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Christians and Online Dating – Why Christians Should Be Using
Online Dating Websites
Online dating sites have been around for more than a decade now
and their success shows no sign of slowing down. As technology
advances there are more and more ways in which we can interact
with each other. Phone technology allows us to communicate
by video with one another while on the move and GPS allows
us to meet with each other in a crowded shopping mall. These technologies
help us all in our search for suitable
partners. This is the cutting edge of the interconnected world
we live in. Yet, with technology allowing these meetings to take
place in the world, why are committed Christians still reluctant
to use it to help them find partners?
Single Christians are in the un-enviable position of being highly
restricted in a number of areas in regards to how they can meet
new people. Firstly, if a Christian is single and is committed
to their faith, they will be restricted to only wanting to date
other committed Christians. This rules out a huge percentage of
the population at a stroke. A non-Christian can walk down the
street and see potential matches all the time. A committed Christian
knows that the only (more or less) guaranteed place to meet suitable
people is in their local Church. Secondly, not only can single
Christians only really date other single Christians but the fact
that these are only to be found in all kinds of Churches spread
out all over the area they live in makes meeting them quite difficult.
No one likes to be too obvious that they are looking for a partner
and Christians are no different. In the goldfish bowl environment
of the local Church the single Christian can feel particularly
on show and this makes any approach to the opposite sex a scary
experience. A rejection by someone in their own church can put
them off dating for good.
So what can single Christians do to help themselves? This is
where dedicated online Christian dating websites give a distinct
advantage. There are several advantages which should be considered
by committed single Christians.
Firstly, a Christian run online dating service will know and
understand the particular needs of committed single Christians.
Non-Christian sites cater for all kinds of people and can’t target
their profiles to committed Christians and their searches allow
all kinds of people to contact each other. This leads to approaches
by unsuitable people that may lead the Christian away from their
lifestyle. A Christian run site will screen people through specially
designed profile questions and the essays will usually reveal
if a person is really a committed Christian.
Secondly, a Christian run online dating site allows committed
Christians to cross the Church and area boundaries. This allows
them to approach people they may never meet in their ordinary
day-to-day church activities.
Thirdly, by using an online Christian dating service committed
Christians can pursue their relationships with anonymity and without
interference and potential judgement by others in the church.
So now really is the time to get online and join one or more
of the excellent online Christian dating sites.
Richard Lloyd is Director of ChristiansUK.com a dedicated online
Christian dating and advice site serving Christians in the
UK and USA. He is also the Director of Black Ridge Design Limited.
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