Contact: James Paris, 386-597-2034

DAYTONA BEACH, FL, Nov. 6 /Christian Newswire/-- Christian Chirp www.christianchirp.com was shut down on Thursday due to a cyber attack. The site was launched just a week ago by James L. Paris, also the founder of Christian Money.com. "I do not understand why some people are so upset about us starting a Christian alternative to Twitter. I was warned in an e mail earlier this week that my site would be hit with a cyber attack. I did not think anyone was really serious about that, I guess I was wrong. All I wanted to do was to create a social media space for Christians. I truly don't see why this has caused such a controversy", said Paris on Friday morning.

Paris says the site will be back up and running today and he does not intend to give into the pressure coming from those that want him to cease operations. The controversy can be followed on Twitter by searching with the hashtag #christianchirp. A search on Google shows more than 700 articles and posts have already been made about the growing Christian Chirp controversy. Paris also addressed the issue on his podcast www.jimparislive.com which is available for download.