{"id":9448,"date":"2025-08-26T13:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9448"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:50:47","password":"","slug":"overview-finder","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/finder-en\/overview-finder\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview Finder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Churches are as different as people are. The <a href=\"https:\/\/find.church.tools\">ChurchTools Finder<\/a> helps you to find your church where you can get involved, feel at home and grow spiritually. And it helps the churches to find you.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1248\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06.png\" alt=\"Finder search field\" class=\"wp-image-38840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06.png 1248w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06-768x201.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChurchTools-Finder-2025-08-26-at-14.05.06-360x94.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1248px) 100vw, 1248px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For you&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Search for<\/strong> communities in your area, at your future place of residence or near your vacation home.<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discover<\/strong> what community in the church feels like and what makes it special.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find out<\/strong> what current and new opportunities there are to <strong>get in touch<\/strong> with the community through public services, groups or activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simply <strong>register<\/strong> for the next event and <strong>get connected<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get to know<\/strong> who you can talk to before you even get there.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find your church<\/strong> and log in to <strong>your ChurchTools<\/strong> directly from the Finder so that you can get involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more information on how to search for churches on our help page <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/find-a-church-finder\/how-do-i-find-my-church-with-the-finder\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7192\">How to find (my) church with the Finder?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8230; and your community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reach out <\/strong>to new people and invite them to your church services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Show who you are<\/strong>, what makes you special and what community looks like in your congregation! Present your community in the app and on the web. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Link<\/strong> your website and your social media.<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Highlight<\/strong> your public offers, such as house groups, activities, summer camps or other events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using the Finder, everyone can easily <strong>register<\/strong> for your public offers and <strong>connect<\/strong> with you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Introduce<\/strong> your team and make it easy for new people to <strong>get in touch<\/strong> with you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help the members of your congregation to easily find their <strong>ChurchTools login<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We explain how you can create your church&#8217;s public profile in the Finder in the tutorial <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/public-relations\/7-create-and-edit-profile\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7673\">How to create and edit our public profile?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">In ChurchTools Finder you will find many churches, especially from German-speaking countries. These churches present themselves via a self-administered ChurchTools system under their own responsibility.  <br>We have already added some churches to the Finder. Of course, we have only used their publicly accessible data. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/find-a-church-finder\/how-do-i-find-my-church-with-the-finder\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/website-und-finder\/eine-gemeinde-finden-finder\/wie-finde-ich-mit-dem-finder-meine-gemeinde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to find (my) church with the Finder?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/representing-my-church-finder\/5-how-to-manage-my-own-church-profile\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9443\">How to manage our public Finder profile?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/representing-my-church-finder\/how-do-i-get-a-free-churchtools-for-my-church-profile\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7187\">How to get a free ChurchTools for my church profile?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churches are as different as people are. The ChurchTools Finder helps you to find your church where you can get involved, feel at home and grow spiritually. And it helps the churches to find you. 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