Our goal here is to provide various groups for a variety of discussion. Most of our discussion areas, known as Categories or Tags, are public and only available to Registered Members. New members with less than three (3) posts and comments will have their moderated (requires approval by Moderation Team). We do this to reduce spam, and trolls.
User Groups
In addition to the standard Member, we also have additional User Groups that give users access to other categories. Here's the list of User Groups and their requirements:
- Theology (Open to all members)
- Family (Open to all members)
- Tech (Open to all members)
- Health (Open to all members)
- Politics (Open to all members)
- Pastor (Biological Male and and appropriately identifies with the biblical standard of such, AND any of the following: Qualified/Ordained by Local Church, in an approved/sanctioned pastoral position, Seminary Student pursuing a Pastoral position)
- Men (Biological Male and appropriately identifies with the biblical standard of such.
- Women (Biological Female and appropriately identifies with the biblical standard of such)
- Sponsor (Any financial contributor to this site/community)
- Moderation Team (Any member of the moderation team, both Admin & Moderators)
Badges
We love to have fun and to identify folks who contribute, hold certain positions, or just to give folks a fair warning. As such we have the following badges and at our discretion (Moderation Team) will award and remove the following badges:
Community
- Cage Stage Calvinist (Should be self explanatory)
- Meme Master (This guy or gal has exhibited warlord level skills with meme's)
- Contributor (Someone who posts or comments quality responses)
- Pastor (Officially holds this title)
- Sponsor (Either a financial sponsor or site volunteer)
- Founding Member (Member who joined in the beginning)
Moderation Team
- Moderation Team (Site wide Admin and/or Moderator)
- Men's Moderator (Men's Category Moderator only)
- Women's Moderator (Women's Category Moderator only)
- Pastors Moderator (Pastor's Category Moderator only)
Forum Categories/Tags
We also have further private categories that have additional requirements. You must be able to meet those requirements before access will be granted. This is to further protect our members.
Here's our list of current discussion categories and their requirements:
- The Crossoads: Public discussion on anything and everything. This section is open and viewable to all users, only registered members can post or comment.
- Theology: This section is hidden and only accessible to registered members who join the associated Group.
- Family/Parenting: This section is hidden and only accessible to registered members who join the associated Group.
- Health/Fitness: This section is hidden and only accessible to registered members who join the associated Group.
- Politics Corner: This section is hidden and only accessible to registered members who join the associated Group.
Tattoos and Modifications: This section is hidden and only accessible to registered members who join the associated Group.- ** Men's Corner: a private community open to Men only who are Full Members and request access.
- ** Women's Corner: a private community open to Women only who are Full Members and request access (Admin will still have access to this group, but the group will be moderated by a female member(s) selected by the Admin Team).
- ** Pastor's Corner: a private community open to Pastors only who are Full Members and request access.
- Announcements: public viewing/access to all users, posting restricted to Admin.
- ** Moderationation Team: restricted access to Moderation Team only.
How To Request Access:
To request access to a specific discussion Category, you must be a Registered and Email Confirmed Member. You can view the list of available Categories and request automatic access via a special link(s) found in a stickied post in the Cross Roads section.
*** For the private communities for Men, Women, and Pastors, you will need to send a member of the Admin/Moderator team a private discussion requesting access. For security and safety purposes, we may require additional documentation before approving your request ****
Something Missing?
If you feel like there's a Space or User Group that's missing, let us know by posting a comment below and why we should add it.
