Update: Welcome Callie, born to Dave and Nettes on May 22nd, 2003.

• Dave, Nettes and Callie, Derbyshire

Update: Welcome Margaret, born to James and Sarah on January 6th, 2003.

• James, Sarah and Margaret

Update: Welcome Sophia, born to Jane and Alex on February 26th, 2003.

• Alex, Jane and Sophia

We just wanted to thankyou for intoroducing us - I was extremly sceptical about the whole idea, and it took my brother 2 months to pursuade me to go onto the site. I logged onto the FREE 10 DAY TRIAL in Feb 2003, and contacted Andy - we emailed lots, then met up, and started seeing each other regularly after that. I didn't even join the christian connection site! Andy proposed to me in August 2003 and we married in August 2004!

I still can't believe we met in this way, and so quickly - God was definitely teaching me a lesson after all I had said about internet dating!

But now we are both so happy, and how we met doesn't matter... I am just so glad we did!

• Roz and Andy

Thank you for the match making service you offer. Jacky and I met through your service in February 2004 and we were married on 7 August 2004 at Kingswood Congregational Church in Kingswood near Bristol. Attached below are some photos of our wedding.

God bless you.

• Jacky and Lou

Ainash and I joined CC in Spring 2003. Ainash ran a search to find her best mate, and fortunately, I came up as the best match (with 5 fishes!).

We emailed a few times, then met up outside the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in June 2003. Pretty much one year later, I proposed, and we married on 13th November 2004. Very many thanks to CC for putting us in touch! - it was a fantastic decision to join the website. To anyone thinking of joining, I can only say absolutely give it a try as it has certainly changed our lives.

• Nigel and Ainash

My husband Dave and I would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for running your wonderful service. We both joined CC in 2002 hoping to dip a toe in the water. Initially we just thought of it as a good way to meet some great new Christian people and simply have some fun. Little did we know that eventually we would find the person we would marry!

We both really liked the look of each other's profiles and began to email each other in September 2002. Our first date was on Friday the 13th December that year (far from unlucky; it was a very special day for both of us) when Dave took me for a romantic backstage tour of Phantom of the Opera, with very good seats to see the performance afterwards as well. We were strongly attracted to one another and exactly a year later, on the 13th of December, he proposed, in the even-more-romantic setting of Verona, Italy! It absolutely took my breath away. We were married in September this year, and are brimming over with joy, because both of us at one time or another thought we might never find the right person to share our lives with.

To anybody thinking of joining (or rejoining) CC, we would say - don't give up hope. In our case, our 6 month subscriptions had just run out, we were a little discouraged, and we were each the last person we had to meet, if that makes sense. I guess you could say it takes a little time and patience to find a diamond.

So, thank you again! It was the best 60 pounds both of us ever spent...

• Many, many blessings to all the team. Rachel and Dave Nunson

We are delighted to tell you that in July 2004 we were married. Having both joined CC on the same weekend in May 2002, we “met” within 5 days and haven’t looked back since!

Both of us would like to encourage anyone who is apprehensive about joining to take a deep breath and join. We too felt apprehensive about taking the plunge: Were we too old? Too young? Would anyone talk to us divorcees? Were we Christian enough? What would our friends think?! Despite these concerns, we signed up and found much happiness with each other.

Thank you to CC for your service which is wonderfully thought out. In particular, the profiles are great and the four free-form “essay” questions are really useful – they can help form a clearer picture of someone from the profile before you even start corresponding. The need for an attractive and professional Christian meeting forum such as yours is borne out by the amazing number of success stories in the short time you have been up and running. Well done!

Every blessing to you all.

• Andrew and Trudie

Chris and I met on the site in December 2002, met face to face on 4th January 2003 and Chris asked me to marry him on our six month anniversary. We married on 5th June 2004 and are very much enjoying married life. God has blessed us incredibly and we are having such fun together, serving him as youth group leaders at our church, after both nearly giving up hope of ever finding someone to spend the rest of our lives with.

The other great news is that through your site three of my friends have also got married or are about to get married, so I want to thank you for the site not only for bringing such happiness to Chris and I, but to my friends as well! One of my bridesmaids met her now husband after going onto the site after I had met Chris through Christian Connection, she actually made it down the aisle before me!

With many thanks,

• Charlotte and Chris

We just heard from Charlotte and Chris who feature on your "weddings" section and wanted to give you our news too!

