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title: How to Create a Google Business Profile
description: Step-by-step guide to creat a google business profile.
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# How to Create a Google Business Profile
### **Step 1: Create a Google Account**
1. Go to[https://accounts.google.com/signup](https://accounts.google.com/signup)
2. Enter your name, desired email, and password
3. Verify your phone number and recovery email
4. Accept Google’s terms and privacy policy
### **Step 2: Go to Google Business Profile Manager**
1. Visit[https://www.google.com/business/](https://www.google.com/business/)
2. Click 'Manage now'
3. Sign in using your Google account
### **Step 3: Enter Your Church Name**
1. Type the official name of your church
2. Click 'Next'
### **Step 4: Choose a Business Category**
1. Select 'Church' as your business category
2. Click 'Next'
### **Step 5: Add Location Details**
If your church has a physical address:
\- Click 'Yes', then enter your street address
If your church has no fixed address:
\- Click 'No', then choose your service areas
### **Step 6: Add Contact Information**
1. Enter your church’s phone number
2. Enter your church’s website (optional but recommended)
3. Click 'Next'
### **Step 7: Choose Verification Method**
Google will ask for verification:
- Postcard by Mail (most common)
- Phone or Email (if available)
- Video Verification (show signage, entrance, and documents)
### **Step 8: Finish Profile Setup**
1. Add service times and description
2. Upload photos (building, services, logo)
3. Customize hours and attributes
### **For Churches with 501(c)(3) Status**
Apply for Google for Nonprofits:
1. Visit[https://www.google.com/nonprofits/](https://www.google.com/nonprofits/)
2. Register via TechSoup
3. Upload your IRS 501(c)(3) letter
4. Access Google Workspace, Ads Grants, and YouTube tools
### **Why TechSoup Is Required:**
Google partners with TechSoup to verify nonprofit status before granting access to Google for Nonprofits tools. This process applies even to churches, despite their automatic tax-exempt status.
### **What This Means for Churches:**
- You do NOT need to upload a 501(c)(3) determination letter if you're a church.
- But you must still create a TechSoup account and go through the verification process.
- Google won't approve your nonprofit application until TechSoup verifies you.
### **To Apply:**
1. Go to[https://www.techsoup.org/](https://www.techsoup.org/)
2. Register your church (select “religious organization” if prompted)
3. Wait for verification (usually 2–14 days)
4. Use the TechSoup token to apply at[https://www.google.com/nonprofits/](https://www.google.com/nonprofits/)
### **For Churches without 501(c)(3)**
You can still:
- Create and verify a Google Business Profile
- Appear on Google Maps and Search
But you won’t qualify for Google for Nonprofits until you have 501(c)(3) status
### **Tips & Common Issues**
- Use a consistent name and address (NAP) across your website, social media, and Google listing.
- Don’t use a P.O. Box as your main address.
- If you meet at a rented venue (like a school or theater), clearly describe that on your website and during verification to avoid rejections.
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