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How to get listed

Applying to be listed is a very easy process. Please work your way through the two sections below:

Section 1: Background information

What you are applying for
find a preacher offers churches the opportunity to search for an itinerant preacher, lay preacher or youth speaker. The aim is to connect churches to preachers or speakers. find a preacher makes your details and sample sermon available to anyone who searches in your area - thus making you known to many churches who may otherwise be totally unaware of you.

What do I need to apply?
You will need to write a profile (guidance is given in the application form), a working email address, and also have two referees who are happy to supply references. It is highly recommended, although not essential, that you provide a sermon (either on CD or as an MP3*, or if supplying a readable sermon as an Acrobat PDF or Microsoft Word document).

How much does it cost and how long will my details be on find a preacher?
It costs £9.99 to be listed on find a preacher, and this entitles you to be listed for one year.

Cancelling my listing?
We allow a 14 day cooling off period. If you change your mind then we will remove your details and provide a full refund. If you change your mind after the 14 days then we will be unable to refund your money, although we will be remove your details if required.

Updating your listing
You will be able to update details up to 3 times a year. This does not include amending any errors introduced by find a preacher. If after 3 updates you require further amendments/updates, we may have to charge a nominal administrative fee.

For any further information please email info@findapreacher.com

Section 2: Application

1. Please read our Basis of Faith.

2. Please download the application form (word document) and follow the instructions in the application form. You will need to email the completed form to applications@findapreacher.com

3. Payment: you can either send a cheque for £9.99 (details in application form) or you can pay online using paypal (no paypal account needed).

4. We also recommend that you supply a sermon for people to download and read or listen to. You can supply this on CD or as a MP3* file. Please email the webmaster your MP3* file (max size 8Mb), or for details of where to post your CD to. If you would like your CD returned to you, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Please note, that you post the CD at your own risk and no responsibility can be taken for the loss or damage of the CD in the post. We advise you to make a copy of the CD before posting.

* find a preacher reserves the right to recompress your audio sermon file to ensure the file size is manageable. We use a compression setting of 16kbps mono. If using itunes to digitise your sermon file, then set the import setting as follows.

Go to the preferences, select 'Advanced', choose 'Import'. Make sure 'Import Using' is set to 'MP3 Encoder' and choose 'Custom...' from the 'Setting' menu. Set the options as follows: Stereo Bit Rate (32kbps); VBR (Yes); Quality (Highest); Sample rate (Auto); Channels (Mono); Stereo Mode (Normal); Smart adjustments (Yes); Filter Freq Below 10Hz (Yes). Unfortunately find a preacher cannot enter into technical support, but we can convert your sermon from CD to MP3 for you at no extra charge.

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