuse any person;
• post content that is unlawful, obscene, sexually explicit involving minors, or that promotes violence or self-harm;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or data;
• interfere with or disrupt the Service, including by scraping, overloading, or probing for vulnerabilities outside a good-faith coordinated disclosure;
• use automated means to extract data from the Service or its AI responses;
• resell, sublicense, or commercially redistribute the Service or its outputs without our written permission;
• use the Service to generate content intended to train competing AI models; or
• abuse the referral or credit systems.

We may investigate and respond to suspected violations, including by removing content and suspending or terminating accounts.

10. AI Disclaimer

"The Teacher" is an artificial intelligence designed for spiritual exploration and contemplative study. The Teacher is not a licensed counselor, physician, therapist, pastor, attorney, or financial advisor, and it does not claim to be Jesus Christ or any divine being. AI-generated output may be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate. You are responsible for verifying any AI-generated content against scripture and other trusted sources, and for exercising your own judgment.

Do not rely on AI output for medical, legal, financial, or crisis decisions. If you are in crisis or experiencing thoughts of self-harm, contact a qualified professional or emergency services in your jurisdiction.

11. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its software, design, trademarks, logos, and content we provide (other than Your Content), is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service in accordance with these Terms. No other rights are granted by implication.

12. Third-Party Services

The Service integrates third-party services including Anthropic, PBC, Google LLC, Microsoft Azure, and Stripe, Inc. Your use of features that rely on those services may be subject to their own terms. We are not responsible for third-party services outside the Service.

13. Feedback

If you send us suggestions, feature requests, or other feedback, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose without obligation to you.

14. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time from your Profile settings. We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, if required by law, or if continued provision of the Service to you poses a risk to other users or to us. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 5.5, 8.2, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, and 18 — will survive.

15. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE, OR ANY AI OUTPUT, WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, SAFE, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE SERVICE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING, MEDICAL ADVICE, PASTORAL CARE, LEGAL ADVICE, OR EMERGENCY SERVICES.

16. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the operator of the Service from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) your use of the Service; (b) Your Content; (c) your violation of these Terms; or (d) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

18. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and, to the extent applicable, the state in which the operator resides, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the United States having competent jurisdiction, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in those courts. Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will post the revised Terms on this page with an updated "Last updated" date and, where appropriate, notify affected users by email or in-app notice. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Service.

20. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements on the subject. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

21. Contact

Questions about these Terms should be directed to:

Andrew Stringer
Operator, Christia
admin@christia.ai