Content Usage Policy: Denison Ministries

So, you’d like to use content created by Denison Ministries?

First, thank you. 

We’re glad that you’d like to share our content with others and increase the impact for the kingdom.

But we ask that you read the following guidelines and use our content appropriately.

What is Denison Ministries?

Denison Ministries includes four brands:

This content usage policy applies to each brand.

Our general content usage policy

Denison Ministries owns all right, title, and interest in and to the traditional print media and digital materials, content, websites, social media platforms, domain names, photography, intellectual property, artwork, and designs associated and used in connection with the brands and on the platforms identified above (“materials”), and all common law rights, state and federal intellectual property rights, registrations, copyrights and trademark rights in and to such materials. At times, Denison Ministries has guest contributors who may have the same rights in their materials.

Since you are an end-user of the materials discussed above:

  • Your use is limited to personal, nonprofit use.
  • Content must be clearly attributed to its author, source, and brand.
  • Your use is limited. The entirety of the content may not be reproduced.
  • Your use may not be for any commercial or political purposes.  

When in doubt, send us an email.

Digital use

  • Remember your use must be for personal, nonprofit use and may not be for commercial or political purposes.
  • You may republish excerpts of no more than 20 percent (by word count) of full-length written content. (This does not include the right to use any book excerpts from publishers.) 
  • Please cite the original article title,  link to the original article, and include the author as well as “first appeared on” the brand name, e.g.:
    “Why believe in God” by Jim Denison, PhD, first appeared on Denison Forum.
  • You are not allowed to republish any images that accompany written content.

When in doubt, send us an email.

  • Remember your use must be for personal, nonprofit use and may not be for commercial or political purposes.
  • Excerpts of no more than 10 percent (by word count) of the whole printed content may be used in any format so long as nearby text cites the title, author, brand, and source of the content.
  • Up to 5 copies of digital workbooks and Bible study material intended for individual or small group studies may be printed and distributed for  Bible study purposes. To print more than 5 copies, please use the link below to send us an email.
  • Our print materials cannot be repackaged, altered, co-branded, or resold.
  • Our ebooks are not allowed to be printed.

When in doubt, send us an email.

Audio and video use

  • Remember your use must be for personal, nonprofit use and may not be for commercial or political purposes.
  • You may embed our audio or video content on your website so long as nearby text cites the title, author, brand, and source URL of the embedded content.
  • The whole of an audio or video may be played for a gathering of any size so long as no fee is charged. Before playing the content, please mention the author and brand of the source content.
  • The whole of any audio or video may be part of a live stream event so long as the event is not later available on a video or audio platform.
  • You may not reupload any of our audio or video content to your own video or audio channels without our permission.

Resources

Remember your use must be for personal, nonprofit use and may not be for commercial or political purposes.

So long as only excerpts or quotes from any Faith Question or Contributor Article are used when sharing that material online or in print, you are free to share and reproduce those portions of any Faith Question or Contributor Article. 

However, please remember that the respective authors of Contributed Articles maintain their legal rights as discussed above. Should you want to use their content beyond quoting material, you will need to contact the respective author for written permission.

Translations

Press inquiries

Content contribution

  • To pitch your Contributor Article idea, click here with your suggested title, Denison Ministries brand, and two to three sentences summarizing the content and why it would be compelling for our audience of culture-changing Christians.

Questions?

  • If this has not answered your questions regarding using Denison Ministries’ content, ask your question here.