GospelChannel Church Finder

Find a Christian church that fits by worship style (contemporary, gospel, charismatic, traditional), denomination, language, and location, from GospelChannel…

CommunityOnlineNo sign-inGlobalFreeRead-only

What it can do

  • Find Churches Near: Find Christian worship churches near the user, ranked by distance. Uses only the coarse location metadata ChatGPT shares, never raw location input fields. If the metadata includes
  • Find Churches In City: Find Christian worship churches in a named city, ranked by directory quality. Filter by worship style, denomination, or language.
  • Get Church: Get the full profile for one church by its slug (the last path segment of its gospelchannel.com/church/<slug> URL): worship styles, denomination, language, summary, top worship songs, cont

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Find a Christian church that fits by worship style (contemporary, gospel, charismatic, traditional), denomination, language, and location, from GospelChannel, a free global church guide.

Three read-only tools: find_churches_in_city, find_churches_near (uses coarse host location metadata only), and get_church for a full profile with website, worship music, and recorded service times. Every result links to the public profile on gospelchannel.com. Nothing is stored, emailed, or shared with a church. No authentication.

Also available as io.github.Ac0AI/gospelchannel-church-finder in the official MCP Registry and as a ChatGPT plugin. Source: https://github.com/Ac0AI/gospelchannel

How to connect

How to connect GospelChannel Church Finder to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://gospelchannel-church-finder--hi-q8ij.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect GospelChannel Church Finder to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://gospelchannel-church-finder--hi-q8ij.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect GospelChannel Church Finder to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://gospelchannel-church-finder--hi-q8ij.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

find_churches_nearFind Christian worship churches near the user, ranked by distance. Uses only the coarse location metadata ChatGPT shares, never raw location input fields. If the metadata includes only a city, it searches that city. Filter by worship style, denomination, or language.
find_churches_in_cityFind Christian worship churches in a named city, ranked by directory quality. Filter by worship style, denomination, or language.
get_churchGet the full profile for one church by its slug (the last path segment of its gospelchannel.com/church/<slug> URL): worship styles, denomination, language, summary, top worship songs, contact, and recorded service times if available.