Church Rules

Joining the church

Before filling out the registration form on this site, please get in touch with Brother Dariush by phone or Telegram first.

Service times

Please try to arrive on time.

Attendance

The attendance list is collected 30 minutes after a service begins. Arriving later than that will be recorded as an absence. Please only enter your own name on the attendance list — never someone else's, or someone who isn't actually present.

During the service

Please keep your phone on silent, and mute your microphone if joining online. During the sermon, Communion and baptism especially, please avoid unnecessary talking so the service stays reverent.

Photos and video

Out of respect for everyone's privacy, please coordinate with church staff before taking any photos or video inside the church, and never during Communion. If you do have staff's coordination, make sure no one else's face appears without their own consent.

Reporting an absence or joining online

If you'll be absent or would like to join online, please coordinate with Brother Dariush before the service, then let church staff know through the Contact Us page so it's recorded on your profile.

Joining online

Online sessions are held in the church's own meeting room. Sign in to your account, open My Church, and a Join button appears next to a session once it has started. There is no link or passcode to ask anyone for, your name is never shown to the room — you appear by your church member code — and your attendance is recorded for you.

Please join from your own account rather than sharing a device: the room can only record the person who signed in, so anyone watching over someone else's shoulder will be marked absent.

Baptism classes and ceremony

The baptism class series runs 8 online sessions, starting whenever Brother Dariush announces a new round. You can ask to join the next round yourself, from the Baptism page in your account.

Please do not miss more than 2 sessions. Beyond that you are taken off that round and take the series again, from its first class, with the next one — your place in a later round is not affected.

Finishing the classes does not mean baptism happens right away. Baptism requires all three: the class series completed, no more than 2 absences, and at least 4 months of actually attending the Sunday and Wednesday classes — counted from your first recorded attendance, not from the day you registered. Once you meet all three, the Baptism page in your account will offer to send your request. Baptism is once-only for each person; certificate preparation can take some time, so please be patient with us.

Requesting a letter from the church

Please send Brother Dariush your full legal name (in Latin script) on Telegram, or reach out through the Contact Us page.