It goes without saying that there are HUGE missiological implications here (mostly, how NOT to treat people).
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6 comments
Spherical says:
Aug 13, 2010
So the church's vision is to alienate strippers? How sad.
D says:
Aug 13, 2010
The stripper's presence has 'solidified' and 'unified' their ministry…m'kay.
Bror Erickson says:
Aug 13, 2010
Sad. Didn't Jesus have a tendency to treat women like that as people with dignity?
I don't think he would have condoned their sin, but I am troubled by a congregation thinking itself righteous enough to throw stones.
Howard says:
Aug 13, 2010
I was recently watching the You Tube documentary on the life of Amy Grant, where she is talking about those days in the 70's when her church and plenty of others were genuinely caring and reaching out to those that Jesus Himself clearly cared about. Thankfully, I've heard of other 'ministries' which still do, which is the way we really need to be seen in these circumstances.
The Midland Agrarian says:
Aug 17, 2010
Listen carefully to the first stripper that spoke. She has an innate grasp of the paradoxical human condition; our being created good by God, but deeply scarred by original sin.
If someone (especially a woman) were interested, that would be a conversation starter for her to hear the Gospel.
Churches like that remind me of Dorothy Sayers' comments about the "Seven Deadly Virtues" Respectability, Childishness, Mental Timidity, Dullness, Sentimentality, Censoriousness, and Depression of Spirits.
Jim McNeely says:
Sep 22, 2011
Well, I think this is really funny, am I the only one? This shows what a caricature fundamentalist non-grace-centered churches are. I absolutely love that they turned the tables on them and started picketing the church. What about this line:
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“Two girls accepted Jesus in their hearts,” Brown told the congregation, eliciting affirmations and applause.
The two strippers confirmed that, but they said they won’t be leaving their jobs anytime soon.
“Our hearts are with Jesus, but our bodies are at the Foxhole,” Gina Hughes said.
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That is funny stuff!!! I agree with the Midland Agrarian above – I think it would be far easier to talk to the strippers about the true grace of God than to talk to the pastor about it. I love that they press the same issue as Robert Capon Farrar here – why do we want the sinners showing up with the pharisee’s speech in their pocket? Do they have to quit their “job” to be Christian, to be a recipient of grace?
Well, do they?