Community Guidelines
Last updated 21 August 2026
Kept with care. Every voice here is read by people who love this book. That line is printed at the bottom of every thread in Amen Scroll, and this page is what it means in practice. These guidelines cover the public areas of the app: Voices (the comments on every verse) and the prayer wall. You accept them, as part of the Terms of Use, before your first post.
One table, many traditions
Amen Scroll is denominationally neutral. Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant readers share these margins, and the app ships the full Catholic canon alongside other public-domain translations. Speak from your tradition freely; do not use the margins to unchurch someone else's. Debates about which tradition is truly Christian, attacks on another communion, and proselytizing against other readers will be removed.
Lament is welcome here
The Psalms include anger, doubt, and grief, so the margins can too. "I am struggling to believe any of this right now" is a faithful post. Hard questions, unanswered prayers, and honest darkness belong on the prayer wall. Nobody will be moderated for doubting; people will be moderated for mocking someone who doubts.
If you are in crisis
The prayer wall is a place to be prayed for, but it is not an emergency service and it is not staffed by counselors. If you are thinking about harming yourself, or someone near you is in danger, please reach for a human voice now:
- United States: call or text 988, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
- United Kingdom and Ireland: call the Samaritans free on 116 123.
- Everywhere else: findahelpline.com lists verified helplines by country.
If someone's post makes you worried for their safety, report it with the "Someone may be at risk" reason; those reports go to the front of the queue.
Not allowed
- Harassment: insults, dogpiling, shaming, or targeting any person, in posts or replies.
- Hate: attacking people for their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, disability, or any other identity.
- Sexual content of any kind.
- Spam and solicitation: advertising, fundraising links, repeated identical posts, or off-platform recruitment.
- Impersonation of any person, church, or ministry.
- Doxxing: posting anyone's private information, including in prayer requests about third parties. Pray for "my brother", not for a named person with their address and diagnosis.
- Dangerous instruction: content urging self-harm or telling anyone to abandon medical care.
Reporting and blocking
Every Voice and every prayer wall post carries a report control in the app; reporting takes two taps and the reported author is not told who reported them. You can block any user from their profile or any of their posts: blocked users cannot see, reply to, or find your posts, and you never see theirs again. Both tools work without leaving the thread.
How enforcement works
Every report is reviewed by a person. Enforcement follows a ladder, and we start on the lowest rung the violation allows:
- Removal: the post comes down and the author is told which guideline it broke.
- Warning: a second removal comes with a formal warning on the account.
- Mute: continued violations pause posting privileges temporarily; reading is unaffected.
- Suspension: the account loses access to Voices and the prayer wall for a set period.
- Removal from the community: permanent, for repeated or severe violations.
Threats of violence, sexual content involving minors, and credible danger to any person skip the ladder and result in immediate suspension, with reports to authorities where the law requires. If you believe we got a decision wrong, appeal to [email protected] and a different reviewer will look at it.
The Shepherd badge
Some accounts carry a small gilt Shepherd badge. Shepherds are community moderators who keep watch over threads: they answer questions, cool arguments, and act on reports. The badge means their moderation actions are made on our behalf. It is not a clergy credential, an endorsement of everything they write, or a claim of ordination.
The short version
Come as you are, speak as you would at someone's kitchen table, guard other people's names and safety, and leave every thread better than you found it. Amen.