Christian Introductions †
Introduction
agencies - where did the dating agency come from?
How
did Introduction agencies begin?
Well...
we've carried out our own research and it seems that the first Introduction
agencies or 'dating' agencies can be traced back to the war. I came
across an article that said the first dating agency started with 2 women
who placed an ad in a local newspaper and were unexpectedly inundated
with letters from single men who had come back from the front line -
only to find their girlfriends and partners had moved on! Fact or fiction
- and I think this may well be fact, it's a great story of initiative
on the part of the founders.
Should
Christians use Christian Introductions /agencies only?
As
we've seen above dating agencies can be traced back to the war. I run
an online Christian dating agency and it would be reasonable for anyone
reading this article to assume that what I am about to write is a biased
view on the subject - stating that all Christians should use Christian
owned dating agencies to find a partner, and that there is no conflict
between using dating or intorduction agencies, or friend-finder services,
and what the Bible says on relationships marriage and finding a partner
etc. But I think we should be completely honest, open and constructive
about the subject - to discuss the good with the bad, because yep, along
with may positives, introduction services carry a few negatives. Below
are. some articles I've collected - along with my own thoughts on the
subject
Scientists
Study Online Dating
by Cari Finkn
Online Dating is so Popular.
Online dating has become so common it's being studied by experts in
human behaviour and the financial stakes are growing. Sociologists Robert
Brym and Rhonda Lenton - a married couple who met in their university
cafeteria - call Internet use "the birth of a new society."
So begins their 56-page study on online dating and personal ads released
last week - funded by Microsoft Canada - to give a snapshot of who's
surfing for sex, love and other personal reasons.
The
Birth of Online Dating and Personal Ads
Internet dating began about five years ago, says the study. In North
America, the dating-services industry was estimated to be worth $1 billion
in 1998 and is projected to reach $1.5 billion by 2003, says the Computer
Industry Almanac. The main important finding that's emerged from this
study for us is how mainstream online dating has become says Lenton,
a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton. The Report on Digital
Dating in Canada is an analysis of a phone survey of 1,200 people over
17 and an online survey of 6,581 dating service users.
Who
goes Dating Online?
Most online daters in the Lenton-Brym study were men, or about 68% of
respondents. Among the other results: 63% of respondents said they had
sex with someone they met online; 60% formed at least one long-term
relationship, 27% met at least one partner, and three per cent eventually
married.*
introductions
agencies - UK (secular & general)
www.drawingdownthemoon.co.uk
www.likewise-introductions.co.uk
Online
introductions agencies
http://www.therightone.com
- introduction services
http://www.datamateuk.com
- introduction service
Free
online Christian Introductions - introduction service
irish Introductions
and dating
www.eirdate.com
www.abia.org.uk - welcome.htm
association of British introduction agencies
christian Introductions @ christian
advice.net 2004