We started emailing each other through the CC site in January 2003 and met in person to go to Prom Praise in London in March that year. In the intervening period we'd exchanged about 60 3 page emails and when we met it was like meeting as old friends- most bizarre! Things progressed steadily from there and we were engaged in July 2003. We married in April 2004 and are much enjoying married life! We'd encourage single Christians to give CC a go- it hasn't worked for everyone we know but it did for us and others too! We think we got to know each other better by emailing rather than by immediately meeting and that made us more honest with each other. We praise God for bringing us together!

God bless and thank you!

• Jon and Rachel

I thought you would like to know that Phill and I got married at the end of May, having met through your dating service. We began corresponding in August/September last year, met for the first time in October and were engaged by Christmas!! Thank you very much for making it possible for the two of us to meet up.

God Bless,

• Caroline and Phill

Thank you Christian Connection for bringing us together in October last year. We were two lonely people nervously trying the site, and through it we have found such wonderful happiness and were married at the end of June.

Without Christian Connection we would never have met, and would not have known this wonderful joy of being with each other and sharing our faith with each other.

God bless you all at Christian Connection.

• Brenda and Stuart

Having met on CC in October 2002, Robin and Helen got married on 1 May 2004, amid great rejoicing. We thank God and CC for introducing us.

We are now encouraging our single friends to join!

• Helen and Robin

Prompted by the recent article about CC in Idea, I am writing to let you know of another success that you can add to your records. David and Carol met for the first time, following some conversations on your site, in September 2002. In November 2002 we decided that we should pursue the possibility of stronger ties than just friendship. For David it was the culmination of over 3 years searching for the right person, with many friends made, interesting people met, and not a few false starts. For Carol it was the first person she had met through CC – which seemed something of a challenge.

Yet God had his hand in this and following a period of getting to know one another, and some separation for prayer, David popped the question in April this year. That preceded six months of hectic planning, interspersed with a trip with a speaking tour of Uganda with a charity (www.mission-africa.org) and a wedding in Sidcup, Kent in October this year.

At the time we met Carol had a lodger, and following our success she was encouraged to try CC. I am happy to be able to tell you that she has now become engaged and is planning to marry later this year! Will this be a first – two ladies from one address finding a husband through CC?

We are thrilled with the way that God is using CC; it is so good to find a site fulfilling such a practical need expressly aimed at Christians, and in a Christian context. For those who have not found the man, or woman, of their dreams I would encourage you to keep persevering; for me it took three years – yet it was an adventure littered with interesting experiences and contacts.

Thank you again and God Bless,

• David and Carol

UPDATE: We were just an 'engagement' success story, but we are now married!! We married on the 1st March 2003. It was a beautiful day, everything we could have wished for, and we owe all our success at finding each other to Christian Connection (and of course God).

It was strange because both Wayne and I joined up at the same time, without knowing it, and both renewed our free membership because we 'knew' we liked each other. It took us 6mths to build up the courage to meet, but by then we already knew we were right for each other. We have now been together for over 2 years and it is still amazing!!! We are also expecting a new arrival in July that will make our happiness complete!!!

Good luck to everyone else out there searching for someone. You may not meet the 'right one' here, but you'll still make good friends!! I was really lucky and am so glad that I looked!

• Nicky and Wayne!!

UPDATE: Hello from an old married couple of 20 days! We promised to send you a picture for your site, so here it is. We had the most fabulous wedding day. It was great to have time to celebrate with God and family and friends. The whole of getting to know each other has been a happy time, and our wedding day was so full of joy. We are so grateful to God for bringing us together. Thanks to Christian Connection too for the part you played. We wouldn’t be without each other for the world.

We wanted to write and tell you our good news. We started emailing through your site in November '01, and met up in January '02.

I (Jackie) had met all kinds of people through the site, over almost a year, none of whom I really hit it off with, and was about ready to give up. Lee had emailed a few people but had been on the site almost a year but had never really come across anyone he felt worth meeting.

So, encourage all those people still on your books, because we are so grateful that we did meet through you in the end!

• Lee and Jackie

We're very happy and God is faithfully 'repaying the years the locusts have eaten' - a verse that was repeatedly given to us during our engagement.

Thanks again for your part in our happiness.

