Say what. Catalyst is over and my notebook is full of wonderfull ideas to impact our church, community and the world for the Kingdom. I plan on posting some of my thoughts and ideas but I first want to gather my thoughts and let them brew like a fine glass of tea.
So for now I will focus on the more controversial issues.
There is a ministry that I have heard about called xxxChurch.com these guys have a ministry focused on two things, ministering to the porn industry and helping people shake the addiction of porn.
They literally go to porn shows and set up a table and talk with people in the industry. Recently they started passing out Bibles with the logo "Jesus loves porn stars". They are able to go into a mission field that most people wouldn't even think about going into. By the way they all take their wife's with them when they go to the porn shows.
here is a story about a guy they helped get out of the porn industry.
Donny's Week #1
Donny posted this on his blog...Check it out! It's now been almost a week since I've given up porn to surrender my life to God again. And what a week it's been. Several people have been supportive. Others... not so...+ READ THE FULL STORY...
Another thing that these guys are doing is helping people like you and me from being tempted to visit porn sites. They do this with accountability software. The way it works is you set up someone as your accountability partner and any questionable websites that you view are sent in an email to the person you set up as your accountability partner.
I first heard of this idea at promise keepers. I thought it was a great idea but it cost $20 for every copy so you and your A. Partner would have to shell out $20 each. That is to much, if they wanted to really help people and not make a buck, they would give it away.
Which is what these guys did.
In fact, last year at Catalyst they gave out over 9,000 copies of their accountability software. Sadly, less than 100 people actually installed the software. According to xxxchurch, around 50% of pastors admit to viewing porn in the last year. This is a problem and I think they have a good solution.
I am going to install the software on my computer and encourage each of you to do the same it is free at www.x3watch.com and is available for both mac and pc.
Let me know what you think.
Sorry for the long blog.
I just realized that the blogger spell checker doesn't recognise the word "blog".
I challenge anyone to use the word "porn" more times on your blog than I have here. (11 not counting the picture)
Shine on,
1 comment:
I have heard about xxxchurch before. It is definetly a thought provoking idea. Jesus did reach out to the adulterers. This includes many of us due to our thought lives. However, it would be difficult for the avg. minister to go to porn conventions and not be effected I would suspect. But you have to figure that many of these people are in desparate situations and most of Jesus's followers would rather throw stones. People who tend to act out sexually generally have had abuse in their backgrouds and are definetly in need of love. So I say if you can keep yourself pure and love the unloveable more power to you. As for the accountablity software, I would say that everyone would benefit from a little acountability in what can be a bottomless pit of temptations... so I will if you will.
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