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NearFaith
Impact report · September 2026
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Here's what changed on NearFaith in September 2026. Every number below comes straight from our own database — nothing estimated, nothing rounded up. Thank you for following along. Each listing we add or check makes it a little easier for someone to walk into a church for the first time. |
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15,976
Churches listed
+3,210 this month
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2,335
Cities & towns covered
+668 new this month
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10,633
Listings checked for accuracy
+896 since August
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51,443
Service times & groups from church websites
+821 since August
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This month | 3,210 churches added to the directory — 896 of them already checked for accuracy. | | 668 cities and towns got their first NearFaith listing. | | 52 cities passed 25 listings, including Seattle, WA, Wilmington, DE, Miami, FL, Detroit, MI. | | Most new checked listings: Philadelphia, PA (109), Seattle, WA (48), Charlotte, NC (34). | | 1,991 churches' service times refreshed from their own website. | | 422 churches got their first photo; 158 photos replaced with a better one — taken from the church's own site. | | 180 phone numbers, websites and denominations added or corrected. |
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What we built this month The biggest changes on the site in September 2026 — members get the full list: | Members now have their own page. Sign in with your email to vote on the next city we verify, ask us to check a church, manage your membership, and read every impact report. | | Church pages fixed on phones. The header no longer overlaps the menu, and the visit details card no longer gets cut off on smaller screens. | | Estimated service times re-checked. More than 1,100 listings that had estimated service times were re-checked against the church's own website, and the wrong ones were replaced. |
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What's next The places where the directory is thinnest for the number of people who live there: | New York, NY — 27 churches listed so far, 7 checked | | Los Angeles, CA — 40 churches listed so far, 12 checked | | Brookhaven, NY — no churches listed yet |
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The live numbers are always at nearfaith.com/impact.
— The NearFaith team |