Online dating is huge in the US evangelical community, according to research from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) released yesterday.
In a survey of its members, NAE asked: "Has someone whom you know personally tried an online dating website? And if so, was it a Christian dating website?"
Nearly 93 per cent of respondents said they knew someone who had used an online dating website, while almost 60 per cent said it was a Christian website. A further 22 per cent said they didn't know whether it was a Christian website while 19 per cent said it was not.
While the survey asks whether evangelicals know an online dater rather than attempting to assess how many NAE had used such a service themselves, it provides some indication of how prevalent the practice is within the wider evangelical community....