Thursday, October 13, 2005

Porn Industry: Behind the Scenes

As you probably know I am a huge fan of XXX Church's ministry. Craig and Mike are two guys that are waging a war on porn in an unconventional way. They are not only helping people kick the porn habit, but also reaching out to people in the pornography industry. They have a website www.xxxchurch.com, a blog, a national porn awareness day, and many other things going on, but one of their most excited new endeavors in their new internet radio show.

Because of their ministry they have been able to make friends with people in the porn industry (gasp) and they talk to them on their radio show. It is like a behind the scenes tour into the lives of these people. They talk to a famous pornographer Jimmy D who shares that he will not let his son, who I think is 9 or 10, on the computer alone. They also talk with Moonshine, who is a retired porn star that made a documentary to expose how some porn makers trick girls into doing hardcore and even sick and twisted porn. That's right, there are people in the porn industry with morals.

Christians, do you see what is happening here? People in the porn industry are trying to protect young people from porn. What are our churches doing? Nothing, most are silent on the issue. It is like the big elephant in the room that no one is talking about. Many people, including a rising number of women, struggle with porn. And if the statistics are correct many ministers struggle with porn. However, Christians are silent. We need to be leading the charge: reaching out to these people in the porn industry, put the problem on the table for discussion, and help other people kick this habit.

Check out Craig and Mike's radio show and website. Be prepared for a shock, they are extreme to most Christians, but maybe it is time for an extreme minstry against an extreme industry.

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