• Charles & Tina

Andrew and I started corresponding through your site in October 2001. We hit it off straight away and our emails progressed to phone calls and after 6 weeks we decided to meet. This first meeting took place at Manchester airport. Due to the fact that I was from Northern Ireland and Andrew is from Bolton, we asked our Pastors to contact each other first of all just to make sure all was ok. We got on brilliantly and took it in turn to fly to see each other every fortnight.

We have 7 children between us (yes, you did read that correctly) and we introduced them to each other slowly. In April 2002, Andrew proposed when we were in the Lake District and we were married in July 2003 in Northern Ireland. A huge contingent of Andrew's english friends from Church and family made it over for the wedding and a brilliant day was had by all. My children and I moved to England and we are now one BIG, happy family.

The brilliant thing about Christian Connection is that Andrew and I were able to court each other by email from the comfort of our own homes whilst our children were snug in their beds - no babysitters required!

Andrew says that it was good to meet women on your site that he knew were christians from the start. It is good to meet people with whom you have something in common and we all have Jesus. Praise the Lord ! We believe that God brought us together and we want to thank you for being His willing instrument and for making us and many others very happy. Thank you also for your lovely wedding card and good wishes.

God Bless

• Love from Andrew and Jill (and the 7 children !)

Update: We did get married on August 10th - a wonderful day. God bless you all at Christian Connection - we'll never forget you.

Tony and I first emailed in early December 2001... and very very soon progressed to telephone conversations. We found ourselves having very long two or three hour conversations - so much to swap and share... then we met up... and became friends ever so slowly. I didn't think of him as at all 'my type', and had no romantic interest in him - but found myself valuing him more and more as a friend and confidante as time went on.

I was oblivious to his attentions and was certain we were both just being friendly and increasing our social circles. To be really honest, I was just enjoying his company and thinking he was practising his social skills, as I was - thinking maybe that we'd eventually perhaps introduce each other to one of our friends who might be Miss or Mr Right for each other.

Then one evening over dinner, I realised that I was looking at God's choice for me - it was like the road to Emmaus!! "OH! it's YOU, isn't it!!?" I have fallen in love with a man who is a gentleman, funny, energetic, romantic, generous and concerned for others above himself.

• Stephanie and Tony

Update: Graham & Sue met through Christian Connection in August 2001 and married on 21 December this year.

I met Graham from Peterborough on August 9th and, nearly a year later he's asked me to move up there and get married!

You're doing a grand job and, even before Graham, I met some lovely, genuine people through this site. I thank God that He uses this medium and can bring people together who otherwise would not have met.

Be encouraged!!

• Sue and Graham

Update: We got married on 1 April 2002 - Easter Monday and are expecting a baby in January. We are very happy!

I have met a partner through Christian Connection. Thank you for bringing us together. An answer to both our prayers.

We are sharing the good news about Christian Connection far and wide. We thank God so much for each other, but also for your great service.

• James and Sarah

Back in February Dave & I met up through your site. About a month later, after many many emails and telephone calls we met in the real world. We were such good friends by the time we met. We continued to communicate online for several months (although it is much better actually being together.) After a fairly short and busy engagement we got married at the beginning of September and are really enjoying married life.

Thank you all

• Nettes & Dave Derbyshire
• September 2001

Update: Evelyn and Barry got married in January 2003

I cannot write to you from within the site as I am now no longer a member. The reason for this is that I have met a wonderful man through CC who also thinks I am wonderful and we are planning to spend the rest of our lives together, so no longer need to be members.

I only joined your agency on a free trial back last April and in that time met Barry. I was a bit dubious about using the internet to meet someone but soon came to realise that it was an ideal way to start a relationship, I felt safe to begin to explore a friendship on line, knowing that I was talking to someone who shared similar values and faith, and through that friendship on line we finally met and fell in love. One year on we are very happy and planning our future together. Both of our kids are very happy for us too - I never imagined finding someone to love again.

Thank you

• Evelyn and Barry

If I could give advice to any future CC members it would be that the internet is just another way of meeting like-minded Christians and be patient and prayerful about finding your lifelong soul-mate since it is true that 'good things come to those who wait'!

Thank you again for the service you provided!

• Alex & Jane von der Becke
• May 2002

I thought that I would like to take the time to give you an update on our Situation. My wife and I were married on December 28th. We met earlier in the year, 2002, through your website.

