A team of ministers from Michigan have boldly passed out Bibles where some ministers have only gone in their dreams. They are under hot and heavy judgment for their unique approach to fulfilling the Great Commission. Their mission field: the pornography industry.
Featured on ABC's Nightline, two so-called "porn pastors" set up camp at the world's largest adult industry convention in Las Vegas, NV.
With Martin Bashir on hand to document how they navigated in a "godless" environment, Craig Gross and JR Mahon walked around striking up conversations and giving out copies of the New Testament that said "Jesus loves porn stars," praying that at some point they will lose the taste for lust.
They manage not to get distracted by idol sights (gadgets, sexy women, a van next to their booth was used in sex scenes) and the sounds that worship to the God of sex.
Gross, a seminary educated pastor is an established provoker, who started XXXchurch.com to reach porn addicted Christians 5 years ago. Admittedly the name was intended to grab attention, but he's more than shock value in his cyber sanctuary; this seeking to convert souls.
"We've got to meet them where they're at. That's the great commission," explains Gross. "I think that God is using people that work with Triple X Church to carry about his message, to carry out his plan."
The fantasy pornography impels online, in magazines and movies handicaps the building of meaningful relationship Mahon believes strongly.
"It's not a real relationship between a man and a woman. Everything the porn industry shells out to the world is designed to tell you what sex should look like, and how it should smell, and who you do it with and how you do it and when you do it. The reality is -- it is not reality."
Despite the condemnation from their biggest critics, other Christians, porn pastors are steadfastly after the women who they say the 13 billion dollar industry disrespects.
Their unconventional evangelism method has won some souls. Gross informed ABC nightline: "One of the girls that we helped out of the porn industry last year, she had to have four surgeries on her body because of the pornography and the abuse. She actually went into prostitution at one of the places here in Nevada. And I thought, 'man, I can't believe that.' And she said, 'What are you talking about? It's so much easier to do prostitution than pornography.'"
She is now a Christian and has been delivered from porn and prostitution.
Gross will debate the pros and cons of the adult entertainment industry with porn king Ron Jeremy in a college campus tour from April 16-26. What is your take?
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