Marketing Ministries

Marketing Ministries  is a full service Christian advertising agency which targets churches, Christian ministries, and businesses as customers.  They offer graphic design (logos, signs, posters, banners, etc), web design and support, audio and video production, print services (brochures and catalogs), advertising services, social media strategies, and business consulting.

ChristianMingle.com

ChristianMingle.com is an online dating service specifically designed for Christians.  It gives its users access to e-mail, chat rooms, message boards, and instant messaging.  They claim that they handle over 100,000 messages a day. The site has a traditional statement of orthodox Christian belief and appears to be totally non-objectionable from a Christian standpoint.  If you decide to use the site, it appears to be totally above board with no hidden agendas.  I am not a member so I don't know if you will begin receiving unwanted advertising and offers from "affiliated" companies. Also, be aware that they do not perform background checks on members or subscribers so you will have to trust that everyone is who and what they say they are.  ChristianMingle.com states that "We bring Christian singles together."

It always is advisable to check further than just the surface.  Christian Mingle is one website of the Spark Networks,  a for-profit company which describes itself as a "provider of online personals services."  The other websites they maintain are mostly self-explanatory by their names.  Some of them may be objectionable to orthodox Christians.

AdventistSinglesConnection.com
AsianSinglesConnection.com
BBWPersonalsPlus.com (BBW = Big Beautiful Women)
Believe.com
BlackChristianSingles.com
BlackSingles.com
CanadianPersonal.net
CatholicMingle.com
CollegeLuv.com (same as Kizmeet)
Cupid.co.Il (a Hebrew language site)
DeafSinglesConnection.com
GreekSingleConnection.com
HurryDate.com (This site organizes speed dating parties.  Groups of men and women get together and meet one another and talk as pairs while a timer is set.  When the timer goes off, the pairs split and new couples are paired.  At the end of the party, arrangements are made for further meetings between those who are interested in one another.)
IndianMatrimonialNetwork.com (This network caters to the special traditions of Indian marriage.)
InterracialSingles.com
ItalianSinglesConnection.com
JDate.fr (A Jewish dating site.)
JDate.co.Il (A Jewish dating site.)

JDate.co.uk (A Jewish dating site.)

JDate.com (A Jewish dating site.)

JewishMingle.com

JPicks.com (A Jewish dating site)

Kizmeet (A college dating site.)

LatinSinglesConnection.com

LDSMingle.com (A Mormon dating site.)

LDSSingles.com (A Mormon dating site.)

Matchnet.com (This is a dating search engine.  The categories are man seeking woman, woman seeking man, man seeking man, and woman seeking woman.)

MilitarySinglesConnection.com

SingleParentsMingle.com

SilverSingles.com  (For those over age 50.)

Spark.com (Similar to eHarmony or match.com)

UKSinglesConnection.com

AshleyMadison.com

"Life is short.  Have an affair."  That is the motto of the online dating service, AshleyMadison.com.

In the 15 December - 22 December, 2011 issue of Birmingham Weekly, a local community weekly newspaper, there is a half-page advertisement for AshleyMadison.com which says "The average escort will have sex with 7 men today ... the average woman will have sex with seven men in her lifetime.  92% of our men hook-up with real, c lean women within 24 hours.  Join now for a free trial."

This website is targeted at married men and is a direct assault on marriage and monogamy.  It advocates "casual encounters."  There is also a side website for "married men looking for something hot and discreet with other men."

Ashley Madison is not an actual person, but is a name coined from two common female personal names.  The site is entirely commercial.  The site claims over 10,000,000 members with about 700,000 unique vistors per month.

It was unusual to see the advertisement in the local newspaper since many magazines, newspapers, television networks, etc. refuse to accept the company's controversial advertising.

Read tomorrow's post about a Christian alternative to this vile company.

Christian Social Network Sites

Facebook is a worldwide social network site with over 800 million members.  There are Christian groups within the Facebook network, but the site itself is secular.  I searched for "Christian Social Network" and found the links below.  The sites are all active, but I have not personally checked them.  Different sites may, and do, have different group emphases.  Some may be doctrinally suspect.  Be careful and be sure that you understand who and what each network represents before you join any of them.

Christian.com
http://www.christian.com

God's Faithbook (This was originally named God's Facebook)
http://www.godsfaithbook.com/index.php

The iChurch Network
http://ichurchnetwork.com

Holypal
http://www.holypal.com

Jesus Klub
http://jesusklub.com

Shout Life
http://shoutlife.com

Faith Freaks
http://www.faithfreaks.com

My Blab
http://myblab.com

Xianz
http://xianz.com

Prayer Group
http://www.prayergroup.org

Our Christian Place
http://www.ourchristianplace.com

My Praize
http://www.mypraize.com

My Church
http://www.mychurch.org

Christian MySpace
http://www.mequam.com

Youth Quests
http://www.youthquests.net

Christian Network
http://www.christian-network.net

Teen Grace
http://www.teengrace.net

UK Christian Social Network
http://christian-web.ning.com

Sanctuary
http://www.sanctuarynet.net

Bible Study Space
http://biblestudyspace.com

Believer Space
http://believerspace.com

God Xpression
http://godxpression.com

DaVersity
http://www.daversity.org

The Desperate
http://thedesperate.com

Christian Rap and Hip Hop
http://www.christianrapandhiphop.com

His Holy Space
http://www.hisholyplace.com

Ultimate Tube

Ultimate Tube (http://www.ultimatetube.com/) is a Christian social networking site similar to the secular You Tube. Anyone may share and upload content. The site includes videos, audios, songs, images, screensavers, screenshots from films, religious images, videos of sermons, videos posted by Christian ministries, and Christian-targeted Google advertisements. There are currently 3071 members