ChurchFinder Scraper

Scrape church listings from ChurchFinder.com — 26,000+ US churches with name, full address, city, state, ZIP, phone, denomination, service times, and description.

What It Scrapes

ChurchFinder.com is a comprehensive US church directory with over 26,000 church profiles. This actor extracts structured data from each church's profile page including:

• Church name — full official name
• Denomination — e.g. Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist
• Address — street address parsed from the profile
• City, State, ZIP — parsed and structured separately
• Phone number — extracted from the service times block
• Service times — when services are held
• Description — church about text / mission statement
• Church ID — internal ChurchFinder identifier (from embedded dataLayer)
• Profile URL — direct link to the church's ChurchFinder page

Usage

Scrape all churches in specific states

{
    "states": ["ca", "tx", "ny"],
    "maxItems": 1000
}

Scrape specific church profiles

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.churchfinder.com/churches/ca/los-angeles/abyssinia-baptist-church" },
        { "url": "https://www.churchfinder.com/churches/tx/houston/lakewood-church" }
    ]
}

Scrape all 26,000+ churches (no filter)

{
    "maxItems": 0
}

Leave maxItems empty or 0 for no limit. Omit states and startUrls to scrape the full directory.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Specific ChurchFinder church profile URLs to scrape. Takes priority over states.
states	array	US state codes to filter by (e.g. ["ca", "tx"]). Empty = all states.
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return. Omit or set 0 for no limit.

Output Schema

Each record contains:

Field	Type	Description
church_id	string	Internal ChurchFinder ID
name	string	Church name
url	string	ChurchFinder profile URL
denomination	string	Denomination (e.g. Baptist, Catholic)
address	string	Street address
city	string	City
state	string	2-letter state code
zip_code	string	ZIP code
phone	string	Phone number
service_times	string	Service schedule description
description	string	Church description / about text
scraped_at	string	ISO timestamp

Example Output

{
    "church_id": "172273",
    "name": "Abyssinia Baptist Church",
    "url": "https://www.churchfinder.com/churches/ca/los-angeles/abyssinia-baptist-church",
    "denomination": "Baptist",
    "address": "4417 Ascot Ave",
    "city": "Los Angeles",
    "state": "CA",
    "zip_code": "90011",
    "phone": "(323) 232-5311",
    "service_times": "Join us this weekend!",
    "description": "Abyssinia Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Los Angeles California.",
    "scraped_at": "2026-06-12T03:00:00.000Z"
}

Performance

• Scrapes approximately 3 churches per second at a respectful crawl rate
• No proxy required — site is openly accessible
• Sitemap-driven discovery — no pagination needed
• Full directory (26,598 URLs) in approximately 2-3 hours at default concurrency

Use Cases

• Religious organization research and outreach
• Lead generation for church vendors (audio/visual, software, furniture)
• Directory building and church locator applications
• Demographic and geographic analysis of US Christian churches
• Competitive analysis for church-adjacent service providers