On 3/21/06, ChristianMingle changed their name to Relationships.com, but then changed their name to ChristianMingle 
again in 2007.
According to the folks at ChristianMingle, a growing single Christian database caused the revamping of the tools used on the dating site. While they were at it, ChristianMingle decided a fresh name and some new searching features would bring in more singles in search of a soul mate. However the new name never worked out because it confused Christian singles
We always thought ChristianMingle had great features, and as “an online community specifically for Christian singles looking to to meet other Christians”, you cannot really beat ChristianMingle, which is the most visited Christian dating site in the world.
Christian Mingle offers free trial memberships and is easy to navigate. If you a single college student or single parent dating, please consider helping other singles by letting us know what you think of ChristianMingle previously called Relationships.com. 
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Recently, a pastor friend of mine explained why he is not only against online Christian dating, but also the concept of dating in general. While he did not come out and say that dating is unbiblical (there are some Christians who feel this way), he argued that it cheapens the courtship process and encourages single Christians to enter casual relationships that are here today and gone tomorrow.
The pastor started out by rightly reminding me that dating is a relatively new phenomenon of the last hundred years or so. Before that time, singles were said to court one another. Courtship was not a casual thing to do on a Friday night, but a serious process whereby the families of the single gal and single guy decide whether or not marriage should be the end result. Romance and personal choice took a back seat to practicality: Is he able to support her? Does she cook, sew well and love children? Do the families make a good fit?
Overall, my friend feels the courtship system is much more advantageous than the present system of dating:
Dating and Courtship is Not an Either/Or Proposition
I had several responses for my pastor friend. The first sentences came out this way: Get real! While the idea of an old-fashioned courtship has some virtue in it, how many twenty-something or thirty-something Christian singles would buy into such a system? How many Christian families would be willing to make a courtship covenant? A solution must be realistic if it is to be the norm.”
Secondly, Christian dating does not have to devolve into the sex sin relationships that we see in the world. Christian dating services fill a need that many families and churches are not meeting. So why condemn all forms of dating just because the world abuses it?
I have one dear friend who met her fiance though an online Christian matchmaking site. Their two year long distance dating relationship has been anything but casual, but a conscious process leading toward marriage. Before committing in person they had spent over six months just communicating on a heart level via e-mail. Afterwards, they both met each other’s families, who approved of the relationship. Each party also enlisted the help of their respective pastors and friends to help them through the engagement process. I am happy to say that my friend is getting married this coming June (and I am singing in the wedding).
Here we have an example of a single Christian couple who used an online Christian dating service, but incorporated elements of the courtship process by seeking advice from their families and churches.
The lesson here? Dating and Courtship does not have to be an either/or proposition for Christian singles. It’s possible to combine the best of both. So what are your thoughts about online Christian dating and courtship? Do you take an either/or stand on the issue?
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Only a few years ago, using an online Christian dating service was in large part taboo with Christian Singles. To be fair, it wasn’t just single Christians who thought using a Christian dating service or online dating site was a kooky or even sleazy thing to try.
For example, a 1997 poll revealed that less than 5% of singles in the U.S. and abroad would even consider using a dating site or chatroom. Today, over 60% of singles have either used or are seriously considering using online matchmaking services. Not a few of these have been Christian dating singles looking for a Christians soul mate through a Christian dating service. In fact, niche specialty, Christian dating services catering to Christians are one of the fastest growing segments on the web. Just do a Google search on the term “Christian dating service”, and you’ll see what I mean.
Why Christian Dating Services Are Growing
Why are more and more Christian Singles using online Christian dating services? What are some pros for using a Christian dating service? For starters, as Christians have become more comfortable surfing the web, they have also become more familiar with the many different Christian matchmaking, Christian chatrooms, Christian pen pals and Christian personals sites.
