Privacy Policy
Updated and Effective: December 15, 2025
Burchfield Ministries International, Inc. (“BMI,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates websites, SaaS platforms, voice systems, messaging services, and mobile applications for its various ministry outreaches (collectively, the “Service”).
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information when you interact with our Service.
1. Scope of This Policy
This policy applies to all digital properties, communication systems, AI‑assisted tools, and platforms operated by BMI, including but not limited to:
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burchfield.org
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bmi.gift
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Believers World Outreach Church
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Country Camp
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Discovery Camp
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NewCreation.Network
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Texas Bible Institute
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Young Believer’s Broadcast
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SignsAndWonders.Today
This policy also applies to voice AI assistants, automated calling systems, SMS/RCS messaging, and related communication technologies operated on our behalf.
2. Information We Collect
While using our Service, we may collect personally identifiable information including, but not limited to:
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Name
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Email address
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Mobile phone number
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Postal address
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Event registration details
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Communication preferences
We collect this information when you voluntarily provide it, such as when you register for events, request information, interact with our AI assistants, submit forms, or communicate with us.
3. Mobile Phone Numbers, Messaging & Voice Communications
SMS, RCS, and Voice Messaging Consent
We may collect and use your mobile phone number to send you messages you have explicitly requested, including:
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Event confirmations and reminders
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Requested follow‑up information
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Call summaries or requested resources
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Ministry updates related to your engagement
Messages may be delivered via SMS, RCS (Rich Communication Services), voice calls, or AI‑assisted communication systems.
By providing your mobile number or verbally requesting messages during a call, you consent to receive communications for the purposes you requested.
No Sale or Sharing of Phone Numbers
We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
Mobile numbers may be shared only with trusted service providers (such as messaging or voice platforms) solely to deliver communications you have requested.
Opt‑Out
You may opt out of SMS or RCS messages at any time by replying STOP to any message you receive or by contacting us directly.
4. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
BMI uses AI‑assisted technologies, including voice AI and automated messaging systems, to improve communication efficiency and responsiveness.
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AI systems may process conversation content to generate responses or summaries.
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AI is used as a support tool, not a replacement for human oversight.
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We do not use personal communications to train public AI models.
All AI usage complies with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
5. Lawful Basis for Processing Data
We process personal data under one or more of the following lawful bases:
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Consent – When you voluntarily provide information or request communications
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Legitimate Interest – To operate ministry services, communicate effectively, and improve our platforms
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Contractual Necessity – To fulfill registrations, donations, or services you request
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Legal Obligation – When required by law
6. Communications
We may contact you via email, phone, SMS, RCS, or voice systems for:
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Information you requested
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Event‑related communications
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Ministry updates
You may opt out of non‑essential communications at any time using the instructions provided.
7. Data Sharing & Service Providers
We may use trusted third‑party service providers to operate our platforms (e.g., hosting, analytics, communications).
These providers:
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Access personal data only to perform services on our behalf
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Are contractually obligated to protect confidentiality
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Are prohibited from using data for independent marketing purposes
8. Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal data.
Payment information is processed through secure, PCI‑compliant payment providers. BMI does not store full payment card details on its own servers.
9. International Data Transfers
If you are located outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using our Service, you consent to this transfer.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. Data no longer needed is securely deleted or destroyed.
11. Cookies & Analytics
We use cookies and analytics tools to improve site performance and user experience. You may disable cookies in your browser settings, though some features may be affected.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Under applicable data protection laws (including CCPA, GDPR, and similar regulations), you may have the right to:
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Access your personal data
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Correct inaccurate information
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Request deletion of data
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Object to certain processing
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Request data portability
Requests may be submitted to [email protected]. We may verify your identity before fulfilling requests.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
14. Contact Information
If you have questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Burchfield Ministries International, Inc.
P.O. Box 100
Columbus, Texas 78934
Privacy Policy
Updated and effective as of February 1, 2023.
Burchfield Ministries International, Inc. (BMI) ("us", "we", or "our") operates the following websites for the following ministry outreaches. (the "Service").
Burchfield.org BMI.gift Believers World Outreach Church Country Camp Discovery Camp NewCreation.Network Texas Bible Institute Young Believer’s Broadcast SignsAndWonders.Today
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
This policy applies to all websites, saas applications, and mobile applications provided by BMI to ensure the Service can support the end user’s experience.
We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at burchfeld.org
Lawful Basis for Processing Data
In certain jurisdictions, the processing of your Personal Data (as defined below) is lawful only if it is permitted under data protection legislation. In this case, we have a lawful basis for each of our processing activities (unless an exemption applies) as outlined below:
Consent. By using the Site, the Software, or otherwise submitting your Personal Data to us, you consent to our collection, use and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Legitimate Interest. We will process your Personal Data based on Legitimate Interest, and particularly where it is used for marketing and business purposes, and to contact you to start a conversation regarding your use of the Site or the Software.
Contract. We may process your Personal Data where such processing is required in order to fulfill an agreement or contract with you. Legal Obligation. We may also process your Personal Data based on other lawful basis such as where the processing is necessary to comply with applicable law.
