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Online Christian Social Network Launches in Ohio with the Nations Top...

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 online family environment is considered to be a "safe social network (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.churchohio.com/community/co_sanctuary.php) of World Harvest Church, based in Columbus, Ohio.

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 online 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 a 2 minute snippet of video showcasing their worship experience. "My job requires for me to travel a lot on the weekends so I have used the ChurchOhio.com directory (

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