Reviews of Christian Cafe

CC seems to be easy to use and plenty of option and space to fill out your own profile. One of the nicest features is the prayer page BUT BE WARNED the prayers you post are heavily censored and no mention is allowed of Saints, Our Lady or anything the jackbooted censor doesnt like which is an odd perversion on Christianity given the sites great claims.

Lots of scammers use the often given free trials and many of the profiles are obsolete though CC still keeps them up obviously to make it appear busier than it is.

Expensive too given it's lack of real clients and heavy censorship.

I agree with the poster that said the success rate is very low. Actually, it is infintesmal - virtually zero. It is so low, one would be better off searching for a needle in a haystack. Your time would be better spent doing something that tedious and important than totally wasted on Christian Cafe. I have not met one single lady on CC who
is both serious about finding someone to date and has reasonable expectations. Women there expect the guy to be 10 times better looking than they are and have every single one of their other qualities desired, else they shun them. This is not realistic, but nobody has ever told them, I guess.

Another thing is that the ladies on CC.com drill you with questions to find out every detail of your life and then they remember "Oh, I have to go." before mentioning anything about their life. I noticed when IMing ladies on CC they would ignore your questions and press you for answers to theirs. It was like their mission in life was to discover that one thing about you that made you unsuitable for them, and Gaul Darnet they were gonna find it if it took them a hundred years. I met noone there who was looking for a healthy relationship, or even appeared to understand what that is. It was more like ChristianMisfits than ChristianCafe.

I wish I could be more positive but there really isn't anything to be positive about CC unless you really enjoy reading the handwritten prayers of other people. If that's your cup of tea you'll like CCafe. If you are looking for someone that is honest about looking for someone to date then you are totally wasting your time and money at CCafe. It's a dry hole.

In a word, "Christian" Cafe sucks. I tried them as a freebie, met a woman who insisted we IM. Well, she ignored me for TWO HOURS while she yakked on the phone to her sister. That ended it with us. I tried other women but received no responses. When "Christian" Cafe wanted me to pay them, I told them no and why. Well, this thin-skinned bunch couldn't take what they dished out, because they banned me for life. "Christian" Cafe is not "Christian" in any sense of the word, and quite frankly, their members act like a bunch of third grade twats!

I joined this site about 8 months ago, and I have generally been disappointed with my experience. There are some success stories from the site, but for thousands and thousands of members, they are very low. If you are looking for the quintessential Christian, maybe you're dreaming. The owners do seem sincere in their attempts to bring Christian people together. I have been disappointed with the quality of the people there. I have given the experience my very best, and I have gotten very little in return. I'm just as attractive as anyone else and I have a good personality, am physically fit. I've spent over $100 now thinking maybe "don't give up", but I am on my last leg. I have gotten very few responses from other members, even when I have given it my very best to do otherwise. That is the most disappointing thing. The only steady contact I have is with someone at least 20 years older than me and I'm not even interested in. If you are looking to be treated with Christian decency and respect, do not hold your breath. I think my expectations were not unreasonable when I joined. If someone is not interested, I can understand a "we're not a match" or "thank you for your interest" and I would get the point. The bottom line is that even though it seems like the price isn't bad, it's been a complete waste of my money. You will not be treated with a lot of Christian respect, and you will have very little to show for your experience. I wish I could say otherwise, but I cannot. Also, it seems like a bunch of the same old same old. I've seen the same profiles as when I joined. Interestingly enough, I think it speaks about the success if you see the same ones still there. I would not recommend this site to anyone as it stands now.

I was a widow in South Florida when I learned about ChristianCafe.com. I used my free trial time, had several pleasant conversations with other members via email, and paid my membership. Yes, there are LOTS of people on the site, but I agree that the profile questions are excellent and the people I corresponded with were truthful.

On July 18, 2006, I read a profile that really resonated with me and emailed the gentleman. We corresponded for about a week, then decided to meet on webcam for a "date." After that we were online together just about every evening, talking about everything under the sun. On October 4, 2006, I flew to Canada for a visit, and October 6 we were married.

(My membership was automatically renewed, and I called immediately. They found the record of my cancellation and refunded the charge at once with no problem.)

