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Every churches & places of worship business in the Austin metro — ranked by how well their website works for customers and AI search. Looking for one? Start below. Run one? Find your score and what to fix.
83 Austin churches & places of worship sites, scored on nine things every search engine and AI assistant checks. Click a name for the full review and the fixes.
| Business | Area | Site score |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Place Churchgp.church | Round Rock | 921 to fix |
| Grace Presbyterian Fellowship Churchwww.gracepresrr.org | 921 to fix | |
| Islamic Center of Round Rockroundrockmasjid.org | Round Rock | 921 to fix |
| Manchaca United Methodist Churchwww.manchacaumc.org | Manchaca | 921 to fix |
| Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Churchwww.mtmoriahelgin.org | Elgin | 921 to fix |
| Saint Peter's Church of Couplandwww.stpeterscoupland.org | Coupland | 921 to fix |
| Unity Centerwww.unitedstateschurches.com/texas/unity-center-austin-austin/291639 | Austin | 921 to fix |
| Cedar Creek United Methodist Churchwww.cedarcreekumc.org | Cedar Creek | 881 to fix |
| Logos Baptist Churchwww.logosbaptistchurch.org | Pflugerville | 881 to fix |
| Saint Patrick Catholic Churchstpatrickhutto.org | Hutto | 881 to fix |
| Immanuel Lutheran Churchilcpville.org | Pflugerville | 842 to fix |
| Lideta LeMariam Ethiopian Orthodox Churchaustinlidetaeotc.org | 842 to fix | |
| RCCG Cornerstone Church Austin, ATXcornerstoneatx.org | Austin | 842 to fix |
| The ROCK ATXwww.therockatx.org | Austin | 842 to fix |
| Chinmaya Mission Austinchinmayaaustin.org | 822 to fix | |
| Central Baptist Churchwww.centralrr.com | Round Rock | 802 to fix |
| First Presbyterian Churchwww.fpcelgin.org | Elgin | 802 to fix |
| First United Methodist Church Elginfumcelgin.com | Elgin | 802 to fix |
| Islamic Center of Greater Austinaustinmosque.org | Austin | 802 to fix |
| Saint Elias Antiochan Orthodox Church - North Campuswww.sainteliaschurch.org | Austin | 802 to fix |
| Saint Julia Catholic Churchstjuliacatholicchurch.org | Austin | 802 to fix |
| St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Churchstalphonsaaustin.com | Manor | 802 to fix |
| The Austin Stone Community Church - St John's Congregationwww.austinstone.org | Austin | 802 to fix |
| Vietnamese Unity Baptist Churchvubcaustin.org | Austin | 802 to fix |
| Bible Baptist Church of Pflugervillebbcpf.org | 762 to fix | |
| Grace Lutheran Churchwww.graceelgin.org | Elgin | 762 to fix |
| Santa Barbara Catholic Churchwww.sbccaustin.org | Austin | 762 to fix |
| First Baptist Churchfbcelgin.org | Elgin | 743 to fix |
| Faith 4 Life Churchwww.faith4lifeaus.com | 723 to fix | |
| Grace Community Baptist Churchgracechurchtx.org | Elgin | 723 to fix |
| Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Churchgmzaustin.org | Austin | 723 to fix |
| Hope Lutheran Churchhopelutheranaustin.org | Austin | 723 to fix |
| Journey Elginwww.journeyelgin.org | Elgin | 723 to fix |
| Saint Peter's Lutheran Churchwww.stpeterselgin.org | Elgin | 723 to fix |
| Shoreline Churchwww.shoreline.net | 723 to fix | |
| St. George's Episcopal Churchwww.sgchurch.org | 723 to fix | |
| The Austin Stone Churchaustinstone.org/north | 723 to fix | |
| Wells Branch Community Church: Children's Ministrywww.wellsbranchchurch.com | Austin | 723 to fix |
| Wells Branch Community Church: Worship Centerwww.wellsbranchchurch.com | Austin | 723 to fix |
| Faith Culture Churchfaithculturechurch.org | Round Rock | 703 to fix |
| Foundation Christian Ministrieswww.myfcm.org | Bastrop | 703 to fix |
| Nineteenth Street Baptist Churchwww.east19thstreetmbc.com | Austin | 703 to fix |
| Rolling Hills Community Churchrhcc4.org | Lago Vista | 703 to fix |
| St Mary Magdalene Episcopal Churchiamsmm.com | Manor | 703 to fix |
| Our Savior Lutheran Churchwww.oslaustin.org | Austin | 693 to fix |
| Emmaus Catholic Churchwww.emmausparish.org | Lakeway | 663 to fix |
| Faith Assembly of Godwww.faithassemblybuda.com | Buda | 644 to fix |
| High Pointe Baptist Churchwww.highpointeaustin.org | Austin | 644 to fix |
