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For Churches

Claim your listing. Reach more first-time visitors.

People are searching for your church right now.
Is what they find accurate — and yours?

Every church in our directory has a listing, built from public data whether anyone at the church has seen it or not. Claiming it is free and takes about five minutes — you take over the service times, the description, and everything a first-time visitor decides on.

We list 40,956 churches, each assembled from public records. Until someone at the church claims it, nobody there controls what it says. See how we source our data →

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Step 1 — freeStep 2 — optional

Free

Always free

Claim, verify, and edit your listing. No payment required.

Verified badge once your claim is confirmed
Edit service times, contact info, and description
Add worship style, dress code, and parking info
Update children's program details

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Most visibility

Premium

$29/ month

For churches who want to be the first one a visitor sees.

Everything in the free tier
A clearly labeled Sponsored spot above the regular results on your city page, denomination pages, and search (at most 2 per page, shared and rotated)
Listing analytics — views and search terms

Claim free, then upgrade

The upgrade button appears the moment your free claim is verified. Cancel anytime. Free listing stays live.

How it works

Four steps. About five minutes.

1
Find your listing
Search for your church by name, city, or zip on NearFaith. If we don't have it, you can request it added.
2
Claim it
Click "Claim this listing," enter your name and email, and we'll send a 6-digit verification code.
3
Verify and edit
Enter the code, then update your details so first-time visitors see what they need to plan a visit.
4
Optional — go Premium
Upgrade for $29/mo for a clearly labeled Sponsored spot (at most 2 per page) on your city page, denomination pages, and search, plus listing analytics. Paying never changes where your church appears in the regular results. Cancel anytime from the church portal; your listing stays.

New — Front Desk

A visitor assistant, already trained on your website

Paste one line on your site and first-time visitors can ask it where to park, what to wear, or how long the service runs — answered from your own pages, day or night.

It reads the pages you already have — a “Plan Your Visit” page, an FAQ, a Welcome Center post — and answers in your church's own words, quoting the page it came from. Anything it can't answer points the visitor to your phone number and website instead of guessing. Every question is saved so you can read what people are actually asking.

It shows up as a small “Questions? Ask us” button in the corner of every page. No account to create beyond claiming your listing, and nothing to host — the line is the whole install.

Free while in beta.
Off until you turn it on — the line shows nothing on your site until then.

See a live example — Forcey Bible Church

The one line, once you've claimed your listing and switched it on:

<script src="https://www.nearfaith.com/ask.js" data-church="your-church-id" async></script>

Your actual line — with your listing's ID already filled in — is waiting on your Front Desk preview and in your church portal once you claim your listing.

Common questions

Is the basic listing really free?

Yes. Every church listed on NearFaith can be claimed for free. You can edit your service times, contact info, description, and visitor details with no payment ever required.

What does Premium add?

A Sponsored spot above the regular results on your city page, denomination pages, and search. It is always labeled "Sponsored" in plain text, there are never more than 2 on a page, and they rotate when more churches sponsor. Paying never changes your place in the regular results, your Verified badge, or how your listing is ranked, and sponsored spots never appear on care, recovery, grief, prayer, or crisis pages. Premium also adds listing analytics so you can see how people find you. $29/mo, billed monthly via Stripe. Cancel anytime from the church portal.

Will my listing disappear if I cancel Premium?

No. Cancelling Premium just removes the Sponsored spot and the analytics extras. Your free verified listing stays live exactly where it was in the regular results, and events you've posted stay on it.

How do I prove I represent the church?

We email a 6-digit code to the address you provide. The code confirms you have access to that mailbox. We recommend using an email at your church's own website domain (not a personal inbox) to speed things up.

Who edits the basic data on a church listing?

Until a church is claimed, the listing is generated from publicly available sources (Google Places, public directories). Once you claim it, you control all editable fields and your edits override the auto-generated data.

Can I claim multiple churches?

Yes — claim each one separately with its own verification email. If you manage a multisite or denomination, reach out through our contact page and we'll set you up.

Who runs NearFaith, and is this legit?

NearFaith is a small, independent directory — not a denomination, a nonprofit, or a data broker.

See the real numbers behind it — churches listed, listings claimed, records hand-verified →

Will claiming our listing help or hurt our own website's SEO?

It doesn't affect your own site's search ranking either way. Your NearFaith listing links back to your website, so visitors who land here have an easy path to yours — it's an additional door, not a replacement for one.

We already have a Google Business Profile. Why do we need this too?

They serve different moments. A Business Profile shows up in Google Maps and local search; NearFaith is where someone goes specifically to compare churches and decide where to visit. Claiming here costs nothing and takes a few minutes on top of a profile you already keep updated.

Can we get our listing taken down if we'd rather not be on NearFaith?

Yes. Send us a note through our contact page from the church and we'll remove it — no charge, no runaround.

Resources for your visitors

People searching for a church often want to know what to expect before they arrive. Share these guides with first-time visitors — or link to them from your church website.

Does your church's own website need help?

An outdated site with last year's service times turns first-time visitors away before they ever reach your door. The team that builds and runs NearFaith also builds affordable, easy-to-update websites for churches — service times, sermons, plan-a-visit pages, and online giving links, kept current for you.

Ask us about church website help