Sources — Faith Square

Every listing is a conclusion drawn from open, public sources — each page says which ones under “How we know”. No source is treated as the truth; where sources disagree, we show what each one says. Nothing here is copied from Google or from OpenStreetMap’s database.

Coverage. The United States — every state and the District of Columbia; other countries later. The directory is built by machine and reviewed after publication: two listings for one building, or one listing that should be two, will exist — co-located communities sharing a building are shown as separate places on purpose until reviewed.

Published September 29, 2026 · 667,559 places, 369,293 faith communities · resolver v2.8 2026-09-21.

Sources used

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse locator — Meetinghouse and ward data from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints locator (facts + link-back) (21,345 records); fetched September 2026.
CRA List of charities (T3010) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (CRA List of charities) (2 records); fetched September 2026.
Foursquare OS Places — Foursquare OS Places (Apache-2.0) (469,347 records); fetched September 2026.
IRS Exempt Organizations BMF — IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (public domain) (340,716 records); fetched September 2026.
masstimes.org (Mass Times Trust) — Church data © Mass Times Trust (masstimes.org) — facts + link-back (39,877 records); fetched September 2026.
Overture Maps Places — Overture Maps Foundation, Places theme (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) (511,755 records); fetched September 2026.
UMC Find-A-Church — Listed in UMC Find-A-Church (facts + link-back) (1,068 records); fetched September 2026.
US Religion Census 2020 — 2020 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Adherents Study (ASARB) — derived statistics only; fetched September 2026.