Christian Cafe Review

Reviewed On: 8/14/2007

Price/Period: $34.95/30 days



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Reviewed by Cupids Reviews Staff

ChristianCafe.com is such a friendly and feel-good kind of online experience that you can’t help but feel welcome. It is very much a Christian place to go and is best suited for sincere believers, despite options for non-practicing, or not currently strong in their faith to identify themselves in the profile process. They are better than some of the competition is at recognizing that it is important to establish both religious affiliation and individual church denominations while bringing everyone together.

Start by filling out a profile to begin your free seven-day trial. I have to say that the description you are expected to provide is rather extensive. There are short essays as well as many mandatory multiple-choice questions. I normally get annoyed if a site asks too much information, but the questions were thoughtful and definitely would provide a more complete idea of a person. As with most of the services provided by this site, before you post any written content it will remind you that it is a Christian site and that any inappropriate comments will be removed and/or your membership could be cancelled.

"People literally write prayers that everyone else can read..."

Like any secular site, Christian Cafe has a chat service. Unfortunately, due to previous issues involving trial members, it isn’t available to anyone but paid subscribers. This doesn’t greatly surprise me since it is already ambitious to invite so many people from different kinds of churches together peacefully without risking letting outsiders easily interject into online discussions. There is also instant messaging, which can be accessed by reviewing the members online and clicking on the “quick message” link. You can create your personal directory of contacts under the “friends” section.

A unique section of the site is the post-a-prayer page. People literally write prayers that everyone else can read and ideally join in making their own prayer for the poster. The administration warns again that it has sole discretion as to what is acceptable or not. It seems reasonable as some people have a gift for saying more and asking less when praying, making accusations or endorsing political views or personal opinions. My only comment on this issue is that I found some of the pages under “cool links” had a slight political undercurrent that I know would be an issue for some believers, although nothing “anti-anything” was included in the mix.

I appreciated on the sign up page how the site made comparisons between the costs of the service and the cost of going to dinner and a movie, but I have noticed the price to join has gone up and the popularity has declined in the last while. Christian Cafe remains a quality site, but it seems pricey at this point.

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User Rating 68/100

Comments by: Sherry
I have never seen so many hypocrits in my life. Many of the Christian Men on this site are seeking and expecting Pre-marital Sex. And if you tell them you don t believe in it, they loose interest and stop calling, e-mailing, Iming, etc.

Comments by: Lyn
For a Christian site, they seem extremely judgemental on who they vet. It seems they delete messages and stop messages from being delivered and the site certainly seems to be run by middle-aged white male supremecists.

Comments by: shirley
For a Christian site, it leaves a lot to be desired. No one is screened to determine if they are really Christian. There are a lot of wolves in sheep s clothing. I have never met so many guys after just sex in my life. You have to look like a super-model to get a response. 99% of the White guys are racist. E-mails from non-White women aren t even read but deleted after a glance at the photo.

Comments by: Joyride
I thought I d test the -E-meet waters, so I signed on. It was an interesting experience but not worth all the time i spend cleaning up my website from all the spammed dating adds. Not only am I getting bombarded with several dating services every day, but I am even recieving calls from a different dating service. They have crossed the line. Thus I write.

Comments by: J
Good in theory! This place seems amazing at first but more than half the members are non-paying, which means that even if you pay, you can t hear back from them cuz they can t see your messages at all unless they re paying. This is one site that totally disables EVERYTHING unless you pay which stinks, it s not like you can even see who winked at you!

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Ratings
Overall 55/100
Popularity11/20
Local Search0/15
Last Login15/15
Free Contact0/15
Profiles10/10
Cost4/10
Trust Rank5/5
Chat Board5/5
Instant Mes.5/5
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