Healthy Dating - Relationships

Ascend Men

Whatever your relationship status, healthy dating is relevant to you. You’ll likely know single people who don’t want to stay single. Or you’ll be in a church which may create a really healthy environment for dating couples. Or not. Or maybe you have growing kids in your home - in which case this will definitely be useful at some point.

To help us get a balanced perspective we are joined again by Annabel Wheeldon-Clarke of the Engage Network and we also welcome David Payne, customer success manager at the award-winning Christian dating app, SALT.

A few references:

• • Made by Christians for Christians, SALT is the award-winning dating app that makes meeting single Christians less awkward and a lot more enjoyable.
  • For more on SALT, visit their YouTube channel.
  • Engage Network.
  • Curry's Techtalk article: Is our modern love affair with dating apps fizzling out?
  • The Forbes article: Dating Statistics And Facts In 2024

Top Tips

We had so many great tips in this episode, here are my Top 10:

1. Have difficult conversations early
2. Consider getting on a dating app, participate in some of the SALT table events
3. Having a date vs having a relationship are not the same thing
4. Don’t ignore the spiritual element of a relationship. It’s about much more than shared values - your faith is about shared identity.
5. Independence is attractive
6. Annabel’s motto: “Be intentional but not intense”
7. As a church, what more could we be doing to help our people get from A-to-B I.e. single to dating?
8. Older people are wise - seek out somebody you can trust to chat things over with
9. Pray and persevere
10. Be better listeners

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