Terms of Use

Effective date: July 17, 2026

The Global Leadership Network (GLN, us, we, our) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that produces the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) and other leadership development resources.

Summit Central is your online hub for hosting an excellent Global Leadership Summit experience. It is where you will find training resources, promotional materials, event tools, and registrant information for your site.

ARBITRATION NOTICE: ALL UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU CANNOT SEEK LEGAL RECOURSE THROUGH STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS, THROUGH JURY OR BENCH TRIALS, OR THROUGH A CLASS ACTION. PLEASE REVIEW THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION BELOW IN FULL.

By accessing or using Summit Central, you agree to the following:

Your account is for your team. Summit Central access is provided to authorized members of your host site team. Please do not share your login credentials outside your team. You are responsible for activity under your account.

The resources are here to help you. The training materials, videos, graphics, templates, and other resources in Summit Central are provided to help your church thrive. You are welcome to use, adapt, or modify them for your own context. We just ask that you not redistribute them publicly or claim them as your own.

Respect confidentiality. Some information shared through Summit Central (pricing details, strategy updates, internal communications) is intended only for host sites. Please treat it accordingly and do not share it publicly.

GLN can update or limit access. We may update Summit Central, these terms, or your access at any time. If your agreement with us ends, your Summit Central access will end with it.

Things happen. We do our best to keep Summit Central running smoothly, but Summit Central is provided "as is" and "as available." We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access or that all information will be error-free. To the fullest extent permitted by law, GLN will not be liable for any loss arising from platform downtime, data discrepancies, or your use of Summit Central.

Restrictions on using GLS registrant information

We take the protection of registrant information seriously. Our handling of personal data is governed by our Privacy Policy (www.globalleadership.org/privacy-policy) and the Global Leadership Summit Terms and Conditions. These terms extend those commitments to the registrant data we share with host sites through Summit Central.

GLN provides registrant data through Summit Central to help you promote and coordinate the Global Leadership Summit at your host site. By accessing this data, you agree to the following:

The data belongs to GLN. Registrant information shared through Summit Central is the property of the Global Leadership Network. Access does not transfer ownership or grant any ongoing rights to the data.

Use it for the Summit. You may contact registrants by mail, email, or phone to support their participation at your host site. This includes pre-event promotion, event-day coordination, and post-event follow-up.

You may upload it into your communication tools, with limits. You may load registrant data into your email service provider or communication platform solely for GLS-related purposes: promoting registration, sharing event updates, conducting post-event surveys, and encouraging future GLS participation. This data must be clearly segmented as GLN-provided and may not be merged into general church communication lists or used for non-GLS purposes.

Post-event follow-up is welcome, within limits. You may contact attendees after the event to thank them, invite them to a debrief, or share leadership development opportunities at your church. Follow-up should occur within 30 days and be related to the GLS experience. If an attendee independently opts into your church’s ongoing communications, that is a new relationship outside the scope of these terms.

Do not share it. Registrant data may not be sold, shared, or transferred to any third party for any reason.

Keep it secure. Limit access to team members who need it for GLS coordination. Take reasonable steps to protect it from unauthorized access or misuse.

Delete it when it is no longer needed. If your church is no longer a GLS host site, delete all GLN-provided registrant data from your systems within 30 days. GLN may ask you to confirm this has been done. Even while actively hosting, please periodically remove records for individuals who have opted out or are no longer engaged.

Let us know if something goes wrong. If registrant data is accidentally exposed or accessed by someone who should not have it, please notify GLN within 72 hours at heretoserve@globalleadership.org.

Dispute resolution; arbitration; waiver of class action; choice of law and venue

In the unlikely event that a Dispute (defined below) arises, you agree to give us ninety (90) days from the day you brought the issue to our attention to resolve any issue informally before proceeding to arbitration. If for some reason after such ninety (90) day period has passed and the issue is still not resolved, then and only then may you proceed to arbitration, in accordance with the following.

Subject to any exceptions as set forth herein, any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these terms or your access to or use of Summit Central (a "Dispute") shall be submitted to mandatory final and binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (the "Tribunal") using its Consumer or Commercial Arbitration Rules, whichever is applicable; provided, however, that this agreement to arbitrate does not (a) extend to disputes in which either party seeks injunctive or other equitable relief for the alleged unlawful use of intellectual property, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, trade secrets or patents, (b) limit the right to pursue enforcement actions through applicable U.S. federal, state, or local agencies where such actions are available, or (c) prevent either party from seeking injunctive relief in a U.S. court of law. All arbitration hearings will be held at the nearest location to South Barrington, Illinois that is reasonably possible. The arbitration proceedings and decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be kept confidential (and may not be disclosed) by the parties or the arbitrator(s), except to the extent necessary to compel any award made by the arbitrator(s).

You and GLN agree to arbitrate in each of our individual capacities only, not as a representative or member of a class (either class action lawsuit or a class-wide arbitration), and expressly waive any right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis.

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles. Subject to the foregoing arbitration requirement and class action waiver, to the extent that any lawsuit or court proceeding is permitted, to the fullest extent permitted by law you agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts and federal courts located nearest to South Barrington, Illinois for the purpose of litigating all such disputes. You also waive your rights to a jury trial.

Exceptions where prohibited by law. Nothing in this section applies to the extent prohibited by applicable law. If applicable law prohibits or renders unenforceable the agreement to arbitrate, the class action waiver, the jury trial waiver, or the venue provision as applied to you, that provision does not apply to you, and the remaining provisions of this section continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted. Without limiting the foregoing, if you are a resident of Canada, the agreement to arbitrate and the class action waiver in this section do not apply to you, and you may bring a Dispute in the courts of your province or territory of residence.

Coordinated Disputes; batching. If twenty-five (25) or more Disputes raising substantially similar claims are submitted to the Tribunal against GLN by or with the assistance of the same or coordinated counsel, the parties agree that the Tribunal will administer those Disputes in batches of no more than fifty (50) claimants each, and that the Tribunal’s Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and any associated fee schedule will apply to the extent the Tribunal makes them applicable. The parties will cooperate in good faith to select a reasonable number of bellwether Disputes from each batch to be arbitrated first, and will jointly request that the Tribunal stay the remaining Disputes in that batch pending resolution of the bellwethers. Any applicable limitations period is tolled for any Dispute stayed under this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph creates any right to arbitrate on a class, collective, or representative basis.

How we use the words “partner” and “member.” GLN uses words such as “partner,” “partner site,” “partnership,” “member,” and “membership” in a general and descriptive sense to describe relationships within our ministry community. We do not use them in a legal sense. Nothing in these terms, in your host site agreement, or in any GLN website, communication, or resource creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or franchise relationship between your organization and GLN, or grants your organization any membership interest, voting right, or other governance right in the Global Leadership Network as a corporation. Neither party has authority to bind the other, and neither party may hold itself out as having that authority.

Relationship to your host site agreement

Your host site agreement with GLN is the primary agreement governing our relationship; these terms govern your access to Summit Central and the registrant data provided through it. The registrant data obligations in this document survive the end of your Summit Central access and your host site relationship.

This matters. GLN reserves the right to revoke access to Summit Central if these terms are not followed. Following these terms is part of hosting the Summit with us.