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. Soon phone technology will allow us to
communicate by video with one another while on the move and GPS
will allow us to meet with each other in a crowded shopping
mall. These technologies are soon to be combined to 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.
About the author:
Richard Lloyd is the director of ChristiansUK.com a dedicated online Christian dating
site serving Christians in the UK and USA. Richard is an
experienced Microsoft web-technologies developer and is the
director of Black Ridge Design Limited.
