I had heard about this a week or so ago but this morning listened to the xxxchurch podcast and found out how ridiculous this had become and thought I'd try to inform the three people who check this out on occasion. Because I couldn't garner a good link to their site, I'm going to just post the article here. How crazy has the Christian world become?! Let's consider helping the fellas out!
Here's the article:
We have been doing ministry for several years now and have had a great outreach at the porn shows. On three different occasions, we have given away Bibles for free at porn shows. Much to our surprise, they were well received. Since we are on a tight budget here at XXXchurch.com, we always try and get the best deal we can... which means the Bible covers are usually less than cool. After the last show in Las Vegas, where we gave away 1000 bibles, I looked into getting custom bibles printed that would match the whole look of our booth. We have a 10-foot backdrop, postcards, stickers, and T-shirts that all have ?Jesus Loves Porn Stars? design. The new Bible cover art was an attempt to customize that image and message with the powerful word of God. The cooler the cover, the more separated from all the trash someone gets at a porn show, the more likely it gets picked up and read.
I contacted the American Bible Society and had made arrangements months ago to order 10,000 bibles. We have 3 porn shows coming up (Erotica LA, June. Gay Erotica NY, October. AVN Expo Las Vegas, January.) The cost was over $7,000 but in our opinion it was money well spent. They printed the Bibles prior to getting our cover artwork. Two weeks ago, we sent over the cover art and all hell broke loose.
Long story short?they have refunded all of our money and have refused to print the Bibles. They have told us that this goes against everything the Bible stands for and they don?t want anyone to think that Jesus is okay with porn. We think they are wrong. We think this goes with the central message of the gospel and Jesus loves you regardless of your profession.
Once again, this is not about shock tactics, this is about trying to get the word of God to places most say would be impossible but we have found a way to do it. Not printing the Bibles hinders the gospel of Christ from going forth and that bothers us.We will get these Bibles printed. Someone will step up and help us. No doubt that will happen.
LA TIMES STORY The La Times has run the story about this. It is a great piece and hopefully will help us find a publisher. Check out the article by clicking here!
HELP SUPPORT THE JLPS BIBLE CAMPAIGN
BUY A TEE SHIRT -We have had numerous requests for the Jesus Loves Porn Stars T-shirts. They are available by clicking here!
SPONSOR BIBLES -If you would like to help us get these Bibles out to the people at the porn shows, we are taking $20 donations. For that $20 we will guarantee that the Bibles will be handed out at one of the three upcoming porn shows we will be attending over the next 9 months. We will send you one Bible (once we get them printed) and give away another 20 for every $20 that you donate. ORDER A BIBLE NOW!
Or to make a Donation CLICK HERE!
More To Come...
Craig
Media: All press and media inquiries should contact john@plugpublicity.com or info@plugpublicity.com or call 330-998-9888.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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