Salem Web Network is a Christian website company, headquartered in

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with offices in

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and Nashville. The company is owned and operated by

Salem Communications Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM; formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher formerly based in Camarillo, California (moved most operations to Irv ...

History

Salem Web Network began with the acquisition of OnePlace.com and SermonSearch.com.

Websites

The 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

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s, video and social networking and other material. *Crosswalk.com was acquired in 2002, and is built around four primary content areas – faith, family, fun and community. The content is provided by ministries such as Focus on the Family, Insight for Living from

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 t ...

, John Piper,

John F. MacArthur John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American Protestant pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio and television program ''Grace to You''. He has been the pastor of Grace Community Chu ...

, and others. The site features movie reviews, music and book reviews, homeschooling resources, a directory, and other Christian resources. * Christianity.com is a Christian

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, providing articles on current topics, the

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and other topics. *BibleStudyTools.com is an online

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts ...

resource with 31 translations, verse search, Bible commentaries,

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s, Bible dictionaries, reading plans, lexicons,

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, and

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. The website allows users to highlight and underline verses and create Bible reading plans, take and save notes in the online "margins" and share them online. It also includes tools to allow small groups and Sunday school classes to create group pages for studying Scripture together. *OnePlace.com, launched in 1998, has 13 million page views and 1.3 million unique users per month. It provides

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of 150 broadcast ministries and 200 radio programs. OnePlace.com received the 2007

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Media Award for Internet-Best Broadcasting Website. *LightSource.com is a Christian

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streaming over 100 ministry broadcasts with

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s and program archives. Contributors include John F. MacArthur, Greg Laurie, Jack Graham,

Joel Osteen Joel Scott Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American lay preacher, televangelist, businessman and author based in Houston, Texas. Known for his weekly televised services and several best-selling books, Osteen is one of the more prominent figu ...

, Adrian Rogers,

Beth Moore Wanda Elizabeth "Beth" Moore (born Wanda Elizabeth Green, June 16, 1957) is an American Anglican evangelist, author, and Bible teacher. She is president of Living Proof Ministries, a Christian organization she founded in 1994 to teach women to k ...

T.D. Jakes Thomas Dexter Jakes (born June 9, 1957), known as T. D. Jakes, is an American bishop, author and filmmaker. He is the bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch. Jakes's church services and Evangelistic sermons are b ...

Joyce Meyer Pauline Joyce Meyer (née Hutchison; June 4, 1943) is an American Charismatic Christian author, speaker and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Joyce and her husband Dave have four grown children, and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her min ...

, and others. It received the Best Broadcast Website Award in 2008 by the

. *ChristianJobs.com is an

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focusing on employment within the Christian community. It claims 241,617 registered members and 44,165 resumes in their database. It provides job postings, résumé listings, eCoaching, eMentoring and a

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. *ChurchStaffing.com is an employment website that aims to connect churches and ministries in the US and Canada with staff candidates. Users may post job openings and résumés, browse church and ministry vacancies, and shop in an online resource store. The site has an agreement with Secure Search to provide

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s with

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s for staff and volunteers. The site also has free sample job descriptions and a salary comparison database. *CrossDaily.com is a Christian graphics site. The graphics section features photography, video loops,

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sets,

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and web art, animated and static Christian

s, and free Bible trivia games. *CrossCards.com provides e-cards, mobile wallpaper and Christian cell phone ringtones. The CrossCards.com iPhone app was released in 2010. *SermonSearch.com 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

sermon A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present contexts. ...

s in text format. It includes more than 21,000 sermon outlines, Christian worship backgrounds, motion loops, and video clips that can be downloaded for a fee. *TheFish.com is a website for pop culture news and entertainment reviews from a Christian perspective. Its entertainment culture reviews include movies, DVDs, television, books, video games, and music. *

GodTube GodTube is an online video platform which strives to have Christian content. It is owned by Salem Web Network, the internet division of Salem Communications. GodTube includes music videos, comedy, children, animals, sports, news and inspirat ...

is a Christian

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. In June 2010 Salem Communications acquired GodTube.com and Tangle.com. Viewers can watch and share videos, access Christian music, read the Bible online through the Online Bible, and upload prayers to the Prayer Wall and network with other users. *

TeacherTube TeacherTube is a video sharing website. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of clas ...

is video sharing website designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share user-generated educational videos and other resources. *

Townhall.com Townhall is an American politically conservative website, print magazine and radio news service. Previously published by The Heritage Foundation, it is now owned and operated by Salem Communications. The website features more than 80 columns (b ...

is a web-based publication and a print magazine, primarily dedicated to conservative United States politics. *

Hot Air ''Hot Air'' is a conservative American political blog. It is written by the pseudonymous Allahpundit, Ed Morrissey, John Sexton, and Jazz Shaw. Hot Air was founded by Michelle Malkin, a conservative author and blogger, in 2006, taking over '' ...

is a political commentary website founded by

Michelle Malkin Michelle Malkin (; Maglalang; born October 20, 1970) is an American conservative political commentator. She was a Fox News contributor and in May 2020 joined Newsmax TV. Malkin has written seven books and founded the conservative websites Tw ...

, a conservative author and blogger, in 2006. It also carries posts from a selection of conservative and libertarian bloggers in its "Green Room." Salem Communications purchased Hot Air in February 2010. *Jesus.org offers biblically based answers to questions about

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

's birth, life, death, and

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. It presents a database of questions and answers in text, video and audio formats. The answers are written by pastors and scholars including Charles Stanley, Greg Laurie, and John Piper,. *SamaritanFundraising.com is an

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website, acquired by Salem Communications in September 2010. It aims to support churches, schools, youth groups, and other organizations. Their primary fundraising product, the Samaritan Card, gives its user access to discounts and savings at merchants in the United States.

References and footnotes

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