Roger came to us out of the blue. Roger was a regular at the strip club we visit to bring God’s love to women who work there. Roger was a little sloshy and a lot broken. I didn’t want to see Roger. Roger challenged the very love I was called to share. To be honest, I…

While working in the commercial sex industry, deep into an addiction to drugs and alcohol, for whatever reason— maybe for a moment of comfort, I remember going home for a weekend.  Home for me, would be a small town in southern Minnesota that I grew up in.   On this particular weekend, my loving mother,…

There was an article on Facebook this week circulating among those involved and those curious about strip club ministry. Maybe you saw it. The article was titled, “I went to a strip club.”  It’s very well done and explains the heart behind the ministry.  The article mentions two ways their ministry reaches the dancers.  One…

Well now, that title is a one-liner that would catch your attention! It’s kind of how this whole adventure began for us at 99|ONE. It was November of 2014. I was curled up cozy in the corner of my couch, perusing Facebook… just blah-zing out, definitely not seeking the Lord for new direction in my…

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…