General Barefoot, Submissions, Copyright, & Permission Questions

Barefoot Ministries is a publishing company based in Kansas City, MO. We provide resources to equip both youth and youth workers for personal growth and ministry. Barefootministries.com is the primary avenue through which we provide resources to youth workers. Our print products--books, Sunday School curriculum, youth Bible quizzing resources, and Credo Magazine--are mainly geared toward the spiritual development of youth.

These are the beliefs we hold to be true. They are common to Christians world-wide:

• We believe in one God--the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
• We believe that man is born with a fallen nature, and is, therefore, inclined to evil, but through the blood of Christ can be redeemed to live a life of holiness.
• We believe that the finally impenitent are hopelessly and eternally lost.
• We believe that the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race and that whoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
• We believe that believers are called to a deeper surrender to God's will such that they give complete control of their lives to Him, resulting in a fully consecrated existence in Christ.
• We believe that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth and to the fully consecrated lives of believers.
• We believe that our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.

Barefoot is designed to be used by many denominations. We are Wesleyan-Arminian in perspective and are housed in the Nazarene Publishing House in Kansas City, MO.

We have a wide variety of denominations subscribing to Barefootministries.com such as Nazarene, United Methodist, Assembly of God, Salvation Army, Baptist, Lutheran, Evangelical Free, Seventh Day Adventist, Christian Missionary Alliance, Church of God, and others.

We'd love to send you a catalog! You can get one simply by contacting us and asking for a catalog through one of the following ways:
E-mail: bforders@barefootministries.com
Toll-Free Phone: 1-866-355-9933
Write:
Barefoot Catalog
attn: Customer Service
PO Box 419527
Kansas City, MO 64141

All resources that are marked with a shopping cart, are part of a subscription to Barefootministries.com. As a member, you receive access to all product that has been posted three months prior to the date you became a member. If you are signed in, all products that are available to you as a member are marked with an arrow button or a "Download Items Now".

If there is a product that was posted four months before you became a member, it may be purchased at an additional cost. These are listed with a button that looks like a shopping cart. To purchase a downloadable product that is not a part of your subscription simply add it to your cart, and proceed with checkout.

Our nation's founding fathers determined that it was in the public interest that the creative works of a person's mind and spirit should belong, for a limited time, to the creator. The protection of these works is called "copyright". The United States Copyright Law grants to any copyright owner the exclusive rights to original material for a term, which is equal to the length of the life of the author/creator plus 70 years. For works written prior to 1978, the term is 95 years from the date the work was first published. The privilege of reproducing the work belongs to the copyright owner.

Copyright is the legal device that provides the creator of a work the right to control how the work is used (or person/entity to whom the creator has transferred all or part of her rights). A copyright is a type of property. Like other forms of property, a copyright may be sold by its owner, or otherwise exploited for his economic benefit.

These are their rights:

• To reproduce the copyrighted work in printed copies, electronic copies, or on recordings, video cassettes, or any duplicating process now known or which later comes into being.
• To make alterations, arrangements, and adaptations of that copyrighted work.
• To distribute and/or sell printed, electronic, or recorded copies of the work or to license others to do so.
• To perform the copyrighted work.
• To display the copyrighted work.

The original creators (authors and composers) and/or publishers, assigned agents, etc.

YES. Unless stated otherwise by the owners of the copyrighted material, permission must be secured prior to any such use or duplication. For more details on this regarding materials posted on Barefootministries.com, see the "What are my rights as a member and purchaser of Barefootministries.com?" FAQ under the "Subscriptions, Account Information, and Privacy Policy" heading.

Copyright protection exists from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in a work immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. Most of the time the work will have the registered copyright symbol printed on it, but every work is protected by copyright regardless of whether the symbol is printed on the work or not. Only the author/creator or those deriving their rights through the author/creator can rightfully claim copyright. If any other party wants to reproduce the material in some manner, permission must be obtained. All materials on Barefootministries.com, despite the fact that they are electronic in format, are copyrighted materials and must be treated and used according to the usage policies set up in this FAQ section.

