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LOS ANGELES, October 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hundreds of churches across the US plan to participate in National Porn Sunday, a one-day event designed to start the conversation about the issues surrounding pornography, “America’s ‘dirty little secret,’” according to Porn Sunday creators, xxxchurch.com.

The focus of Porn Sunday is to get churches and pastors talking about the issue of pornography and sexual addictions, according to its founders, California pastors Mike Foster and Craig Gross. The two founded xxxchurch.com in 2002, which they dub “the No. 1 Christian porn site.”

“Churches in the past have been accepting of drug abuse, alcohol abuse and these types of addictions ... but porn in the church is like ... the scarlet letter on you,” said Foster. “We hope it allows people to discuss it in a graceful, non-threatening way.”

Statistics reveal that 40 million people regularly visit internet porn web sites daily, while 47% of Christians said pornography is a major problem in the home; 10% of adults admit to internet sexual addiction – 65% are male, while 35% are female. Porn revenue is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises, and exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC at $6.2 billion.

Bill Hybel, a pastor who has sponsored a Porn Sunday, said, “The reason why churches don’t talk about porn is because they are not equipped to do so.”

Bill Day documented Mike and Craig’s story, which culminated in the documentary, “Missionary Positions.” Day’s movie is part of Porn Sunday events organized by participating churches. The film is set for release in theatres on October 14, 2005, the weekend following Porn Sunday. “The film has been screened at seven national film festivals and took runner up at the Nashville Film Festival for Best Feature Documentary,” the web site explained.

Marlene Elwell, founder of FreedomISP, a company that provides internet filtering software, said “We believe that Porn Sunday is a valuable effort to help people who are addicted to pornography to get the help they need.”

Elwell also founded the FreedomISP Foundation, an advocacy group for children’s Internet safety. She warned, “Pornography is everywhere in our society. It is on television, in movies, and all over the internet. There are thousands of Internet pornography sites, and one only has to accidentally open a spam email or mistype an address to find one. Pornography poses a real threat to children, both to those involved in pornography and the countless children inadvertently exposed to pornography on the Internet each year.”

“The XXXchurch.com topic brings a great deal of attention to a message so desperately needed,” the pornsunday.com web site stated. “The church is the perfect place for an honest and deliberate look at sin. Being deliberate leads to salvation and repentance. Churches all over the country are making the calls, writing the e-mails, and showing interest in Porn Sunday. The need is big and the time is now.”

Pastor Roger;
 About a yr. or so ago, one of the leaders in the church and his wife opened up to the congregation and shared their testimony. He had been addicted to pornography. He and her shared how it almost destroyed their marriage. And it would have had they not confronted it together.He revealed his secret to her, and with the help of Godly counsel, was totally set free of it. Our church feels that one of the ways to be set free is to expose the enemy for who he is. Once that is done, expect total freedom in receiving His truth. For Hosea 4:6 says "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:" We would much rather learn by revelation, than from trouble, if I may borrow what our pastor spoke on a couple of weeks ago about walking in the Spirit of Revelation. Once we "know" what God's word says, and then apply what it says, the enemy cannot stay hid.He must be exposed for the liar that He is, and know that "greater is He that is in God's people than he that is in the world."(1 Jn.4:4) This is the most loving, non judgemental church my husband and I have ever had a privilege to be a part of. My prayers will be that many will be delivered and set free tomorrow. God Bless