But his site is not just for Christians. Haynes includes every religious group that has a site and classifies them in such categories as world religion, Bible study and cult. Maffin and Haynes spend many hours voluntarily maintaining their sites but say they don't mind. I tend to have skills on the Internet. I figure that this is one way I can give back to the church.'' Searching for Jesus in cyberspace may be widely practised, but don't write off going to church.
Most clergy view the Internet as an adjunct to personal interaction.
Nonetheless Quentin Schultze, author of Internet for Christians, now a book and an online newsletter, says 5,000 to 10,000 North American Christian groups alone are already on the Internet, and the number is growing by about 30 a week. Christians dominate, however, because it's a large faith that tends to be wealthier than others and evangelism is an essential part of its teachings. Haynes reminds people not to accept as gospel everything they read in cyberspace. Anybody can get on the Internet and put out material.