# GospelChannel Church Finder (remote · gospelchannel.com)

Find a Christian church by worship style, denomination, language, and location. Read-only.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `gospelchannel.com`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder/gospelchannel.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder/gospelchannel)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://gospelchannel.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 533 tokens (~177/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 60/100
  - Stability observed for 18 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the GospelChannel Church Finder MCP server?

GospelChannel Church Finder is a hosted endpoint at https://gospelchannel.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder 'https://gospelchannel.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder": {
      "url": "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder]
url = "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder --url 'https://gospelchannel.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder:
    url: "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder -t streamable-http -u 'https://gospelchannel.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gospelchannel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-20 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-11 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-09 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-05 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `find_churches_near` (~174 tokens)

Find churches near a place

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 only a city, it searches that city. Filter by worship style, denomination, or language.

Input parameters:

- `denomination` (string): Preferred denomination, e.g. non-denominational, Baptist, Pentecostal, Assemblies of God.
- `language` (string): Preferred service language, e.g. English, Spanish.
- `limit` (number): Maximum number of churches to return (default 5, max 20).
- `radius_km` (number): Search radius in kilometers (default 40, max 500).
- `worship_style` (string): Preferred worship style, e.g. contemporary, gospel, charismatic, traditional, hillsong.

Output parameters:

- `churches` (array)
- `city` (string)
- `count` (integer)

### `find_churches_in_city` (~153 tokens)

Find churches in a city

Find Christian worship churches in a named city, ranked by directory quality. Filter by worship style, denomination, or language.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): A destination city explicitly named by the user, e.g. Austin, Barcelona, London. A trailing region or country is accepted.
- `denomination` (string): Preferred denomination, e.g. non-denominational, Baptist, Pentecostal.
- `language` (string): Preferred service language, e.g. English, Spanish.
- `limit` (number): Maximum number of churches to return (default 8, max 20).
- `worship_style` (string): Preferred worship style, e.g. contemporary, gospel, charismatic, traditional, hillsong.

Output parameters:

- `churches` (array)
- `city` (string)
- `count` (integer)

### `get_church` (~78 tokens)

Get a church profile

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, contact, and recorded service times if available.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): The church slug, e.g. hillsong-church-london.

Output parameters:

- `church`

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder/gospelchannel#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 82
- 2026-09-19: 81
- 2026-09-18: 81
- 2026-09-17: 81
- 2026-09-16: 80
- 2026-09-15: 80
- 2026-09-14: 79
- 2026-09-13: 79
- 2026-09-12: 78
- 2026-09-11: 78
- 2026-09-10: 77
- 2026-09-09: 77
- 2026-09-08: 76
- 2026-09-07: 76
- 2026-09-06: 75
- 2026-09-05: 75
- 2026-09-04: 74
- 2026-09-03: 74
- 2026-09-02: 74

## Common questions

### What is the GospelChannel Church Finder MCP server?

GospelChannel Church Finder is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Ac0AI/gospelchannel-church-finder. Find a Christian church by worship style, denomination, language, and location. Read-only. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://gospelchannel.com/mcp).

### Is the GospelChannel Church Finder MCP server safe to use?

GospelChannel Church Finder scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the GospelChannel Church Finder MCP server expose?

GospelChannel Church Finder exposes 3 tools: find_churches_near, find_churches_in_city, get_church. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 405 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the GospelChannel Church Finder MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to GospelChannel Church Finder without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the GospelChannel Church Finder MCP server still maintained?

GospelChannel Church Finder is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://gospelchannel.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Ac0AI/gospelchannel
- Website: https://gospelchannel.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder/gospelchannel.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder/gospelchannel.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ac0ai-gospelchannel-church-finder/gospelchannel