Many of these Christian dating services, like eHarmony, also mass market in traditional venues like radio and TV. Look, I don’t watch much TV (except maybe American Idol) but I bet I’ve seen that grandfatherly, smiling face of Dr. Neil Clarke Warren, the eHarmony founder, at least fifty times in the last year espousing how easy it is to meet that special someone. Familiarity may breed contempt in some relationships, but not with marketing: It breeds trust.
Single Christians Using a Christian Dating Service and the Church
Beyond familiarity and savvy marketing techniques, more and more single Christians are using Christian dating services for the simple reason that most churches are not geared toward meeting needs of single adults. How many churches go out of their way to form ministries and singles groups where Christian guys and gals can really get to know each other and grow relationships? I can tell you from our ministry and ongoing survey spot research that there are far too few churches reaching out in creative ways to single Christians.
I firmly believe that a local church is a God ordained great place to grow spiritually and find fellowship and serve others. That’s why we are building an online singles group and Christian coffeehouse directory at Christian-Dating-Service-PLUS. We want to help Christians connect locally, while also providing publicity for singles group ministries and churches that are reaching out.
Christian Dating Services Meet A Need
Overall, I see a Christian Dating Service as one alternative for meeting other single Christians of the oppositie sex. Meeting someone in a local singles group is definitely a better way of growing an intimate relationship, but most churches do not have specialized ministries geared toward the need of singles. In the meantime, Christian Dating Services are filling a need. What are your thoughts about Christian dating services?
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Yahoo Personals is a dating site Christian Singles check out when looking to find a deeper, long-lasting relationship, as in till death do us part. Great! Yeah, I know, Yahoo Personals is not a Christian Dating Service, but Yahoo Personals does advertise for Christian singles.
Yahoo Personals and Single Christians
Yahoo Personals has a tens of thousands of real Christians in the database. Free Yahoo Personals also offers advanced matching tools and a free relationship test, called Smart Fit, that helps single Christians zero in on that special person of shared faith…all right in their local area. Yahoo Personals is really awesome in this regard.
Ultimately, we know the Lord is in control of this “thing” we call dating and courtship. Yet, having a tool like Yahoo Personals can help us make responsible, informed and prayerful relationship decisions.
How Yahoo Personals Works
In order to use Yahoo Personals, the first thing you need to do is create your FREE Yahoo Personals Profile, after which you will be allowed to search for other Yahoo personals members and view and post photos for possible matches in your area. You then get 7 Days Free to use the site. To continue after that requires a paid Yahoo Personals membership fee.
Yahoo Personals Pricing
Yahoo Personals offers three pricing plans:
- One month of Yahoo Personals for $24.99 (billed each month)
- Three months of Yahoo Personals for $16.99 per month ($50.97 billed quarterly)
- Best Yahoo Personal Value: six months of Yahoo Personals for $12.99 per month ($77.94 billed every 6 mos.)
Yahoo Personals Crowns and Kudos
- Yahoo Personals has a very large database with great search features
- Yahoo Personals Easy to navigate
Yahoo Personals Pitchforks
- For what Yahoo Personals offers and is, there are no negatives here.
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If you have tried out Yahoo Personals, please consider helpingother singles by making a comment or posting your own review about Yahoo Personals.
Other Free Trial Dating Sites Used by Christians:
eHarmony
AmericanSingles
Christian Cafe
Christian Mingle
PerfectMatch-PerferctMatch.com
Christian Cupid
Specialty Christian Dating:
Top Black Dating Sites
Senior Dating Sites
Hispanic and Latin Dating
Single Parent Dating
See Our Favorites Matchmaking Sites
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Christian Soulmates alleges to have over 25,000 Christian Singles, and is supposedly growing by the month. The Christian Soulmates website states their mission is to provide a place where Christian believers can be encouraged, entertained and be able to meet others in a non-threatening, fun environment. So far, so good.
