Terms
Terms of use
Last updated September 13, 2026
OurFather is a place to pray for people around the world and to be prayed for. These terms are short on purpose. By using the app you agree to them.
Zero tolerance for objectionable content
There is zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. Hateful, harassing, sexual, violent, or otherwise objectionable posts are not allowed, and neither is anyone who posts them.
An automatic filter catches common slurs, sexual solicitation, and contact details before they are posted. It does not catch everything, so every post can also be reported. Reported content is hidden automatically once enough people report it, and we may also hide content that breaks these rules and ban accounts that keep breaking them from posting. By using OurFather you agree to this and to the rules below.
What OurFather is
You can share a prayer, pray for other people's prayers (by holding the button, in silence, with a written note, or with a short voice recording), join private prayer groups, post unnamed confessions inside a group, and join the prayer room of a church near you. OurFather is not a church, a counsellor, or an emergency service.
If you are in immediate danger, or you are thinking about ending your life, please do not wait for a prayer. Call your local emergency number now. In the United States you can call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or dial 911.
Your account
You can use OurFather without creating a password. The app gives you a name you can change. You may sign in with Apple or Google so your prayers follow you to a new phone. You must be at least 13 years old to use OurFather.
How to treat people here
Everything you share can reach someone who is hurting. So:
- Pray for people; do not preach at them, sell to them, or ask them for money.
- No contact details, links, or requests to move the conversation elsewhere.
- Nothing unkind, hateful, sexual, threatening, or illegal.
- Keep confessions your own and treat what others confess as private.
- Voice recordings must follow the same rules. Only the person you prayed for can hear a recording, and they can report it.
- A church room is open to anyone in the app who joins that church, so write there as you would in front of the whole congregation. Only prayer requests belong in a church room. Do not speak for a church you do not lead.
Reports and moderation
An automatic filter sits in front of the app's writing. It catches the common forms of slurs, sexual solicitation, and contact details and refuses them before they are posted. It is a first pass, not a guarantee: it reads words and not meaning, and it never listens to a recording, so reporting carries the rest. Every prayer, note, confession, and recording can be reported, including prayers in a church room. Reporting a prayer, note, or recording hides it for you and blocks the person who posted it; reporting a confession hides it for you. A note or recording is hidden as soon as the person it was sent to reports it; a confession is hidden for everyone once two members of its group report it, and a prayer once three people report it. We may also hide content that breaks these rules for everyone and ban accounts that keep breaking them from posting. We do not read prayers unless they are reported.
Your content
What you write and record stays yours. You give OurFather permission to store it and show it to the people it is meant for, so the app can work. You can delete a recording at any time, and deleting your account removes your prayers, notes, updates, recordings, confessions, and group memberships.
Answered prayers
When you share an answered prayer or an update, it goes to the people who prayed for you and, if you choose, to your group. Please do not share private details about other people without their consent.
Data sources
Church details from Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive-2.0. The directory is public and is not made by us, so a church may be missing, listed twice, or out of date. If something is wrong, tell us from your church’s info page or write to support@ourfather.org. Joining a church in OurFather does not make you a member of that church, and a church room is not run by the church.
Availability and changes
We work hard to keep OurFather running, but it is offered as is, without warranties, and we may change or pause features. We may update these terms; when the change matters we will say so in the app.
Liability
To the extent the law allows, OurFather is not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from your use of the app. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
Questions about any of this? Write to support@ourfather.org.