{"id":9441,"date":"2022-12-23T17:44:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leogeracademy.hestia.wpspace.me\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9441"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:12:32","password":"","slug":"5-how-does-the-finder-help-people-find-a-church","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/use-finder\/5-how-does-the-finder-help-people-find-a-church\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the Finder help people find a church?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>You<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; need the <strong>contact data<\/strong> of your pastor or are looking for the <strong>URL of your ChurchTools<\/strong>? Here you can search for your own church and quickly find out the phone number or directly the login to your ChurchTools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; have moved and are looking for a <strong>new church<\/strong> where you can be at home? Search in the Finder for a church in your new place, which is close to you and suits you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; want to celebrate worship with other Christians even on <strong>holiday<\/strong> and are looking for a local church?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is how it works:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Call up Finder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Call up the Finder at <a href=\"https:\/\/find.church.tools\">https:\/\/find.church.tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Location search or free text search: Either search for your current location or for the place where you want to find a church. You can also start a free text search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image.jpeg 808w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-300x73.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-768x186.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-360x87.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\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:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;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>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">You can find out how to share your current location with ChurchTools <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/nutzen-finder\/5-how-to-share-my-location-with-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9446\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Narrow your search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also narrow down your search:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By a <strong>place<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a <strong>denomination<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>affiliation<\/strong>, e.g. to a church federation, an association or a national church,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>various <strong>tags<\/strong> (The congregations that are listed in the Finder select three keywords that apply to them in particular. You can filter by these tags here.) and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the regular <strong>worship services<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.jpeg 656w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1-300x28.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1-360x34.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. View results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finder shows you a list of churches relevant to you and displays their locations on a map. Click on a church to view its profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2-300x133.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2-768x340.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2-360x159.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8230; &#8230; need the contact data of your pastor or are looking for the URL of your ChurchTools? 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