| Third Church of Christ, Scientistwww.3rdchurchcsaustin.org | Austin | 644 to fix |
| Holy Family Catholic Churchwww.holyfamilyacc.org | Austin | 624 to fix |
| Palm Valley Lutheran Churchwww.pvlc.org | Round Rock | 624 to fix |
| Radha Madhav Dhamradhamadhavdham.org | Austin | 624 to fix |
| Saint John's Episcopal Churchwww.austinstjohns.org | Austin | 624 to fix |
| Victory City Churchvictorycity.church | Pflugerville | 624 to fix |
| Bahá'í Faith of Austin, Texaswww.austinbahai.org | Austin | 604 to fix |
| David Chapel Missionary Baptist Churchdavidchapel.org | Austin | 604 to fix |
| Elgin Church of Christelgincoc.net | Elgin | 604 to fix |
| Iglesia CAPITALwww.capitalmvmt.com | Austin | 604 to fix |
| Midtown Churchmidtownaustin.org | Austin | 604 to fix |
| North Austin Muslim Community Centerwww.namcc.org | Austin | 604 to fix |
| Southern Hills Church of Christwww.southernhillscoc.org | Buda | 604 to fix |
| St. James' Episcopal Churchstjamesaustin.org | Austin | 604 to fix |
| Austin Buddhist Center - Aloko Udapadiwww.austinbuddhistcenter.us | Del Valle | 584 to fix |
| Friends Meeting of Austinwww.austinquakers.org | Austin | 584 to fix |
| Greater Union Baptist Churchwww.gubcaustin.org | Austin | 584 to fix |
| Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Churchwww.staopen.org | Austin | 584 to fix |
| Pleasant Bethany Baptist Churchwww.pleasantbethanybaptistchurch.org | Elgin | 574 to fix |
| ACTS Church Lakewaywww.actschurchlakeway.com | Lakeway | 545 to fix |
| Church on the Hill Jonestownchurchonthehilljonestown.com | Jonestown | 545 to fix |
| Community Ruthenian Catholic Churchaustinbyzantine.org | Austin | 545 to fix |
| Faith Baptist Churchmyfaithbc.org | Round Rock | 545 to fix |
| Good Hope Missionary Baptist Churchwww.ghmbc.com | Round Rock | 505 to fix |
| Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Churchwww.hvmcc.org | Austin | 505 to fix |
| The Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Churchholycrossaustin.church | Round Rock | 505 to fix |
| St. Francis Anglican Churchstfrancisaustin.org | Austin | 426 to fix |
| Abundant Life Churchwww.getyolife.org | Pflugerville | 277 to fix |
| Baha'i Faith of Round Rockroundrockbahai.com | Round Rock | 277 to fix |
| Christ Apostolic Churchwww.christapostolicaustin.faithweb.com | 277 to fix | |
| Liên Hoa Buddhist Templewww.daotranglienhoa.com | Austin | 277 to fix |
| First United Methodist Churchwww.pflame.org | Pflugerville | 09 to fix |
| Praise Jesus Churchkupc.com | Austin | 09 to fix |
| Red River Churchwww.redriverchurch.org | Austin | 09 to fix |
| Walnut Creek Baptist Churchwww.walnutcreekbc.org/index.cfm | Austin | 09 to fix |
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The single highest-stakes pillar: automatic exemption without application, the option to seek a determination letter anyway, the 14-point church test, Form 990 exemption, unrelated business income, and the special audit protections of section 7611. Most church leaders operate on hearsay here, which makes accurate content unusually valuable.
What a 501(c)(3) church may and may not say — the absolute prohibition on endorsing or opposing candidates, the wide latitude for issue advocacy, voter education and registration done without partisanship, lobbying limits, and how the line is drawn in practice for pulpit speech, facility use and pastor speech in a personal capacity.
Ministerial housing allowance designation and its limits, clergy dual tax status and SECA, the opt-out election, accountable reimbursement plans, love offerings and honoraria, and how to build a compensation package that is both defensible and understood by the board.
The ministerial exception in employment law, who counts as a minister, staffing ratios, volunteer versus employee classification, contractor risk, sabbaticals and succession, and the HR practices a growing congregation outgrows first.
General fund versus designated giving, giving per giving unit, recurring giving adoption, tithe and offering, year-end and capital giving, benevolence funds, quid pro quo and substantiation rules, and financial reporting that a congregation can actually read.