I'm now a permanent resident of Canada and we are VERY happy together. My husband and I give God all the glory for what we believe was his orchestration of our meeting, and he used ChristianCafe.com to make it happen. Our advice is to cover ANY dating experience with continuous prayer, be wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove in everything you do, and NEVER underestimate God! :-)

My experience with Christian Cafe was a little different from other posters- a guy I met (in person) showed me his profile on CC saying he'd check it out periodically during the 3 day freebies, but had little success with it..however, looking at his profile online myself, I found out over time what he had stated on his profile were lies- there DEFINITELY should be a box for someone who drinks more than just a "Social Drinker" (CC's choice of terminology) "Raging Alcoholic" is more like it! What really offended me was that there didn't seem to be any safeguards for people like him that lied in his profile. I guess I should be glad that I didn't invest any more time in him or the website, but it should serve as a warning to anyone using online dating sites: don't believe everything you read! Just because he quotes from the Bible doesn't make him a better person! This man in question stated he had hair, yet in reality he was bald, he said he was fit, though he had a beer belly to go nicely with his drinking problem. Interestingly enough, when I met him, he couldn't drive because of a DUI. So "Social Drinker" just doesn't cut it. Oh,and yes, his profile still being active while we were dating didn't help his case either!

Unlike the majority of people on this particularl website, I paid for a membership. I got numerous replies from women. They all went about the same way -- "I'm using the free trial. My time is almost up." Replying is pointless because by the time they get it, the free trial is over and they can't read the message.

The site will send you 3 "free" days to use every now and then. That's why I gave it 2 stars instead of 1. Use the free days, but don't bother paying for it.

It does appear to be a real "Christian" website as opposed to some of the others.

You can't view someone's true age or location. It gives an age range. Many members just choose to list a state as their location. In my state, there could be up to a 400-500 mile range. I'm not interested in someone 400 miles away from me.

And while I'm definitely looking for a Christian, the site seems to focus on this to the exclusion of everything else. The multiple choice questions are silly and pointless - "What kind of car do you drive?" Who cares?

I've been thinking about joining eHarmony and happened to see this website--- needless to say, the reviews on eHarmony are making me think more than twice about whether to try it out.

I've been a member of Christian Cafe on and off for about 3 years... Reading some of the reviews for eHarmony made me realize that I've had really good experiences with Christian Cafe. There's a lot of flexibility in searching for your own "matches" and it's very clear when other people haven't been on the site recently. I've found a few of the gimmicks annoying ("winks" for one) but there are usually ways of opting out of those. Of course there's always the issue of people not being truthful in their profiles but I have to say that I've met some really great guys through Christian Cafe.

As far as Christian Cafe being honest in their business practices, I had one problem with my membership being auto-renewed without my prior knowledge-- but when I complained Christian Cafe gave me a refund along with an email apologizing for the mistake.

Oh-- so why was I thinking about joining eHarmony? To be honest, now I'm not sure. :)

I tried eharmony.com, singlec.com (single Christian) and Christian Cafe over a period of 9 months. I am now married to a wonderful man I met on singlec.com. But I would say that it was my positive experiences on Christian Cafe that kept me going in taking risks in dating. Positives: Christian Cafe doesn't just leave a "blank sheet" for people to struggle with, but forces its members to respond to thoughtful questions. Because my faith is very important to me, I was looking to sift out quickly those who weren't actively pursuing their spirituality. Christian Cafe not only has a long multiple choice selection for you to look at, but also asks wonderful detail questions, including ones about faith. Questions like describe how your faith is important to you? Or other equally revealing questions like: "Is your current job is your dream job, and if not what is?" (a great question to see if the person is engaged with life or just sliding by in their job at 7-11). I actually met nice guys who like me, had a good job, and had never been married. All guys I would be happy to set up with a friend when it didn't work out with me. Because you get a lot of info up front in the profile, if you are good at perceiving what people are telling you, and good at sifting many possibilities, this is a good site for you. Negatives: There are MANY MANY people on this website. This becomes a negative because, in my opinion, people lack a sense of urgency with so many choices. (I had a male friend with this same experience too). So you have to be persistent -- figure one out of ten will respond back to an e-mail message, much like cold-calling figures in sales. Bottom line: prices are decent, the pool of people is huge, and you can practice your skills at "sifting". Specifically targeted to Christians.