Sanctuary MCP
A community faith companion MCP server that provides honest scripture prayers and a safe house-church finder for individuals who left institutional church but maintained their faith. It exposes tools for finding prayers based on emotional states and locating small groups, operating as a public, read-only service without authentication.
Endpoint and access
No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.
https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcpWhat its tools do
4 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.
Checks and signals
Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.
- Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
- Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days
What you can do with it
- Find an honest scripture prayer for feelings like anger, grief, or doubt
- List available prayer topics within the Sanctuary library
- Find a safe house church or small group with guidance on red and green flags
- Learn about what Sanctuary is and who it is for
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- Sanctuary 1.1.0
- MCP protocol negotiated in check
- 2025-11-25
- Tools
- 4 advertised
- Resources
- 1 advertised
- Resource templates
- 0 advertised
- Prompts
- Not advertised
{
"tools": {
"listChanged": true
},
"resources": {
"listChanged": true
}
}Tools
4 advertised
find_prayer — Find a prayer
Looks up scripture prayers in Sanctuary's library (185 prayers in seven topics: betrayal, anger, grief, fear & anxiety, loneliness, shame, doubt) for what a person is feeling. Use when the user asks for a prayer, a Bible passage to pray, or words for a feeling, especially in the context of leaving a church or struggling with faith. Input: the feeling in the user's own words and/or one of the seven topics. Output: up to four prayers, each with its Bible passage (NIV), the prayer text, and a link to that prayer on godismysanctuary.com. If the feeling matches no topic, it returns the list of topics instead. If the text describes suicide or self-harm, it returns crisis resources (988 and Crisis Text Line) instead of a prayer. Sanctuary is not counseling or a crisis service.
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"topic": {
"enum": [
"broken-trust",
"anger",
"grief",
"fear-anxiety",
"loneliness",
"shame",
"doubt"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "One of the seven prayer topics, if known."
},
"feeling": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What the person is feeling, in their own words."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}list_prayer_topics — List prayer topics
Lists the seven topics Sanctuary's prayer library is organized by, each with a one-line description and a link to that topic's page on godismysanctuary.com. Use when the user asks what kinds of prayers Sanctuary has or which topics it covers, or to see the valid topic values before calling find_prayer. Takes no input.
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}get_house_church_guide — Guide to finding a house church or small group
Writes a guide to finding a house church, microchurch, dinner church, Alpha course, or church small group to join or start, tailored to what the user has shared. Use when the user asks for help finding a Christian gathering or community, whether after leaving a church, moving, coming to faith, or being between churches. Inputs, all optional: area, faith tradition, life stage, in-person or online, what they want to avoid, and whether they want to join or start a group. Output: where people from that tradition typically look (for example parish groups, denominational networks, house-church directories, Alpha), a checklist of warning signs of high-control groups and signs of a healthy one, and a link to Sanctuary's finder page, where a person can ask for an introduction. It does not search a database of groups, does not return specific groups, addresses, or contact details, and does not assess or comment on any named church or group. If any field describes suicide or self-harm, it returns crisis resources (988 and Crisis Text Line) instead.
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"area": {
"type": "string",
"description": "City, state or region in plain words (no street address). Optional."
},
"format": {
"enum": [
"in_person",
"online",
"hybrid"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Whether they want to meet in person, online, or either/hybrid. Optional."
},
"waryOf": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What they are wary of or hoping to avoid (e.g. high-control groups, being recruited, pressure, a specific denomination). Optional."
},
"lifeStage": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Life stage or situation if it comes up (e.g. college student, young family with kids, single adult, retired, newly moved). Optional."
},
"tradition": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The faith tradition or background they come from or are drawn to, in their own words (e.g. Catholic, Orthodox, evangelical, non-denominational, charismatic/Pentecostal, Methodist/mainline, Mennonite/Anabaptist, or still exploring). Optional."
},
"lookingFor": {
"enum": [
"join",
"start",
"either"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Whether they want to join a group, help start one, or either. Optional."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}describe_sanctuary — About Sanctuary
Returns a short description of Sanctuary: what it is (a free faith companion app and prayer library for people who left the church but did not leave Jesus), who it is for and not for, that it is free on iOS and Android with links to both store listings, the size of the prayer library, who runs it (International Bible Ministries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with technology by WiscAI), and the crisis resources it points people to. Use when the user asks what Sanctuary is, who made it, whether it is free, or how to get the app. Takes no input.
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}Prompts
Not advertised
Resources
1 advertised
prayer-widget
ui://widget/prayer.html30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 974 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 974 ms
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · probe · passed · 974 ms · metadata changed · 4 tool(s), 1 resource(s), 0 resource template(s)
Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http sanctuary-mcp-vercel https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcpCodex
codex mcp add sanctuary-mcp-vercel --url https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"sanctuary-mcp-vercel": {
"url": "https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"sanctuary-mcp-vercel": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"sanctuary-mcp-vercel": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http sanctuary-mcp-vercel https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcpClaude Desktop
https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcpWindsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"sanctuary-mcp-vercel": {
"serverUrl": "https://sanctuary-mcp.vercel.app/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
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