Yes. Most of the world recognizes the need to give incentive and protection to creative persons. Copyrighted material owned by U.S. citizens is protected in many other countries by those countries' copyright laws and treaties with the United States.

Any time you are quoting more than 250 words from any Barefoot Ministries publication, written permission is required. You must also submit written request for stand-alone materials such as sermons, maps or artwork, charts, graphs, cartoons or drawings, poems, etc., regardless of the word count. Written requests may be submitted as follows or you can fill out the online permission request form.

Mailing Address:
Barefoot Ministries
Attn: Rights and Permissions
PO Box 419527
Kansas City, MO 64141
FAX: 816-412-8306

E-mail: bfeditor@barefootministries.com

If you have a non-commercial use of 250 words or less, as in church, personal or individual use, the following copyright notice must appear on all reprints:

"Taken from [Name of Book] by [Author]. Copyright [Date] by [Copyright Holder]. Used by permission of Barefoot Ministries^®. All rights reserved."

If you are uncertain regarding the need to submit written request for permissions, please contact us.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Barefoot Ministries cannot give permission to use material that we do not own. To quote any footnoted material or material used by permission from a third party; you will need to contact the original publisher. This information is usually found within the text or in the acknowledgement section.

Since copyright is often returned to the author/creator, you must submit written request for any out of print materials. Barefoot Ministries will respond with permission or contact information for the copyright owner. Please submit your request to our rights and permissions office or fill out the online permission request form.

Mailing Address:
Barefoot Ministries
Attn: Rights and Permissions
PO Box 419527
Kansas City, MO 64141
FAX: 816-412-8306

E-mail: bfeditor@barefootministries.com

No. We must receive all requests in writing. Barefoot Ministries will respond to the permission in writing as well. If time is critical, we recommend that you submit the request via e-mail or fill out the online permission request form. We will do our best to respond as promptly as possible.

Mailing Address:
Barefoot Ministries
Attn: Rights and Permissions
PO Box 419527
Kansas City, MO 64141
FAX: 816-412-8306

E-mail: bfeditor@barefootministries.com

If the section you are reproducing is less than 250 words and not more than 1 page you may use the material as long as the following copyright notice is placed on all copies.

"Taken from [Name of Book] by [Author]. Copyright [Date] by [Copyright Holder]. Used by permission of Barefoot Ministries^®. All rights reserved."

For any other use please submit written request to our Rights and Permissions office or fill out the online permission request form.

Mailing Address:
Barefoot Ministries
Attn: Rights and Permissions
PO Box 419527
Kansas City, MO 64141
FAX: 816-412-8306

E-mail: bfeditor@barefootministries.com

You must contact us. These requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

If the material you want to use was printed in the United States and the copyright date printed on the material is 1922 or earlier, copyright law provides that formal permission is not needed since the copyright has expired. We do recommend that to avoid accusations of plagiarism, the source should be correctly cited. You need to include the title, author, copyright date, and publisher.

If the copyright date is 1923 or newer, please send a permission request and Barefoot Ministries will notify you if the material has entered the public domain.

You have several options for submitting requests:

• Submit an online request form. Click here to get to the main Copyright Permissions page, then follow the instructions.
• Complete an online request form; print it (there's a 'Printer Friendly Version' button on the second page of the form, at the bottom); and submit it by fax or mail.
• Get a blank form, complete it, and submit it by fax or mail. (Click here to fill out the first part of the form you need, then use the 'Print Blank Form' button at the bottom of the page.)
• Submit your request by letter.

Mailing Address:
Barefoot Ministries
Attn: Rights and Permissions
PO Box 419527
Kansas City, MO 64141

FAX: 816-412-8306

E-mail: bfeditor@barefootministries.com