However, after studying the Christian Soulmates.com site for quite a while, we feel the whole dating service is a RIP OFF!. We continue to list Christian Soulmates here only to warn singles not to waste their money.You would be much better off with a real Christian Dating service like Christian Mingle 
Here you may be able to.they find a “real” Christian soulmate match,
Or consider some tter with some of the dating services listed below like:
Christian Cafe
Christian Cupid
eHarmony
Perfectmatch
We’ll continue with our dating review for those who like torture.
How Christian Soul Mate Says They Work
Christian Soulmates is a Christian matchmaking service designed to provide an easy way to meet other quality (ie: good marriage material) single Christians. Christian Soulmates claims they do this by asking every user coming onto the dating service to take a “soul mate test questionnaire” that will help prospective Christian soulmates get to know each other.
Once members create their own unique profile, Christian Soulmates uses matching technology that provides members with instantaneous matches based upon their pre-selected dating criteria. That means if you are looking for say, a conservative Baptist, Anglican, Charismatic, Methodist or even saved Roman Catholic, you wont get matched with a ______. Okay, you guys fill in the blank cause I don’t need any more trouble. Anyway, you get the idea?
Throw in other features Christian Soulmate says it offers, like Christian chat rooms, e-mail, photo sharing and browsing, and you would have a pretty good Christian dating site. Too bad Chrsitian Soulmate doesn’t do it for us.
Christian SoulMate Costs
There are several forms of Christian Soulmates membership. A basic Membership at Christian Soulmates is Free, but the upgraded Full Membership offers more search, profile and contact options. The following is a breakdown of the price for a fulll membership at Christian Soulmates:
1 Month…………….$15.95 (Only 49 cents per day)
3 Months……………$34.99 (Only 39 cents per day)
6 Months……………$54.99 (Only 31 cents per day)
1 Year……………….$79.95 (Only 21 cents per day)
Christian Soulmates Kudos and Crowns
Christian Soulmates Pitchforks
Do you disagree about Christian Soulmate? If you have checked out Christian Soulmate, please help other Singles by sharing a comment or review about Christian Soul mates.
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Other Top Free Trial Dating Sites Used by Christians:
AmericanSingles
Christian Cafe
EHarmony
PerfectMatch-PerferctMatch.com
SingleC-Single Christian Network
Yahoo Personals
BigChurch
Christian Mingle
Christian Soulmates
Specialty Christian Dating:
Top Black Dating Sites
Senior Dating Sites
Hispanic and Latin Dating
Single Parent Dating
See Our Favorites Matchmaking Sites
Christian Singles Groups:
New York Christian Singles Groups
New Jersey Christian Singles Groups
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BigChurch is a dating web site used by some single Christians, but it is not a Christian Dating Service or even a good one. In fact, Big Church is associated with Adult Friend Finder, one of the largest distributors of porn on the web today. Why then would Christians want to use BigChurch? BigChurch has a great media campaign that portrays itself as wholesome and Christian. Additionally, many Christians simply don’t realize who owns BigChurch.
The bottom line here: If you’re serious about your faith, our opinion is you would be better off checking out Christian Mingle or some of the more reputable sites listed below:
EHarmony
AmericanSingles
Christian Cafe
Christian Cupid
Yahoo Personals for Christian Singles
We reviewed BigChurch only because some believers have used it. Again we recommend another service like Christian Mingle. Therefore, here are some of the BigChurch particulars:
BigChurch allows guests to sign up for a Standard Free Membership which includes:
- The use of BigChurch Christian Chat Rooms
- Use of BigChurch Instant Messenger
- Being able to form a BigChurch prayer group
- Access to online BigChurch Bible Studies and Scripture sharing
- Finding a Christian Penpal
BigChurch Costs
If you decide you want to enhance your BigChurch search capability with additional features, the online matchmaker service offers a Premium Membership that includes:
- Exact “super searches” by keywords (like born-again, town, denomination, etc)
- Regular e-mail notifications when BigChurch locates a new match for you
- Unlimited e-mail, chat, and BigChurch’s new Video Introduction browsing and recording features
Before obtaining a BigChurch premium membership, you have to first get a Free Standard Membership. Here are the list costs of BigChurch:
BigChurch Silver:
$19.94 for 1 Month
$33.94 for 3 Months
$99.94 for 1 Year
BigChurch Gold:
$29.94 for 1 Month
$59.94 for 3 Months
$139.94 for 1 Year
BigChurch Kudos and Crowns
- Big Church has a large datatbase.
