Getting Club Owner’s to Love Your Ministry:  Three Stories  I started to question my sanity and God’s calling as I walked through the doors of a large strip club that April. When my voice failed as we approached the manager at the front bar, my friend took over. She explained we were from a church…

You are a parent and you discover that your beloved son or daughter is working in the sex- industry and you are devastated. Everything flashes through your mind from “whose hands are they in and what are they going through or being exposed to?” to “what if our friends and family find out?”  You remember back…

“Follow me to my office,” the club manager said after we asked about starting outreach in his club. Once back there, he said, “I have to ask, why are you doing this?” I told him what I tell everyone who asks, we believe Jesus loves the strippers and we want to support them.  No catch.…

Pray Pray Pray Pray Just kidding; sort of.  When God first whispered to my heart as I drove passed a club, “You’re going in there.” I silently replied, “Um, I don’t think so.”  Reflecting back on our brief conversation, the prayers began for what would become As you are Outreach in that fleeting, but powerful…

One of our network partners shared a photograph recently (shout out to: As You Are | Sacramento) along with this caption:  “At a recent outreach we had a table of gifts and JLS Bibles and devos for the women. One dancer came over, picked up a Bible, looked at it, and proclaimed, “That’s right, Jesus does love…

Strip Church is an extension of and a sister-ministry to XXXchurch, both are signature ministries of Fireproof Ministries. We started XXXchurch.com in 2002 inside an adult expo. We were solo. The only religious people that ever thought of doing this went outside with megaphones. We went inside with love. Over the years, we have been…

Hey ladies, I am settling well into my role with Strip Church. As most of you know, I’ve been with X3 for a long time but have had a minimal behind the scenes role with Strip Church until January of this year. In the last six months I have networked with many of you. We’ve…

“Things We Have Learned in the Ministry…. In the First Few Years” Blog #1- FEAR The JC’s Girls Ministry in San Diego was a huge work in progress, especially in the early years. One of the biggest mistakes we made when our ministry first began in 2006, was trying to “sneak into the strip clubs…

Ah, the sweet spot. I think you know which one– thethrillingperiod priorto and just after an outreach when the spiritual battle feels so palpable you consider picking up your battle gear, charging out and yelling, “FREEEEDOM!!!” These quickly vanishing daysofmaintaining the newsletters, social networks, and various responsibilities associated with running a non-profit or outreach ministry,are…