We had a fabulous wedding. We had friends and family from all over the place attending. We had the two ministers from our Church conducting the service. It was a really happy and spiritual time. Friends and family, Christian and not, all commented on the happy service. We enjoyed a dream come true honeymoon in Russia. We went to Moscow and St-Petersburg. It was very romantic and we took the time to attend a Christmas Eve service at a Russian Orthodox Church. That was interesting!

It is true that God works in mysterious ways. Some friends spoke words of caution to me when I told them how I was going on a first date with this nice woman I had met on the Internet. I listened to their words and took careful steps. 10 months later 11 months later we're married! Thank you for providing such a good way for Christian people to meet. For me, I wanted to find a partner. Thank you for providing a safe way to do this and a good way.

God bless you,

• Victoria and Tim

Having just seen the picture of little Callie Derbyshire it prompted me to write and tell you that we are now married.

When we got engaged back in November I wrote to tell you the wonderful news and on May 17th we finally did it! It was a wonderful day with much fun and laughter and really could not have been any more wonderful. We had a wonderful time on our honeymoon in the Lake District, particulary as we had spent so much time apart (Joe lived in Birmingham and myself in London) and are now living very happily in Birmingham.

We are so grateful to both yourselves and to God for your service as without it our paths would never have crossed. We hope your site continues to bring more happy couples together, we will certainly be looking every now and again to see what other stories of rejoicing we can find.

Much love,

• Katie and Joe

We have been meaning to let you know for a while so you can add another number to the many!!

We got engaged in May and are getting married in July 2006.

We met through the site, we started talking to each other in November and we met up in the middle of December and the rest is history!!!

We just wanted to let you know and to say a big "thankyou" and to hopefully encourage others who have just joined and most importantly to thank God for giving us the opportunity of meeting each other in this way ( we never would have met otherwise!!)

Thanks again!

• Trevor & Barbara

I always found it heartening to read the comments of people who had met new friends/partners on Christian Connection and so thought it was time for an up-date of my own!

Started corresponding with a guy, whose profile was fun, seemingly sincere and with whom I shared many green fish.

Met up to confirm whether the spark that existed in our conversations was just an ember or a growing fire. Got on so well that we brought the children together the following day and had a really fun time. Got engaged in October and are now planning house moves, wedding etc.

The lack initially of a photo should not deter people from contacting those whose profiles make them smile- never judge a book by its cover! And finally long distance relationships can work, so don't be put off if he/she doesn't live within throwing distance.

We are both very grateful to Christian Connection for giving us the opportunity to meet, thankyou. Although we were, by our very natures, two happy, single Christian parents, juggling family, home and work to the best of our abilities, we are now even happier and looking forward to everything that the Lord has in store for us together!

• Jaci & Maldwyn

We met in May 2004, and wrote to you soon after to let you know we were both leaving the site, because we wanted to develop our relationship. Well, we got engaged in November and have just set the date for our marriage as September 2005! When we had bought The Ring, we both wanted the putting-on-finger moment to be in a significant place. We were in London at the time, and although Saturday evening is not the best time to find an Anglican church open, we found that St Martins in the Field was unlocked because a rehearsal was taking place for a concert that evening. We sneaked into the back, sat down, Ralph slipped the ring on to my finger and – the orchestra struck up ‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’! If this had been planned, the timing could not have been more perfect. We both cried!

We both feel that our lives to date have been a preparation to be each other’s partner. All the sadness and the badness now has a purpose (both widowed and then divorced, Ralph introduced himself to me as ‘a twice-had lad’). I wonder why I didn’t try CC before; but if I had done so, Ralph would not have been there!

• Grateful thanks for your wonderful service from Ralph and Helen!

We first made contact in March through the cc web site. After a number of emails we spoke on the phone and arranged to meet for a pizza. A few days later we went for a walk and flew a kite off the top of a hill and then met most weeks.

Without realising it we were falling in love with each other! To cut a long story short - Having shared our hearts desire with our pastors and prayed with them we got engaged at New Wine. We are planning to get married in February 2005. We both have children and are going to be setting up a new home and , apart from the great joy that we have received, we feel that God is creating a strong Christian family to work for His Kingdom.

Thank you cc for your faithful work, God has certainly used you to bring us together. We have received so much assurance that this is all of God. We are both very excited about the blessings our new family will bring to us, our children and others.

If someone had said that we were going to sign up on a web page, meet someone within a few weeks, fall in love and get engaged all within 12 months - guess we would never have believed them!!