- The BigChurch features on the site are nifty
BigChurch Pitchforks
- It’s not an exclusive Christian dating service, and the company that owns BigChurch, also owns such sites as AdultFriend Finder, which has some unsavory things about it. It’s between you and the Lord whether you can live with this discrepancy. Some Christians can’t deal with BigChurch, others have no problem with it. Personally, I would have a problem using BigChurch.
If you have used the BigChurch dating site, please help other singles by making a comment or writing your own Big Church review.
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Other Free Trial Dating Sites Used by Christians in Addition to BigChurch:
EHarmony
PerfectMatch-PerferctMatch.com
Yahoo Personals
AmericanSingles
Christian Cafe
Christian Mingle
Christian Soulmates
Christian Cupid
Specialty Christian Dating:
Top Black Dating Sites
Senior Dating Sites
Hispanic and Latin Dating
Single Parent Dating
See Our Favorites Matchmaking Sites
Christian Singles Groups:
Virginia Christian Singles Groups
Connecticut Christian Singles Groups
Delaware Christian Singles Groups
Massachusetts Christian Singles Groups
New Jersey Christian Singles Groups
New York Christian Singles Groups
Ohio Christian Singles Groups
Pennsylvania Christian Singles Groups
New Hampshire Christian Singles Groups
North Carolina Christian Singles Groups
South Carolina Christian Singles Groups
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PerfectMatch dating service has three million members worldwide and growing, is for singles looking for anything from a date to lasting, meaningful perfectmatch relationships leading to marriage. Perfectmatch 
is a Scientific Approach to Find The One You Belong with Forever. Perfectmatch is the only matchmaking and personals service to offer the Duet Total Compatibility System, co-developed by Pepper Schwartz, internationally renowned matchmaker and dating authority.
The PerfectMatch Duet Total Compatibility System , based on 30 years of research, is a set of two tests that analyzes each member’s Personality, Values, Ideals and Preferences to identify and find just the right soul mate for them. That’s good news for single Christians looking to find a perfectmatch mate. You can get your FREE Perfectmatch.com Profile with no obligation to use the dating service.
Perfectmatch.com Tidbits
- The average Perfectmatch member is 34 years old. Members range in age from 21 to 90. Well, I say God bless them , whoever they are!
- Perfectmatch generates 100’s of thousands of matches per month
- Perfectmatch.com is one of the few online dating services to offer a personal follow up review of your profile. This means if you desire it, an experienced member of the Perfectmatch Services Team will contact you to go over your unique results
- The average length of Perfectmatch membership is only three months, which means new Christian Singles are always joining Perfectmatch.
- The cost of one month’s PerfectMatch membership is $59.95
- Dr Scwartz appears frequently on television, including “Oprah”, “Dr. Phil” and “Dateline NBC”.
- Perfectmatch was the backdrop for the 2006 romantic comedy hit movie, “Failure to Launch”, starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker. I personally didn’t like the movie, did you?
Perfectmatch Kudos and Crowns
- Perfectmatch has a great search and matching system which makes it easy to find other single Christians.
- Similar to eHarmony with one major difference: You can search Perfectmatch.com and make a choice, which gives you more control over the perfect match dating process.
PerfectMatch Pitchforks
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Other Top Free Trial Dating Sites Used by Christians:
EHarmony
Yahoo Personals
AmericanSingles
Christian Cafe
Christian Mingle
Christian Cupid
Christian Soulmates
BigChurch
Specialty Christian Dating:
Top Black Dating Sites
Senior Dating Sites
Hispanic and Latin Dating
Single Parent Dating
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