TERMS
Terms of Service
Last updated 20 September 2026
Where things stand. The First Pew platform is still being built. This website describes what it will offer and lets you get in touch, but you cannot yet create an account, publish a church website, or subscribe. No payment can be taken today. The sections below about plans and billing describe the terms that will apply when subscriptions open.
1. Who these terms are with
First Pew is a product of Status X Technologies, based in Louisiana, United States. In these terms “we”, “us” and “First Pew” mean Status X Technologies operating the First Pew service, and “you” means the person or church using it.
By using this website you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.
2. What First Pew is today
Today, firstpew.church is an informational website. It describes a church website platform we are building, shows original design concepts, sets out intended pricing, and provides a way to contact us.
Features described on this site — including the visual editor, sermon and event tools, prayer requests, volunteer sign-ups, online giving, custom domains and staff accounts — describe the platform we are building. They are not available yet. Nothing on this site should be read as a promise that a particular feature will exist by a particular date.
The design concepts shown in the gallery are illustrations of what a First Pew site can look like. They are not screenshots of live customer websites, and the churches shown in them are fictional.
3. Plans and pricing
When subscriptions open, our intended pricing is as published on this site: $29 per month for every plan, with a one-time setup fee depending on how much help you want — nothing for Do it yourself, $299 for Done for you, and $599 for Made just for you. Every plan includes the same platform features. The difference between plans is the amount of setup and design assistance, never what your website is capable of.
Prices are in US dollars and exclude any taxes that may apply. We may change our prices, but we will not change the price of an existing subscription without telling you first and giving you the chance to cancel.
4. Billing, cancellation and refunds
These terms will apply once subscriptions are available:
- No contracts. Subscriptions run month to month. You can cancel at any time, and your site stays up until the end of the period you have paid for.
- 30-day money-back guarantee. If First Pew is not right for your church, tell us within 30 days of your first payment and we will refund it. Setup fees are included in that guarantee where we have not yet carried out the work.
- Recurring payment. Monthly fees renew automatically until you cancel. Setup fees are charged once.
- Payment processing. Payments will be handled by Stripe. We never receive or store your card details.
5. Your content
Everything your church puts into a First Pew website — words, photographs, sermons, member information — belongs to your church. It does not become ours. You give us permission to store, process and display it only so far as we need to in order to run the service for you.
You are responsible for having the right to use what you upload, including permission from people who appear in photographs, and for handling congregation information lawfully and with care. Prayer requests and similar material can be deeply personal, and we expect churches to treat them accordingly.
6. Our content
The First Pew name, logo, website, and the design concepts shown in our gallery are ours. Subscribing gives your church the right to use a design for your own website. It does not transfer ownership, and it does not permit resale, redistribution, or use of our designs for other clients.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to use First Pew to break the law, to publish material that is unlawful or that harasses or endangers people, to infringe someone else’s rights, to send spam, or to attempt to compromise the service or other users. We may suspend or end an account that does these things.
8. Availability
We intend to keep the service running reliably, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. Maintenance, faults and third-party outages happen. We are not currently offering a service level agreement, and we will not imply one we cannot honour.
9. Disclaimers and liability
The website and, when available, the service, are provided “as is”. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability to you for any claim relating to First Pew is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including lost donations, lost data or lost opportunity. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
10. Changes
We may update these terms as First Pew develops — and it will develop, because much of it is not built yet. We will change the date at the top when we do, and we will tell subscribers directly about changes that materially affect them.
11. Ending the arrangement
You can stop using the site at any time, and cancel a subscription at any time once subscriptions exist. We may suspend or end access if these terms are broken, or if we stop offering the service — in which case we will give reasonable notice and a fair refund of anything paid in advance.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Louisiana, United States, without regard to its conflict of law rules. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Louisiana, and we each agree to that jurisdiction.
13. Contact
Questions about these terms can go through the contact form on our home page. It reaches a real inbox and we reply by email, usually within a day.
Status X Technologies · Louisiana, United States