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The guys at xxxchurch.com<\/a>, a Christian ministry dedicated to help people free themselves of porn addictions<\/a>, have hooked up with a pornographer to make a public-service announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

XXXchurch.com is the edgy brainchild of Gross and Foster, two youth pastors who saw a void in mainstream Christian churches’ ministry: a lack of outreach to men who were struggling with pornography, at a time when pornography was becoming increasingly commonplace in modern society.<\/p>\n

“The church for the most part has done such a poor job in getting the message out,” said Foster, 32, who is on the staff of the Crossroads Christian Church in Corona. They “have made it so boring, so sterile, so institutional that nobody is paying attention. We up the ante.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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