Side by side, fairly
Two long-running Christian dating services, compared. Facts checked 13 October 2026.
Christian Love and Christian Connection are both Christian dating services with many years behind them. Christian Connection suits people who want one of the longest-running names in British Christian dating, an iPhone app and a history of social events. Christian Love suits marriage-minded singles who want faith in their matches and free identity checks.
Neither is the wrong choice. They simply put the weight in different places, and the rest of this page sets out where, so you can decide which feels more like you.
Christian Connection was launched at the Greenbelt Festival in August 2000, which gives it deep roots in the UK church festival scene. Over the years it has run Greenbelt socials, communion meetups and speed dating, and in 2020 it took its events online with quizzes, karaoke and virtual gallery visits. If you like the idea of meeting people in a room as well as on a screen, that history is a real point in its favour.
It is UK-founded, and it later launched in Australia in 2004 and in the US in 2012. According to Wikipedia, it was a founding member of the Online Dating Association in 2014 and was named Religious Dating Site of the Year at the UK Dating Awards four years running, from 2014 to 2017.
Its iPhone app lists a good set of tools: seeing members in your area, unlimited daily matches, seeing who has liked you, messaging, live chat with members who are online, and controls over who can find you in search. The listing says profiles are checked and verified by its team. On the UK App Store on 13 October 2026, the app was rated 4.2 out of 5 from about 4,000 ratings, which is a solid score from a lot of people.
| Christian Love | Christian Connection | |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 2007 | 2000, at Greenbelt |
| Members | Mostly the USA, the UK and Australia | UK-founded, also in Australia and the US |
| Matches | Daily suggestions that weigh faith and values | Unlimited daily matches, members in your area |
| Checks | Free ID check and live video check | Profiles checked and verified by its team |
| On your phone | Any phone browser, add to home screen | iPhone app |
| Joining | Free to join | Free, with in-app purchases |
Why people choose Christian Love
Christian Love has been helping Christians meet since 2007, and it was built for love that leads to marriage.
Your daily match suggestions take account of age, place, the relationship you want and your lifestyle, and they also weigh religious beliefs and moral compatibility. The people you see are closer to the people you are praying for.
Every member can take a free ID check, or a moderator seeing them live on video if they would rather not use documents. Pass the ID check and a verified badge appears on your profile. Our safety page explains every protection.
Christian Love runs in any phone browser and can be added to your home screen, where it opens like an app. Setting it up takes a minute, as our Christian dating app page explains.
Christian Connection's events tradition is a genuine strength. If meeting in person matters most to you, you'll find ways to meet Christian singles in person that sit happily alongside any dating site. You can see everything Christian Love members get before you decide, and our other comparisons include Christian Love vs SALT.
It is free to download, with in-app purchases. Its paid options are listed in the app. Christian Love is free to join, and our membership prices are on one page.
Yes, there is an iPhone app. On 13 October 2026 it was rated 4.2 out of 5 on the UK App Store, from about 4,000 ratings.
Yes. It was founded in the UK and launched at the Greenbelt Festival in 2000, and it later opened in Australia and the US.
Yes. Nothing stops you having a profile on both. Many people try two services side by side, then settle where the conversations feel right. Christian Love is for singles aged 18+.
Our Christian dating site comparisons set Christian Love beside Christian Cupid, Christian Mingle and SALT too, and say who each one suits.
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