Would you date someone from the same church?
What if things go wrong, would you have to move church?
Most churches are generally full of gossip and how do you handle everyone knowing your affairs?
Thus the whole, why you see a lot of Christians dating outside of the church, and when this happens, it's usually with non-Church goers. lol
The whole religious criteria really goes further down the ladder when there's a concern such as the OP's.
I would date someone in my church, if in fact...there was someone actually AVIALABLE in my church. Mostly married people with families.
Funny story, there was only one woman at my church I recognized from Match.com. I contacted her through that site, I mentioned that we sit kind of near each other in church, and she did in fact recognize me.
I suggested lunch after service, but she said that our age diff. was too great. lol What an excuse eh...she was only like 4 or 5 years older, both of us were in our 40s at the time.
In a small town like this, where we were the only 2 available 40-somethings singles in the entire congregation...you'd think she'd be up for it, right?
I think she wound up with someone outside church