Information Collection And Use
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your email address, name, phone number, postal address ("Personal Information").
We collect this information for the purpose of providing the Service, identifying and communicating with you, responding to your requests/inquiries, servicing your purchase orders, registrations for events, delivering content requested by the end user, and improving our services.
Your Rights With Respect to Your Personal Data
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term “Applicable Data Law” shall mean all data protection and privacy laws, regulations and self-regulatory codes applicable to the personal data in question, including, where applicable and without limitation, the CCPA, the CPA, the CTDPA, the UCPA, the VCDPA, European Data Law, the LGPD, and all FTC guidelines and any other applicable laws, rules and regulations with respect to data privacy.
“CCPA” as used herein means the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, including without limitation any and all applicable implementing regulations (CCPA). “CPA” as used herein means the Colorado Privacy Act, as amended, including without limitation any and all applicable implementing regulations (CPA). “CTPDA” as used herein means the Connecticut Data Protection Act, as amended, including without limitation any and all applicable implementing regulations (CTDPA). “UCPA” as used herein means the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, including without limitation any and all applicable implementing regulations. “VCDPA” as used herein means the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, as amended, including without limitation any and all applicable implementing regulations. “European Data Law” as used herein shall mean, without limitation, (i) the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”); (ii) the EU e-Privacy Directive; (iii) the United Kingdom’s European Union (Withdrawal) Act (“UK GDPR”); (iv) the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (“Swiss DPA”); and (v) any and all applicable national laws made under or pursuant to (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv); in each case as may be amended or superseded from time to time. “LGPD” as used herein means the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados, as amended, including without limitation any and all applicable implementing regulations.
In accordance with Applicable Data Law, you have the following rights in respect of your personal information that we collect and hold:
Right of access and portability. The right to obtain access to and to receive your Personal Data.
Right to rectification. The right to obtain rectification of your Personal Data without undue delay where that personal information is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erasure. The right to obtain the erasure of your Personal Data without undue delay in certain circumstances, such as where the Personal Data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or processed.
Right to restriction. The right to obtain the restriction of the processing undertaken by us on your Personal Data in certain circumstances, such as where the accuracy of the Personal Data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of that Personal Data.
Right to object. The right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your Personal Data, and to object to processing of your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, targeting advertising, and profiling activities.
If you wish to exercise one of these rights, please contact us using the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy. You also have the right to lodge a complaint to your local data protection authority.
In accordance with Applicable Data Law, you have certain rights with respect to the processing of your personal information. Under Applicable Data Law, you have a right to request that we provide you with the following:
Categories of information. The categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
Categories of sources. The categories of sources from which we collect personal information.
Purpose. The purposes for collecting, using, or selling personal information.
Categories of third parties. The categories of third parties with which we share personal information.
Business purpose. For companies that disclose personal information for business purposes, the categories of personal information disclosed about you for such business purposes.
Selling of information. For companies that “sell” personal information, the categories of personal information that are being sold and the categories of third parties to which the personal information is being sold. Note that BMI does not “sell” personal information as defined under Applicable Data Law.
Throughout this Privacy Policy, we outline in detail the specific pieces of personal information we collect from and about users, the sources of that information, and how we share it. For the categories of personal information we collect, please see the section titled How We Collect and Use Personal and Anonymous Data. For more details about how we and our service providers use these categories of personal information, we collect from and about you consistent with the various business and commercial purposes, please see the section titled Sharing of Personal Data. Finally, for information about the third parties with whom we share your information, see the section titled Service Providers.
You also have certain rights under Applicable Data Law that may permit you to:
Request a personal data summary described above by emailing [email protected].
You must submit this request using the same email address associated with your BMI account.
Delete your personal information from BMI by submitting a deletion request with support or by emailing [email protected]. You must submit this request using the same email address associated with your BMI account.
Opt-out of the “sale” of your personal information. For more information about this and how to opt-out, click here.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights identified above, please contact us using the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Log Data
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to increase our Service's functionality. These third party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.
Cookies
Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and transferred to your device. We use cookies to collect information in order to improve our services for you.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The Help feature on most browsers provide information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies or to notify you when receiving a new cookie.
If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some features of our Service and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
Do Not Track Disclosure
We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.
You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services and/or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use your information for any other purpose. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
Communications
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
All online transactions are handled on a secure site and processed in compliance with today's industry standards for data security and processed a via a leading payment gateway provider. All payment information supplied for online accounts is encrypted and housed securely in conjunction with this payment gateway provider and in compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS)
International Transfer
Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including Personal Information, to United States and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Data Retention Period
Any Personal Data that is collected and stored by BMI will be retained only for as long as required in order to provide certain products and/or services to you, or as required by applicable law. Any Personal Data that is no longer required by BMI will be destroyed.
Links To Other Sites Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We are unaware, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2023 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
Questions, Requests & Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, would like to review, update or remove your Personal Data, or would like more information on our data collection, usage, and privacy practices, please contact us at:
Burchfield Ministries International, Inc.
P.O. Box 100
Columbus, Texas 78934
[email protected]
We reserve the right to limit or deny your request to view, update, or remove your Personal Data if you have failed to provide us with sufficient information to verify your identity.
