Is God.com Dead?
Investors lost faith in iBelieve.com, Lightsource.com was extinguished, and Crosswalk is being run over. What happened to the for-profit Christian Web site boom?
Mark A. Kellner | posted 2/19/2001 12:00AM

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Maybe so. But while the battle of the Christian dot-coms has seen its share of casualties, it's probably far from over.
Mark A. Kellner writes computer columns for both The Washington Times and Los Angeles Times.
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Be sure to read today's related story, "'We All Believe In Something' | And Beliefnet believes the answer to serving both God and Mammon lies in being as interfaith as possible."
Visit the Web sites of Christianity.com and Crosswalk.com, as well as Gospelcom.net.
Crosswalk's latest stock price and press releases are available at Yahoo finance and other sites.
"Old Rules Rule" from InteractiveWeek.com discusses how "from business basics to legal precepts, Internet companies are discovering. … that they can't defy the fundamental rules of marketplace physics."
Find Michael Wolff's media columns about everything from Tim Russert to the AOL Time Warner merger at New York Magazine's site. Burn Rate, Wolff's book about his own Internet business experiences, is available from Amazon.com and other retailers.
Quentin J. Schultze's homepage offers a free Internet for Christians Newsletter if you'd like to hear every two weeks about the latest news among online Christians. His site also links to all the news stories he has been interviewed for.
Schultze's Internet for Christians and Communicating for Life are available from the Christianity Today bookstore and other book retailers.
The Christianity Today Weblog has been covering the dot-com bust for a while. Some items include:
Crosswalk.com Lays Off Quarter of Its Staff, Replaces CEO (Jan. 12, 2001)
Gaylord to Shut MusicForce.com, LightSource.com, and Other Internet Sites (Dec. 6, 2000)
Plug Pulled on IBelieve.com (Oct. 20, 2000)
As Crosswalk.com Cuts Staff and Closes Office, Other Christian Web Sites Flounder Around It (Sept. 27, 2000)
Former Goshen.com Head Steps Out of the Crosswalk (Sept. 20, 2000)