The fastest growing Christian-based social network in the Midwest region, ChurchOhio.com was in beta for over 10 months and was officially launched on July 7 of 2007. Since then, the community has been rapidly growing with an average page view count of over 20,000 a day. This on-line family environment is considered to be a "safe social network" because of its built-in red flag system for obscene content and its parameters for advertisement, which eliminates derogatory banner exposure. The on-line Christian community has a place for streaming video and it also has a free church directory for Ohio churches. Local Pastors Lamont Monford of Philippian Missionary Baptist Church and Rev. Bruce Moxley of Dominion Ministries International, who have been with the community since its inception, are very pleased with the response they have received through ChurchOhio.com. "ChurchOhio.com is a great outreach vehicle because it has not only sent new visitors to our web site but it has also brought in new visitors to DMI church here in Clayton, Ohio," said Pastor Bruce Moxley.

A place for everyone According to NBC News (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11165576/), because of the recent rise of sexual predators and negative peer pressure within social networks, parents have become more skeptical of their child's or children's interaction with people over the Web. ChurchOhio.com was created to rival those social networks, particularly the ones that contain religious content in a community that may not be conducive for spiritual growth. "People should not have be subjected to negative advertisement and provocative media content while trying to become empowered by God's Word," stated Sean E. Fields owner of COMTACTICS (http://www.comtactics.net). ChurchOhio.com currently has several well known pastors and ministers in their database. Over 3,000 visitors a day and growing. Since the launch date, July 2007, ChurchOhio.com has had an average growth rate of over 3,000 visitors a day and is forecasted to have an average of over 200,000 a month by November of this year.

In spite of the surprising on-line population, Sean says the focus is still to empower the brick and mortar churches in Ohio. "One of the main objectives of ChurchOhio.com is to empower churches in Ohio by increasing their visibility and also to provide believers with a way to experience a church before they actually visit it." Visitors have also taken advantage of the church directory which allows for churches to upload videos showcasing their worship experience. ChurchOhio TV has a lot of videos that captures members with their dynamic nature. Popular artists and Pastors deliver spirit moving messages that keep visitors coming back for more. "My job requires for me to travel a lot on the weekends so I have used the ChurchOhio.com directory on several occasion to find a church to visit," stated Milton Meadows (frequent visitor).

ChurchOhio.com is currently looking for 10 churches within Ohio to become anchors by providing dynamic spiritual content for the community. If your organization is interested, please call 1.800.975.5161 or vist ChurchOhio.com to contact us.