Percentage of budget going to staff, facilities cost per square foot, utilities and deferred maintenance, debt service, reserves, insurance, and the honest math of whether a building is an asset or a liability for a congregation of a given size.
Average weekly attendance versus unique attenders, attendance frequency, engagement measured by group and serving participation rather than seats filled, and why a congregation can grow in people while shrinking in weekly headcount.
The first-time guest journey end to end — parking, signage, greeting, the connection card, the follow-up sequence, next-steps class, membership — and the conversion math from first visit to committed participant. The highest-leverage operational content for most congregations.
Group models and the discipleship pathway, leader recruitment and multiplication, volunteer-to-attender ratio, onboarding, scheduling and retention, and the burnout patterns that quietly cap a church's capacity.
Campus models and their trade-offs, campus pastor roles, video versus live teaching, sending-church and residency models for planters, planting networks and assessment, and the financial runway a new site or plant actually needs.
Weekend service planning and the order of service, announcements and the communications calendar, sermon distribution and podcasting, email and SMS nurture, social and short-form video, brand and signage, and the discipline of one clear next step per message.
Encoding and streaming platforms, multi-destination distribution, on-demand libraries, chat and online hosts, measurement of online participation, and the honest question of whether an online audience is a congregation, an outreach channel or an on-ramp.
ChMS selection and migration, giving and check-in integration, directory and household records, privacy and consent for member data, background-check and volunteer records, retention policy, and who in the building is allowed to see what.
Secure check-in and matching tags, ratios, two-adult rules, background screening, mandatory reporting, abuse-prevention training and response policy, facility design for safety, and the insurance and liability picture behind all of it.
Elder, deacon, board and vestry models, congregational versus episcopal versus presbyterian polity, bylaws and membership covenants, conflict of interest and compensation approval, denominational affiliation versus non-denominational independence, and what a diocese, presbytery, conference or convention actually provides.
Benevolence and social service ministries, separately incorporated 501(c)(3) affiliates, partnerships with schools and agencies, interfaith work, disaster response, and the legal and accounting line between the church and the ministry it launches.
explain that a church meeting the requirements is automatically recognized without applying, and the practical reasons many churches file for a determination letter anyway
explain the church exemption from the annual return, that affiliated organizations and schools may still have to file, and that payroll and unrelated business income filings are separate obligations
describe the criteria the IRS weighs, and be clear that no single point is decisive and the list is not a checklist to be scored
explain the statutory bar on 501(c)(3) organizations intervening in a political campaign for or against a candidate, and that it applies to churches as to other charities
explain the statute still bars campaign intervention; note that the IRS took the position in a July 2025 proposed consent judgment in the National Religious Broadcasters litigation that a church speaking to its own congregation through its usual channels of religious communication is not intervening, but that the court declined to enter that judgment and dismissed the case on 31 March 2026, so the law is unchanged; say the safe course is counsel on the specific facts
explain that speaking to issues, and even lobbying within limits, is treated differently from supporting or opposing a candidate, and give the facts-and-circumstances factors that make a statement look like intervention
explain it must be designated in advance by official action, is limited by actual housing expense and fair rental value, and is excluded from income tax but not from self-employment tax
explain clergy dual tax status — employee for income tax, self-employed for Social Security and Medicare under SECA — and that the church must not withhold FICA for a minister
explain the constitutional doctrine barring most employment discrimination claims by ministerial employees, that it turns on the role's religious function rather than the job title, and that it does not exempt a church from all employment law
explain that it must serve a charitable class under a written policy with a decision process the giver does not control, and why gifts earmarked for a named individual are treated differently
explain that a gift the donor directs to a named individual is generally not deductible, and how a properly governed benevolence fund preserves both the deduction and the help
explain the Texas religious-use exemption applies to property used primarily for religious worship and certain related uses, that it must be applied for with the appraisal district, and that leased or income-producing portions raise questions; send the reader to the county appraisal district
explain the three-part test — trade or business, regularly carried on, not substantially related — and name common examples such as facility rental with services, parking and advertising sales
explain that Austin combines very fast in-migration with one of the lowest religious affiliation rates among large U.S. metros; present both as context rather than an excuse, and do not invent a local attendance number
explain the section 7611 church tax inquiry protections — the required high-level approval, written notice and limits on scope — and that payroll and unrelated business income examinations follow different rules
explain that money collected by the church and paid to the speaker is compensation reportable to them, not a tax-free gift, and how the collection should be documented
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