It might sneak up on you – visiting chat sites, modeling websites, photography sites. That’s not porn. But then it creeps in, and you find yourself visiting sites you never even knew existed. And now you can’t stop.
How do you feel? Do you need help breaking the cycle?
XXXchurch (www.xxxchurch.com) can help. Founded in 2002 by former youth pastor Craig Gross, XXXchurch is a web-based ministry that offers on-line support and guidance for those struggling to break out of their porn addiction.
“If you sent a bottle of vodka to every home in America every week for a year, you would no doubt have a whole wave of alcoholics. The Internet has created a wave of pornography addicts with its pervasive porn delivery mechanism,” it states on the XXXchurch website.
With best friend Jake Larson, Gross started Fireproof Ministries in 1999. Now they have many avenues for helping others, including a free on-line accountability software called X3watch (www.x3watch.com) that helps people self-regulate their surfing behavior. In addition, there is a Pro version for a small monthly fee of $7 that includes a filter built into the system with instant text messaging option. They also offer on-line 30-day recovery programs called X3Pure (www.X3pure.com) for men, women, couples and parents.
The XXXchurch site also offers a prayer wall for helping others and a sister site called Strip Church (www.stripchurch.com) to help individuals who are in the adult entertainment industry and need help.
Fireproof Ministries is holding its annual conference on starting a non-profit organization on May 22-24, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Find out more information at www.launch501c3.com.