In today’s day and age where we are short on time (due to school, work, family, friends, etc), it seems almost impossible to take whatever time you have left to find your future spouse. Christian dating sites such as ChristianMingle, ChristianCafe, and CatholicMingle (and even regular sites like Yahoo! Personals and Match.com that allow you to search for Christian members) exist to provide you with a simple and convenient way of finding a spouse (even if you are short on time).
Of course, some people still prefer to find their future spouse the old fashioned (but still effective) way with face-to-face meetings.
In your opinion, when finding a spouse should we use all of the resources that God has blessed us with (such as Christian dating sites)? Or should we stick with the traditional face-to-face methods? How about a combination of both?
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September 4th, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Don’t see a problem with dating sites. I prefer a combination: using dating sites to find the person would be more convenient for me, and then meeting them face-to-face is optimal for my time schedule.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:38 PM
While there’s nothing biblically wrong with dating sites, the chances of the marriage lasting may not be as good as a long term face to face relationship, starting with friendship and really getting to know the person, via face to face. You should definitely do a combination of sorts if you are going to be doing a dating website. The website should not replace the face to face dating, or courtship.
People have different ways of finding their spouse. Most important in this issue is that you should not rely solely on a website to find your spouse, or dare I say, “perfect match”. God can lead you to the person he has chosen for you to marry, and it could be through a dating site, but don’t rely on the website to tell you it’s ordained of God.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Great discretion is required when searching for appropriate christian dating sites. Some of the secular sites should be considered with caution, especially those that offer less then Godly dating (e.g. homosexual). Even Christian ones, such as bigchurch.com have issues. Sites like http://www.christiandatingservice.com review Christian dating sites and are a very good source to use when selecting one.
The bottom line is, God is all-powerful. He can work through and with anything. He can help his children find potential spouses anywhere form the supermarket to whatever-christian-dating-site.com. Go for it – as long as God’s wisdom is taken along on the trip.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:18 AM
It all depends on the person and whether they are willing to take the risk or not, not everyone is honest in this world, I know that myself because I have lied also, I am not proud of not telling the truth, but i said that as an example that anyone can trick others. So the person or persons who decide to do this must keep a careful mind set.
September 5th, 2009 at 5:26 AM
Hmmm tough one! I know a couple who met through a ‘Non’ Christian website. One of them was a Christian the other one wasnt a Christian. Today they are both my very good friends and Very Christian! So all things are possible with God.
Personally I don’t like dating websites in general as I believe a good foundation to any relationship starts from meeting each other first face to face not screen to screen. I don’t like the idea of ‘Shopping’ for your perfect spouse. It also encourages others who are ‘Not Christian’ to search for their relationships on dating websites(may not be Christian dating sites) which may also lead to other things that could go down the wrong track…so yeah I don’t like to go down that path.
September 5th, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Great responses everyone, thanks for giving us your input!
September 7th, 2009 at 2:35 AM
I was not a Christian when I met my husband through a UK non-christian dating agency (there was no internet then). The agency used computers to match up people according to the information that they had supplied and each applicant then received a print out containing the names and contact details of suitable people. I suspect that back in 1985 when such things were in their infancy, married men looking for an extramarital daliance had yet to start abusing such things. The beauty of a blind date is that at least you know that that someone actually wants to meet you, it’s very soon apparent whether or not you want to meet them again. I met 3 young men and then the 4th was the man who asked me to marry him after 4 weeks and eventually became my husband. It certainly worked for us, we have been married for 23 years and have both since become Christians.