Free ChatGPT Plugin · For Churches, Congregations & Ministries
Ask ChatGPT why your church isn't showing up on Google.
Someone in your town searched “church near me” this week. Your site looks fine to you. But if your service times live in an image, your address is only on a map, and nothing tells Google what kind of place you are, they never saw you. Paste your address into ChatGPT and see what it sees: a score out of 100, the three fixes that matter most, and a straight answer on the Google Ad Grant.
Check my church website: gracechurch.org
Your church website scored 62/100 for getting found (grade D).
Top fixes
- Service times aren't written as text
- No link to your Google Business Profile
- No Plan a Visit page
AI readiness: 2 of 5 checks passed.
Example result. Yours takes one paste.
What It Checks
The things a person searching for a church actually needs.
Most website checkers grade you like a software company. This one asks the questions a first-time visitor asks. When do you meet? Where are you? What should I expect? Can Google, Maps and the AI assistants answer those from your site, or do they have to guess?
Service times as text
The first thing a visitor wants. If your times only live in an image or a slideshow, Google can't read them.
Address and a map
A street address written out, and a way to get directions. A map picture alone doesn't count.
Google Business Profile link
The listing that shows up in Maps. Linking it from your site ties the two together.
A Plan a Visit page
What to wear, where to park, what happens with the kids. Usually the most-read page on a church site.
An About or Beliefs page
Who you are and what you believe, in plain words. People read it before they show up.
Church structured data
The label that tells Google and AI assistants this is a church, here's where and when we meet.
AI Readiness
Can ChatGPT recommend you?
More people now ask an AI assistant for a church than open a directory. The assistant can only recommend what it can read. Three checks tell you where you stand. None of them involves asking an AI anything; they look at the site itself.
AI crawlers allowed
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Bing use their own crawlers. If robots.txt blocks them, you can't be recommended.
Readable without JavaScript
Some site builders draw everything in the browser. Crawlers see a blank page.
An llms.txt file
A short plain-text summary written for AI assistants. New, optional, and easy.
Plus the basics
- Page titles and descriptions
- One main heading per page
- Mobile setup
- HTTPS
- robots.txt and a sitemap
- Social share image
How It Works
Three steps. No setup.
Step 1
Open the plugin in ChatGPT
Search the ChatGPT plugin directory for Church Website Checker, or use the button on this page. Nothing to install, no account with us.
Step 2
Paste your church's web address
Something like "Check my church website: gracechurch.org". You'll have a score and your top three fixes in a few seconds.
Step 3
Ask follow-ups
"Explain the first fix." "Does our church qualify for the Google Ad Grant?" It answers from the same scan and from Google's own rules.
The Ad Grant Question
“Do we qualify?” answered honestly.
Every month Google makes up to $10,000 in search ads available to eligible nonprofits. Churches qualify. Many churches that apply get turned down anyway, and the reason is almost always the same one.
Being tax-exempt by default is not the same as being recognized by the IRS. Google wants the second thing: a determination letter, a listing in the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search, or coverage under your denomination's group exemption.
Ask the plugin and it walks through Google's published rules with you: IRS recognition, fiscal sponsorship, the excluded organization types (a Christian school is out, but its foundation may be in), the Google for Nonprofits account that comes first, and whether your website meets Google's requirements. Every rule comes with the source. It never asks for an EIN, and it never promises approval. “Likely eligible” is as far as it goes, because that's as far as anyone but Google can go.
What It Doesn't Do
Honest limits
- It reads what a crawler can read. A site that only renders in the browser will score low on readability, and that's the point: Google sees the same blank page.
- It checks a handful of pages, not your whole site: the homepage plus your visit, about, times and contact pages when it can find them.
- The address check expects a US-style street address. Churches elsewhere may see a warning that doesn't apply.
- It won't edit your site. It tells you what to change and how.
Your Data
What we keep
The address you submit, the organization type, the score and check results, a hashed form of the request's IP address, and whether you asked for the booking link. No name, no email. Results are cached for 24 hours so a repeat check is instant, and everything is deleted after 90 days. Your conversation itself lives in ChatGPT under OpenAI's policy.
Read the full privacy noteQuestions
Before you paste the address
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no account, no email capture, and nothing to buy inside the plugin. It reads your public website and reports what it finds.
Do I need a paid ChatGPT plan?
You need a ChatGPT account that can use plugins from the directory. OpenAI decides which plans and countries have access, and that changes over time, so check your account if you don't see the plugin.
Is it only for church websites?
It's built for church websites first. The checks are the ones a church visitor cares about: service times, the address, a Plan a Visit page, what you believe. Messianic congregations, ministries and nonprofits can use it too. Tell it what kind of organization you are and it adjusts the wording; a Messianic congregation is addressed as a congregation, never a church. The scoring is the same for everyone.
Will it fix my website?
No. It tells you what to fix, why it matters, and how, with a code snippet when one applies. Most of the top fixes are things you or a volunteer can do in an afternoon. The rest are worth a developer's hour.
Can it tell me for certain that we qualify for the Google Ad Grant?
No one can except Google. It checks your answers against Google's published eligibility rules, shows you the rule and the source, and says "likely eligible" at best. The rule most churches miss: being tax-exempt by default is not the same as IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status.
What does it store?
The website address you submit, the organization type, the score and check results, a hashed form of the request's IP address, and whether you asked for the booking link. No names, no emails. Results are cached for 24 hours and deleted after 90 days.
Paste the address. See what Google sees.
Start with your homepage. If your service times aren't written as text, that's a ten-minute fix, and it's the one that brings people through the door.
One check. One fix. Then the next one.—Jon
Built for churches, but ministries and nonprofits are welcome too. See how we work with churches.