Best Online Dating Services Reviewed + Dating Tips & Advice

Connecting through your faith ensures shared beliefs and hopefully leads to shared experiences, shared car keys, shared bank accounts and ultimately shared lives. There are many options for those seeking a particular denomination. We take a peek inside Christian Mingle to see if it could be a site worth shouting about.

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Positive Features

Recently been updated which has brought us a cleaner more useable interface.
Toll free Customer Care phone number that you can call anytime. Unlike other large online dating services (like Match.com) ChristianMingle.com Customer Service is open 24/7.
When searching you can multi-select profiles. This is very helpful for added a bunch of profiles to your favorites, block list, etc..
Large number of matches for me. Over 40 in my city (just over 100,000 people) that met my criteria. About 20 of them had photo's.
Priced cheaper than other Christian oriented dating services like eHarmony.

Negative Features

Do not have a free trial full access membership only a free trial with limited features (like most other dating sites now). ChristianMingle.com did have a 3 day full access trial membership that they removed a while ago (do not know why). This membership did allow you to use all features of the dating site including mailing, chatting and instant messaging.

Free Membership	Yes (no expiry date) Included: Create a Profile (5 Steps) Join Now (General Information) User Name, Password, Country and Zip Code, Real Name, Gender, Birth Date, What type of relationship are you looking for Basic Profile Information (Profile Demographics) Physical information (height, hair color, etc..), Ethnicity, Native Language, Education, Smoking, Drinking, Children, Marital Status, Religion Introduce yourself & describe the type of person you would like to meet essay Fun Facts Favorite Movie, Activities, Music, etc.. What indoor activity do you prefer? Pick a great getaway? etc.. Ideal Match Define who your ideal match is by giving age ranges, Locations, Body Types, Education, etc.. Specify to email you when matching occurs over a given percentage Introduction & Essays What would you like to do on a first date? What have past relationships taught you (be positive)? What does being a Christian mean to you? etc.. My Photo's All photos are reviewed for approval. Please allow up to 48 hours for approval. File types allowed are jpg or jpeg Photo's can be uploaded, emailed or sent via regular mail Colour Code Learn through their exclusive Color Code Personality Profile! Take this FREE basic analysis and add another dimension to your online dating experience today! Each Profile will have a color icon that represents the type of person they are. This information is gather by participating in a special basic analysis asking you multiple choice type questions. The different colors are: Red - Your motive is power. Blue - Your motive is intimacy. White - Your motive is peace. Yellow - Your motive is fun. Searching, both quick and advanced. See who's Online Send E-Card Send Smiles (icebreakers) Create Favorites Not Included: Cannot Communication with Members.
Costs	Comparable to other Dating Sites Purchase 1, 3 or 6 month subscriptions with a savings of over 50%. Full Access Membership includes: Send and receive mail. Live Chat. Start instant message conversations. Participate on the message boards. All subscriptions may be cancelled at any time. Can turn of monthly renewals at anytime. Can pay by Credit Card, Debit Card, Online Check, By Mail and PayPal
Relationship Types	A Date Friendship Marriage and Children A Pen Pal Marriage
Regions	USA Canada Other
Viewing & Communication Tools	Photo Albums and Gallery Profile Anonymous Mail Post on Message boards Live Chat Instant Messaging Send Smiles Send E-Cards Polls
Search By	Quick Search Just gender and age range you are seeking Username search Advance Search Include appearance, background information, and more Most parts of Profile Who is Online Find someone who you can instant message right away. Photo Shuffle Shuffle through their gallery of random profile photos. Recently Updated Profiles Photo Gallery Think You'd Click Quickly determine your interest in other members. Click "Yes" and ChristianMingle.com will confidentially find out if they're interested in you too and then introduce you with a Click! alert. Hot Lists See members who have viewed you, emailed, add to favorites, etc.. Profile of the week Ideal Matching In order for other members to be a match, they must match your settings for age, location, and height. Also, you must match their requirements. Their two-way matching technology ensures more accurate matches.
Success Stories	We are very happy. We met on this site over 2 months ago. We met in person within 2 weeks of lots of smiles, cards, and IM's. We've been dating ever since. We have talked marriage (in the future)!! We are very happy and greatful for the experience we had with relaitonships.com. Thanks for having a Christian based dating service. God Bless trace1975 We were both 42 when we got married. I met my husband 2 years ago on Christian Mingle. We used your services especially email and chating. We were able to get to know one another with out feel stressed about meeting each other in person. Once we felt comfortable with each other we met about 7 months later. We continued to date for about 1 1/2 years when we got married. Thank you so very much. Just continue to seek God and he will answer your prayers. We were both 42 when we got married. Thank you. Tellieyt and Jimmy100 jimmy100 & Tellieyt
Other Info	Includes detailed but easy to use help system for all aspects of ChristianMingle.com . You can browse an online version of the bible. Easy Report Abuse link if you find something inappropriate or if someone is bothering you. Formerly called Relationships.com. Call toll-free for expert assistance from their customer care staff. This site is part of the Spark Network.

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