[House Atreides]

Gee, I think young singles still meet young singles in Church related activities — not infrequently leading to marriages.

[hinckley buzzard]

Traditionally, church was one of the places where you met and got to know eligible and desirable potential mates. The others were school and workplace. All three have been severely vitiated by the ongoing social decomposition driven by the Left.

[alternatives?]

Is BINGO next?

[bgill]

The United Trinity Church did such a good job matching the obamys but they just can’t seem to get Oprah and Stedman married.

[IronJack]

I am all for churches hosting events that would encourage interactions among Christian singles, as long as there was no homo play and the church didn’t become a meat market.

I would recommend that any such program be monitored closely, until it became clear that it was self-regulating.

[Parmy]

Church was where the Obama’z met. In Rev. Wright’s ‘down low club’.

[Fido969]

They do, anyway.

[bigbob]

Sure, what could go wrong?

[Buckeye McFrog]

The best thing churches can do to reverse the trend in marriage rates is work on getting young people to be less selfish.

[tbw2]

Short answer: yes, though a Christian version of Jewish matchmakers would be better.

The Christian matchmaker can draw from a broader pool than a small church to find a better match. It also saves the pastor from creating drama by pairing people who blow up, often driving one from the church to avoid the other.

[madison10]

That is how ALL of my married immediate family members met: at church functions. My sister married a pk/mk.

I met my husband at campmeeting at age 16. Boy, were the chaperones out in force. Church situations SHOULD BE the safest.

[Secret Agent Man]

No.

[PGalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5eMM2yjg98

[vaskypilot]

I met my husband through a church sponsored young adults group. The group was for the region so it drew on multiple parishes.

[Andy from Chapel Hill]

Yes.

[JoeFromSidney]

When I was stationed in Dayton, Ohio in 1955,I joined the Catholic Young People's Club. It had been started during WWII for people who came to Dayton for war work, and was still going strong. I met my first wife there. Our marriage lasted 30 years until her death. Later I signed up on catholicsigles.com, and met my resent wife. We've now been married for 19 years.

[LTC.Ret]

I, for one, would prefer to go on a “date” with someone the members of my church knew and respected. You can’t possibly know about the guy’s history or intentions from a dating site profile. Plus, dating website are less than helpful for women unless they are 25-45yrs old, beautiful, and look great in a bathing suit. There’s nothing quite like posting a profile and waiting days or weeks without a single response.

[Alas Babylon!]

Here's a story about a Russian Orthodox priest who helps singles get married. Russians have a serious birth deficit/replacement ratio and the Orthodox Church wants ot see that change.

Inside The Immaculate World Of Russian Orthodox Dating

[Thud]

My first secretary was the organist in her church. She told me there was a young lady there I should meet. I did and we’ve been married for 40 years.

[OrangeHoof]

If the church still taught proper morals and the benefits of marriage in a Christian context, it would have no need to think about a “dating service”.

Unfortunately, the church is doing a substandard job in evangelism, teaching morals and values that it needs to fix this before they can think about providing social services to “lonely” Christians.