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. The stated focus of Christianity.com is to provide Christian content and interactive tools to help people understand

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

Pastors A pastor (abbreviated to "Ps","Pr", "Pstr.", "Ptr." or "Psa" (both singular), or "Ps" (plural)) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicis ...

, authors, and speakers such as

John F. MacArthur John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American pastor and author who hosts the national Christian radio and television program ''Grace to You''. He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in ...

Adrian Rogers Adrian Pierce Rogers (September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) was an American Baptist pastor and conservative author. He served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979–1980 and 1986–1988). Early life and educatio ...

Kay Arthur Kay Lee Arthur (November 11, 1933 – May 20, 2025) was an American Christian author, Bible teacher and co-founder of Precept Ministries International. She was a four-time winner of the ECPA Christian Book Award. Early life and education Ka ...

Chuck Swindoll Charles Rozell Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, headquartered in Frisco, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2 ...

Hank Hanegraaff Hendrik "Hank" Hanegraaff (born 1950), also known as the "Bible Answer Man", is an American Christian author and radio talk-show host. Formerly an evangelical Protestant, he joined the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2017. He is an outspoken figure w ...

, and John Piper contribute to the site.

History

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. Spencer Jones from Christian Broadcasting Network (who invested $10 million in the startup) and David Davenport, who was head of

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for 10 years, served as COO and CEO. Other funding and credit partners are

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, which invested $10 million, and Comdisco Ventures Group, which loaned $10 million for equipment and services. In the middle of the

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, the company went bankrupt and on December 18, 2001, the domain name was purchased by Renewal Enterprises, LLC.

announced the acquisition of Christianity.com from Renewal Enterprises on February 11, 2005 for approximately $3.4 million.

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