God bless you all at Christian Connections

• God bless you all at Christian Connections, James and Susan

Nick and I joined Christian Connection within a few weeks of each other in June 2004. Nick contacted me on his first day of the trial, just after I had paid up for several months’ membership! After MANY long emails for a week or so, we moved to texting, then phone calls, and met in London 20 days after that first contact. 2 months and 28 days later, on 7th October, Nick proposed, I said yes, and we’re getting married on June 25th 2005. As one of us is in Hull and the other in Sussex, we’re looking forward to getting married so we can see each other more often!!

We joined CC to find someone to serve God with – we both work full-time for churches. I don’t think I seriously thought I would meet someone through the internet, but now I praise God for the way he has used this “very modern” (in the words of many church members I know!) method of finding a husband. I am still amazed and overjoyed! How would I ever have met Nick if it wasn’t for Christian Connection? Nick and I were made for each other and CC and God have brought us to together so that we can spend our WHOLE lives serving God and hopefully showing God’s amazing power and Jesus’ love through our love and relationship.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you. And Thank You again…”

I do mean, it, really! I’m so glad you started this service. I’d also echo other happy comments people have made about the quality and professionalism of the service. Keep up the good work, you are making people very happy.

• Yours in Christ, Lucy Burdett (soon to be Barr-Hamilton!!!)

Just to let you know that I have met the woman of my heart on your site and I am 'over the moon'. she is a very committed christian and I am so excited.

We are getting engaged on 18 December 2004 and will marry in 2005. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the hard work you are doing.

God bless you all!

• Joseph

Just wanted to let Christian Connection know that I have recently got engaged to Sarah who I met on the site, we are planning on getting married on the 29th January 2005. Sarah is the most perfect thing that has happended in my life and I feel the the Lord has truly blessed us both by putting us together.

I wanted to say I big thank you to Christian Connection and to give a word of support and encouragement to all current memebers who are looking for a partner. Sarah was not the first person that I met of the site, I met several people and before meeting Sarah was begining to feel disheartened that I wouldn't meet a Christian partner, it some times takes time and people should stick with it.

Best wishes

• Stewart (and Sarah)

We have been meaning to write to you for some time to let you know of another happy result for your list!

Darren and I both joined christian connection just after Christmas 2002 but neither of us really thought we would meet the partner of our dreams through the internet. However, after only days of being on your site Darren found my profile and emailed me. His first email to me was in fact accidentally entirely blank apart from the subject header, so after looking up his profile I sent a cheeky reply, and we soon got into email conversation. After only a few emails each way he surprised me by suggesting that we met up the next time he was in London for the weekend. After much terrified agonising I agreed and our first date was going to church(!) followed by a pub lunch. We got on well and found each other attractive but spent far too much time being polite to each other, a fact which we rectified over the next few dates as we worked out that we were very much interested in each other and started to relax. Soon we were a very happy couple and things have progressed wonderfully over the year until just after Christmas when I was whisked off to Paris for a surprise weekend and proposed to.

We are endlessly grateful to God for bringing us together and for CC for facilitating it - your site is very well set up and we feel a lot of the reason we found each other so quickly was the comprehensive profiles and the matching system you have in place.

We are planning to get married in the middle of October, and can't wait!

We'd like to take the opportunity to thank all at CC for such a wonderful site. Adrian apologises that you never got any money out of him, as he only ever used his 10 day free trial - what is it about men hey!! Am working on that one. (Unlike me, who paid my three month subscription!)

Thankyou so much

• Ruth and Darren

We just wanted to let you know about our engagement on the 10th January 04. Adrian posted his profile on 31st August 03 after reading the article in the Sunday Times. I (Jo) sent him an email that evening and after several weeks of emails and texts - we met up in early October.

After 3 (and a bit!) very happy months together, Adrian proposed and i said that magic word "yes"! We are now planning for our wedding on the 10th July THIS YEAR!

We will, I'm sure, send in a photo after the happy day.

We'd like to take the opportunity to thank all at CC for such a wonderful site. Adrian apologises that you never got any money out of him, as he only ever used his 10 day free trial - what is it about men hey!! Am working on that one. (Unlike me, who paid my three month subscription!)

With love,

• Adrian & Jo

We had the most amazing summer and feel very blessed having met each other. Last Sunday he proposed to me and I said yes. No wedding date set but I will announce the news tonight to my friends at my birthday party. Lawrence is the best present I could ever have.

