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Salem Web Network represents the largest faith-based audiences on the Internet and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia with offices in Dallas and Nashville. Salem Web Network is owned and operated by Salem Communications with the goal of to "replicate Salem's leadership position in radio in the digital world". According to Nielsen Net Ratings, Salem Web Network has more pages viewed by than all other web sites combined in the niche. The Network claims over 100 million page views per month and over 5 million e-mail subscribers.[1]

Salem Web Network
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OwnerSalem Web Network
Created bySalem Web Network
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History

Salem Web Network began with the acquisition of OnePlace.com and SermonSearch.com. At that time, they were receiving 78,000 page views, had a revenue of 3 million and a profit of -6.1 million. Today, Salem Web Network reaches more than 6 million unique users each month with over 43 million+ page views, has a revenue of 10 million and a profit of 2 million.[2]

Websites

Salem Web Network owns over 13 national sites and 100 local websites for Salem radio stations featuring Bible study tools, devotionals, music and ministry streaming, conservative news and commentary, Christian E-cards, video and social networking and other material.[3]

Crosswalk.com

Crosswalk.com was acquired in 2002 and "aims to offer the freshest and most compelling biblically-based content to Christians who take seriously their relationship with Christ." Crosswalk.com is built around four primary content areas – Faith, Family, Fun and Community. Each category is further subdivided into areas of significance to many Christians, including Bible Study, Devotionals, Marriage, Parenting, Music, etc. The sites content and material is provided by ministries such as Focus on the Family, Insight for Living from Chuck Swindoll, John Piper (theologian), John F. MacArthur, and others. The site features movie reviews, music and book reviews, homeschooling resources, a Christian directory, and other Christian interests.

Christianity.com

The mission of Christianity.com is to "bring glory to God in all that we do, equip people to grow in their faith and practical application of it in their lives, enhancing fellowship, communication and relationship-building within the Christian community, encouraging and enabling personal involvement in the care of those who are spiritually, emotionally, physically or financially poor"[4]

BibleStudyTools.com

The largest online Bible resource with over 30 well known translations, easy verse search, popular commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, reading plans, lexicons, apocrypha, and devotionals. BibleStudyTools.com allows users to highlight and underline verses and create Bible reading plans, take and save notes in the online "margins" and share them in the online community. BibleStudyTools.com also includes tools to allow small groups and Sunday school classes create group pages for studying Scripture together.

OnePlace.com

Launched in 1998, OnePlace.com is one of the most trafficked Christian destinations on the Web, with 13 million page views and 1.3 million unique users per month.[5] OnePlace.com is the provider of online streaming with more than 150 broadcast ministries and 200 radio programs. OnePlace.com received the 2007 National Religious Broadcasters Media Award for Internet-Best Broadcasting Website.

LightSource.com

LightSource.com is Salem Web Network's Christian video portal streaming over 100 ministry broadcasts with on-demand video, podcasts and program archives. The site features John F. MacArthur, Greg Laurie, Jack Graham (pastor), Joel Osteen, Adrian Rogers, Beth Moore, T.D. Jakes, Joyce Meyer, and others. LightSource received the Best Broadcast Website Award in 2008 by the National Religious Broadcasters. [6] [7]

ChristianJobs.com

ChristianJobs.com is a full-featured employment website focusing on employment within the Christian community. Their mission claims to provide a "quality service catering to the hiring needs of Christian-friendly companies and organizations while enabling job seekers to plug into that community." ChristianJobs.com has 241,617 registered members and 44,165 resumes in their database.[8] In addition to traditional features such as job postings and resume listings, the site also offers career tools including eCoaching and eMentoring as well as Business network.

ChurchStaffing.com

ChurchStaffing.com serves the United States and Canada as a website focused on connecting churches and ministries with staff candidates. Users may post job openings, browse church and ministry opportunities, and shop the online resource store. ChurchStaffing.com allows job seekers to post their resumes. ChurchStaffing.com has partnered with Secure Search to provide faith-based organizations with background checks for staff and volunteers. The site also has free sample job descriptions and a salary comparison database.

CrossDaily.com

CrossDaily.com is a Christian graphics site.[9] The graphics section features photography, video loops, PowerPoint sets, wallpaper, Clip art, and web art. In addition to the graphics section CrossDaily.com features a large number of animated and static Christian E-cards. It also features free Bible trivia games.[10]

CrossCards.com

Crosscards.com provides e-cards, mobile wallpaper and True Tones, Christian cell phone ringtones. The CrossCards.com app was released in 2010.

SermonSearch.com

SermonSearch was originally an independent website named "Ministers' Resource Center". In 1997, OnePlace.com purchased the site and renamed it "SermonSearch.com". The focus of the site became presentation of sermons in text format. In addition to more than 21,000 sermon outlines, SermonSearch.com also features Christian worship backgrounds, motion loops, and video clips that can be downloaded for a fee.

TheFish.com

TheFish.com offers the latest pop culture news and entertainment reviews from a Christian perspective. TheFish.com creates a place to engage in discussions of faith using today’s entertainment culture like movies, DVDs, television, books, video games, and music.

Tangle.com/GodTube.com

On June 2010 Salem Communications acquired GodTube and Tangle.com. [11] GodTube.com and Tangle.com provide a place for Christians to connect, watch and share videos, access the top singers in Christian music, read the Bible online through the Online Bible, and upload prayers to the Prayer Wall and network with friends.

Jesus.org

Jesus.org seeks to advance the Gospel accounts of the ministry and teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus.org offers biblically based answers to the many questions surrounding Jesus birth, life, death, and resurrection. It presents a database of questions and answers in text, video and audio formats. All the answers have been assembled by a group of respected pastors and scholars including Charles Stanley, Greg Laurie, and John Piper, to respond to some of the frequently asked questions about the work of Christ.

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ [1], Salem Resource Guide
  2. ^ HomePage http://salemwebnetwork.com/title=SalemWebNetwork HomePage. Retrieved 2009-03-17. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ [2], Salem Web Network
  4. ^ [3] Christianity.com
  5. ^ [4] Business Wire
  6. ^ [5] LightSource Ministry Page
  7. ^ [6] Business Wire
  8. ^ [7] About Us
  9. ^ [8] Homepage
  10. ^ [9] Trivia
  11. ^ Salem Communications adds GodTube.com and Tangle.com to its family of Christian websites - Radio-Info.com (released June 15, 2010)
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