{"id":13822,"date":"2016-11-30T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datemixstaging.wpengine.com\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2022-05-23T02:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T09:01:12","slug":"christian-singles-talk-online-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/online-dating\/christian-singles-talk-online-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Singles Talk about Online Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In December of 2009 Carol wrote a letter to God. She asked Him to send her a Christian man and, not wanting to leave too much up to fate, even added a few specifics about what she was looking for. It wasn\u2019t until July of 2015 that she met Paul on the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/clk\/306955822;126561327;i\" target=\"_blank\">online dating site Zoosk<\/a>, that has a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/lov\/online-dating\/christian-singles\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/lov\/online-dating\/christian-singles\/\">Christian single<\/a>s. As it so happened, back in that same December of 2009 Paul also asked God to meet a Christian woman with his own list of what he was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlmost everything we compared was the same,\u201d said Paul about their matching requests. \u201cThere were way too many confirmations to ignore. It was meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul and Carol were married in September of that year, and though their love story is unique, the way they were brought&nbsp;together is becoming more and more common. The online dating site they met on, Zoosk, now has over 300,000 Christian subscribers\u2014that\u2019s more than ChristianMingle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To shed some light on what it\u2019s like online dating as a Christian, a few of the Christian members who met on Zoosk shared their thoughts about how Christian men and women use the site to meet each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting Other Christians Outside of Your Church<\/strong><br>\nOne of the most obvious places to meet someone who shares your values is through your church, but many Christian daters find that the number of singles in their communities gets smaller over time. That\u2019s where online dating comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would say I was at a point in my life where I surrendered my fate over to<br>\nGod, knowing that it was in his timing that I would find Mr. Right,\u201d said one dater Brenda. \u201cTaking a proactive approach to meet people through online dating was a must due to my busy schedule and the fact that I don\u2019t hang out at bars. I decided to try Zoosk, and within a week I received a message from Dan. He said it was a photo of me in my Texas Christian University (TCU) visor that caught his eye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finding Someone You Connect with Spiritually<\/strong><br>\nBrenda wasn\u2019t the only dater to experience a spiritual bond with someone she met online. Christians dating online on Zoosk said they felt an instant connection with the other person from looking at his or her profile that carried on into the first date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was looking for a Christian woman and I was looking for a Christian man. Our profiles were almost identical,\u201d said Cathy when telling the story of how she met her husband Jeff on Zoosk. \u201cWe had an amazing connection that first time we got together and we spent five hours just talking. We are so blessed and happy together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giving God a Place in Your Relationship Together<\/strong><br>\nSome of the couples who met on Zoosk felt that God was a presence throughout their relationship\u2014while they were searching for Christian singles online, meeting on their first date, and as the relationship progressed to something more serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn our first date I knew he was a keeper because he took my hand and said a prayer when our meal came to the table,\u201d said Cindy, of her future husband Mike. \u201cAt the end of the meal, he gave me a sweet soft kiss. It was the most wonderful feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUpon joining our church and growing together in our walk with Christ, our love for one another deepened,\u201d explained another dater Nicole. \u201cIt led us to take the next step of our incredible journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re looking to date a fellow Christian, sometimes that incredible journey can begin in the most unexpected of places. Online dating sites that have a large Christian membership like Zoosk can provide a way to meet a larger pool of Christians who share your interests and beliefs, beyond your other communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are so many things that we can share, because we have the same outlook on life,\u201d said Minette about her experience meeting her husband on Zoosk. \u201cWe are both deep Christians and I think this makes our relationship and our marriage so much stronger. 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