Thank you Christian Connection and thank you Lord Jesus.

with love,

• Brigitta and Lawrence

We wish to share with you our happiness at having been brought together through CC. We met last October and immediately felt there was something special there, and we are getting married June this year.

You have made two lonely people very happy, with God at the centre of all that has happened.

Thank you Christian Connection.

• Brenda and Stuart

We thought that it would be nice to let you all know that on new years eve we got engaged after meeting through the CC website. We are planning on getting married on October the 23rd in Manchester, and are looking forward to spending the rest of our lives very much in love with each other. Thanks for helping us meet, without a service like CC we might not have had the opportunity.

Lots of Love,

• Annie and Gavin

Some comments from Cathy...

I joined CC following quite a nasty divorce. This really knocked my faith in men and if I am honest, in God a little too! I was a little sceptical but thought I would give God a chance to use my computer! I met several guys and really did think that I was destined for "singledom" (sorry to anyone I met, you were all lovely....just not right for me!).

I then logged on one day at the end of August with every intention of suspending my membership in order to maybe reflect a bit and seek God's heart for my life. However that day I thought I would check the new members first. One of the new profiles "Jason490" caught my eye and I thought why not email him! I had a very quick reply from him and that was the start of a very beautiful relationship!

We emailed, texted and spoke for a couple of weeks before meeting in September. We became totally inseparable! He then took me to Paris last weekend for my birthday and asked me to be his wife! I am now wearing the most amazing diamond ring on the third finger of my left hand!! How romantic! We are now looking towards getting married in Spring 2005.

It has completely bowled me over how good God has been to both of us and totally amazing how we were brought together.

Some comments from Jason...

I joined CC on 24 Aug 2003 and sent a few messages. The very next day, I received a message from Cathy and that started a flood of emails which then turned in to texts - at one point we were sending about 20-30 texts a day! Then we started chatting on the phone and our mobile phone companies started rubbing their hands in glee! When we met up after 2 weeks, we were instantly at ease with each other and started our relationship on the best footing possible - with God at the centre.

Since then, we have hardly spent a day when we haven't seen each other and, despite being extremely nervous and despite a 2 hour delay on Eurostar, I proposed to Cathy last Friday in Paris and she accepted - we were both crying with happiness!!

Cathy has made me the happiest man in the world and I feel so blessed to have her in my life. She is the answer to my prayers. God certainly knew what He was doing in putting us together.

I can't wait for May 2005 (or thereabouts) when we become the next Christian Connection wedding.

From both of us...

Thank you so much CC.....what you do is great and long may it continue! Please feel free to put this on the website to encourage others to hang in there when the going gets tough or when you feel you are destined to be alone.....God won't let you down!

Love from us both,

• Cathy and Jason

We are writing to thank you for putting us in contact with each other. We began emailing in April 2002 and met up six weeks later. A year on we were engaged and are getting married next year!! He is everything I've ever prayed for and dreamed of and I feel so blessed!

Thank you

• Chris and Andrea

This message is especially for those who think that romance is something that happens to other people! Do not despair: I logged onto Christian Connection in January last year and by October I had met the man I am going to marry (...although I didn't realise it at the time!) Tim is one of the loveliest people I have ever met, and I am so blessed. It didn't happen overnight though, so don't be put off too easily by a bad experience (I travelled across the country to meet one guy, who wanted to develop a relationship - but he had changed his mind by the time I got back home later that weekend!) or by people who are just don't reply. I chatted to lots of people on the site over the year, before I met Tim.

So after over 10 years of being single, and attending countless friends' weddings, here I am planning a wedding of my own for June next year: if I can get married, you can too!

God bless you, and be encouraged!

• Pamela and Tim

We had each mailed other people and had dates with others before finding each other so if you're checking the site out for the first time I would definitely say hang in there for a while before you think of moving on somewhere else.

We got engaged nearly a month ago and are getting married in January.

God Bless!

• Emma and Sean

Stop! Someone came in through the back door! We must confess that we didn't actually subscribe to Christian Connection - after a week of communicating on a 'trial' basis, my fianceé and I felt led by God to keep in touch with one another. We became engaged at New Year and hope to be married in July 2003. Ultimately, all glory and honour goes to God for bringing us together, but thanks must go to all at Christian Connection for putting together this worthwhile service.

Eleanor and I felt an instant bond and that has blossomed and developed into the deep love and respect we have for each other. I trust that Christian Connection goes from strength to strength and with God's blessing many others will find happiness and many blessings!

God bless to all,

• Robert and Eleanor

Six months ago I spotted Tim's profile and decided to email him - even though only desperate people do that sort of thing! Immediately I received his reply it became clear that we are very well suited, each of us try to keep God as the number one focus in our lives and we have the same hopes and dreams for the future.

I am delighted to tell you that we are marrying in April 2003.

Thank you again for all that you and the site have done for us.

• Tim and Kaye

Just to let you know I think we are about to be you 9th Wedding having got very disillusioned with men - someone at church recommended your site and 9 months later I'm about to walk down the aisle with a really lovely internet date. The very first and now to be the last that I met through your site.

We are marrying at my church on Aug 31st 2002 and today I have just been out with my new to be family and had a truly blessed day. Thank you for introducing us both and for providing such a good service I hope many others find the happiness we have been privileged to find.

Best Regards and Many Thanks

• Phill and Carmen Beale (soon to be)

I would like to cancel my subscription as I have met someone through your site, and we are now engaged to be married!! We intend getting married in the New Year. I can only thank God for meeting Iain through your site, and hope you continue to be successful. I must add, that I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion boards, and it was through a comment of one of the participants, that I finally laid my singleness before God. I know that He is more than capable of bringing the right people together, in His time.

Blessings to you all

• Diana and Iain

I'm delighted to be able to tell you that I am now engaged to be married. As my fiance put it, thanks to Christian Connection when we first met face to face we already knew quite a lot about each other and that undoubtedly helped kick start our courting.

Many thanks for a well thought out service.

• Sarah and Michael

...and its all down to Christian Connection. My fiancé and I met exactly a year ago today, and after some very shy emails we discovered that not only did we have everything in common, we were also perfect for each other!!! He proposed to me about a month ago and we are getting married next March. Admittedly this is fast moving (the church and reception are already booked), but we both know it is the right decision.

We also both know that had it not been for CC, we would never have met. I'd probably still be bemoaning my singleness; as for him... I wouldn't have known!!! As it happens we did meet (despite our shyness) and have filled each others lives with happiness. CC made it possible for me to put aside the insecurities I have and meet someone who was completely understanding and caring.

I would tell people to go for it. God has really blessed me after years when I felt so alone. It may not be your chance to meet 'the one', but it is a really good way to make friends who share some of your interests!!

• Nicky and Wayne

I've met a wonderful man through Christian Connection... I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful service and opportunity you provide for people like me. Meeting men was not the problem, but trying to find a Christian man was! That's what makes your service so valuable.

We both love the Lord and have been able to offer each other support in our beliefs. We hope to marry next autumn and live our lives to the full. We are so compatible both have a passion for life, travelling and motorbikes!

So thank you again and be assured that CC does work and God's blessings be on you all.

• Mary and Alan

Thank you so much. Through you I have met the most wonderful man; and praise God, he thinks I'm wonderful too. So much so, we're getting married on October 13th. After a horrid divorce, I never thought I would meet anyone I could trust, also, being Christian and having such different priorities...I imagine you know the score!

But through Christian Connection, two sad, lonely people have become one joyful happy family. (My son thinks it's wonderful too!). Isn't it true - "God sets the lonely in families." Give praise to the Lord - and thanks beyond measure to you! Do keep up the good work, you're filling hearts with joy.

Love in the Lord

• Heather and Martin

I'm glad to say that when my subscription runs out in February I won't need to renew it, as I have met the most gorgeous girl through your website.  My girlfriend has already not renewed and we'd just like to thank you for bringing us together.

I only stumbled onto your site last August, after a lot of wasted time on other sites.

Thank you once again

• Ian & Eleanor

I will not be renewing my membership as I am pleased to tell you that 3 months into my 6 months subscription I made contact and met a guy through your site and we are very much together and things are progressing extremely well. I never thought it was possible to find anyone so suited to me (and also be a christian, which is essential); but thanks to your site we 'found each other'. I thank you so much for that as I can certainly see a very long term relationship developing from this.

Many thanks

• Ann

I would like to cancel my membership The reason I am leaving is because thanks to you I've met a lovely girl on your website and am currently enjoying her companionship and friendship and dare I say it there's romance there too! So thanks alot! I will recommend you to friends and it's the best £35 I've spent in a long time!

• Matt

"We are both really glad that we joined Christian Connection and we will not be extending our memberships as we are really getting on well together.

Although it may take some time to find someone, Christian Connection can be a really good way of meeting other Christians. The profiles are well thought out and it is so good being able to approach someone that you feel that you might be compatible with yourself, rather than just being matched up by other people. We would happily recommend Christian Connection to other Christians.

• Brian and Diana

Happily your site has brought me together with a wonderful girl and I will not be needing to renew my membership. I would like to tell you that your site is brilliant. Posting the profiles to be browsed through makes the process of searching for a partner easy and removes a great deal of potential stress. I certainly felt confident enough to use it. Something that is highly unlike me.

I hope that your service goes from strength to strength.

Thankyou and Godbless.

• Michael

I have met someone via CC who already means more to me than I could ever have believed so I have to thank you. I think your site is marvellous - I've already told quite a number of my friends especially as there aren't that many eligible batchelors in our parish - I couldn't quite believe that it would work - but I think it has.

Thank you again

• Susan from Yorkshire

I'm a young widow. I've been alone for three years now, balancing a full-time job, with looking after my six-year old daughter, and life as a Lay Reader in the Church of England. As I am long past the days of student bars, or even popping into pubs, and, being partially deaf, I don't enjoy night clubs, I had no idea where to start looking for a new Mr. Right.

My vicar gave me the article from the Guardian and I logged on to Christian Connection. While I have since become a member, it was on the first night I found my friend. We've been e-mailing and phoning for the last month, now. He's been on holiday, but we've kept up the e-mails. I even got a postcard today. It's given me a whole new out-look and something that had been missing in my life for so long.

Whether we eventually hit it off and fall in love, or whether we just become good friends, I have found someone new to talk to, who share very similar interests.

Thank you Christian Connection.

• Sandra from Yorkshire

I have met someone through Christian Connection and we have been going out for over a year now. Through our relationships, God has also been strengthening both of our faiths. Thank you very much for an extremely valuable service. I hope that all single Christians who would like to meet a partner find their way onto your site.

• Dee from Bristol

I will not be renewing membership because I have met someone, I have been delighted with your agency and have made several new friends as well as that special person. The response has been amazing and I have been kept quite busy answering everyone who contacted me. I have tried other agencies before but you seem to have got it right.

Thank you and God bless

• John from Bristol

I met someone form the site -HURRAY! We get on really well.

I just wanted to say thank you for providing a wonderful service to people which has blessed more than I knew was possible.

• Anne from the Midlands

I have an unusual success story in that it doesn't end with me having found the man of my dreams or even Mr OK. Although it works for other people; I know of one marriage and one serious relationship formed through the site and others who have dated!

Following separating from my ex husband, I joined CC for a year. Over that year, I had many interesting email 'conversations' with people. In some ways the emailing and posting on notice boards was a hobby, but also a way of interacting with people which helped me through the break up. I emailed lots of people and met a few men, nearly all of whom have become friends. I volunteered to lead the Birmingham local events and again very much enjoyed meeting new people there. At the first of these I met someone who later became my lodger. I also made some female friends through CC.

I realised how good CC had been for my social life when I camped at Greenbelt with three people who I knew solely through CC and whilst there spent some time with another CC friend and bumped into a few others I'd met through the local events!

• Rosalyn

Your site is good, made a good friend who I'm now helping to set up a scuba dive holiday company, which is exciting!

• Anne

My husband and I have two single (male) Christian friends who have both in the past few months found (through your site) Christians who they are now going out with. After a number of years of friendship with them, it is lovely to see them both so happy - they had not previously been able to meet many Christian females easily (single Christians are unusually quite rare in our church). Although it is too early yet to say if either of their relationships will lead to something permanent, it is (in our view!) looking hopeful in both cases. Even if they don't, your site has given two lovely chaps new relationships for the present - and made their friends very happy.

With many thanks from a grateful married person.

• Ruth from Lancashire

The great thing about Christian Connection is the questions in the profile. Simple as that. Whoever came up with the list (especially the "essay questions") should be given a prize.

It's worth creating a profile just to find things out about yourself: worthwhile things that may even surprise you.

• Philip from London

I think your service is excellent and far better than anything I have tried so far. Blessings on you for all your efforts - it certainly is a very valuable service.

Well done and thank you.

• Louise from Cambridge