
Vegas Update #2
As the ministry ideas are still forming, we wanted to share a little bit more with all of you about our plans:
-We plan to have a significant outreach to those working among the sex industry in Vegas. We will have an apartment or house of females; multiple houses possibly some day. We are looking for women who want to be used by God and use the gifts and talents that He has given them to reach out to those in the sex industry in Las Vegas. We don't want to put all of this out online but if you are between the ages of 18-30 and feel that working with people amongst the sex industry is for you please email us at vegas@xxxchurch.com with some information about yourself and we will let you know more of the game plan. We have three gals making the move with us as of now that are beginning this outreach
-We want to target the hundreds of thousands of tourists to Las Vegas every week. We want to especially target those on business that are here midweek. We will use two websites to promote this. http://www.stripchurch.com and http://www.xxxchurch.com/lasvegas.
The goal is to pick the biggest conventions that we want to target. We don’t target cosmetology because that is not our market. We target MEN which includes but is not limited to business men, builders, truckers, dads, leaders and husbands who don’t plan on messing up their lives but easily can when in town. We pick those events. We don’t have to be open 52 weeks a year. We propose doing three things for each convention:
1. We have a booth at their show. We would send a team of people to a convention to meet the people, give away a "Jesus loves You" Bible. We meet people and let them know who we are and make ourselves available to them. This has been a huge success for XXXchurch by going into the conventions and meeting people there.
2. We have a morning session "church service" no smoke machine, glitz or glam just a room on site with chairs, a projector, a guy on a guitar and a message. We offer prayer, encouragement and a stay the course type talk that includes “we are here for you…" We will have a phone number that will be available 24/7 that will go to a pastor on staff that will be willing to talk to people at anytime of need.
3. We have an evening session somewhere cooler. The night time/evening gathering is at a sports bar, lounge or somewhere recognizable. A hang out so to speak depending on the convention, the event could
change locations and structure. During a porn show, we would bring in some former porn stars and testimonies from people to share.
The website will have a ton of resources on it and the address is marketed to people in hotels which include ads around town. We hope to get hotels to list us in their room directory, ads on TVs, all sorts of things could be developed to drive people to the website so people can get a hold of us and watch/download something or just be encouraged. We could do some great things around town just promoting a website.
We are currently looking to hire three full-time people for the Vegas project. One female who will oversee the female staff. A full-time person to help us raise the money and spend more time with supporters and one full-time lead pastor for XXXchurch Las Vegas/Strip Church.
There are currently five men who serve on the Fireproof Ministries Board of Directors. They are located in California, Ohio, Michigan and Las Vegas. If you would like to sit down with anyone from the board to discuss this new ministry in greater detail we would love the opportunity to do that. Send an email to vegas@xxxchurch.com or call us at 702-974-1690.
One last thing. We have a new mailing address, however the Grand Rapids one will still work for a short time if you did mail something there. We will have new envelopes and letterhead in the next month or so.
Fireproof Ministries
PO Box 400758
Las Vegas, NV 89140
702-974 -1690
Please pray for the X3 Vegas vision as we are obviously figuring out why God has led us to Nevada. We are holding on tight, as we know God is leading us on a crazy ride.
Hymn Singing
Prayer
Bible Preaching
The Jesus of the Word
One's best clothes
Strong families
Drinking a sin
Dancing a sin
Smoking a sin
Bright lights
Come to Jesus
Authority
Sanctuary for worship
The Bar
Rock and Country Music
Sharing Experiences
Positive Reinforcement of Self Love
The Jesus who approves of anything you do
Casual attire
Swapping partners
Drinking approved of
Dancing approved of
Smoking approved of
Dim lights
Come as you are
Opinion
Drinks and food at your seat
Jesus accepted as long as you aren't a bold witness
You may call it what you want but if it has all the characteristics of a bar it is not a church.
Bob,
3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luk 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Mat 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Mat 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Mat 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Mat 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Mat 23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Mat 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Mat 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Mat 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Mat 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Mat 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Mat 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Mat 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Mat 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Mat 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Mat 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Mat 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Mat 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Personal Separation and holiness
1Th 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Psa 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eye...
1Pe 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation(behaviour);
1Pe 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1Co 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my
commandments.
I believe in love, I believe in preaching love, but love is telling them the bold faced truth! Your a hell bound sinner and need to repent and trust Christ.
What good does it do just to tell them "Jesus Loves you." All you do is make them feel good while they still go to hell? Tell them there sinners, tell them they need to repent, tell the the truth!!!! The church is suppose to be distinct from the world, not be its friend.
James 4:4 ...know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Slapping the name Christian on anything does not make it Christian. Christian Rock, Christian Rap, Christian Bikinis, Christian Rated R movies, whats next? Christian Budwieser?
two points if you can find the book, chapter and verse where it says: "For it is the GRACE of God that teaches us to say NO to unrighteousness."
Not the Law of God. As the Paul's epistles has explained. the Grace, the unmerited LOVE of God towards sinners. "Yet while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
I think it's ironic that you're a self-righteous "preacher" and yet most of the people verses you used show Jesus condemning all the self-righteous God followers (Pharisees and Sadducees) of the day. Actually, I find it hilarious you missed that. You were probably too busy noticing the speck in other people's eyes.
Lastly, certain passages show that Jesus didn't not condemn immoral women, but loved them, and helped them come to grips with their God-given dignity. From there, they could easily repent.
Because it was the grace of Jesus that teaches to say NO to unrighteousness.
LOVE GOD LOVE PEOPLE
b
God bless you guys! Thanks for going to the dark places! stay strong!

I agree, Bob. Find me a place where everyone thinks the same, and no opinions are shared, and I'll show you paradise!
Ok...Im done rambling!
Have a good one all and be blessed!
To those that considered themselves righteous, he preached condemnation, that they might realize that they are as guilty as anyone else. That they might become "poor in spirit" and seek out salvation.
To the thieves and prostitutes who were under no illusions about the lack of holiness in their lives, he was able to skip the first step and go straight to preaching the love that God has for them and urge them to come back to Him.
The law convicts and grace releases. To the convicted, grace is preached. To the pre-convicted, the law is preached first.
Pray that helps
Eloquently put.
Peace.
Jason
By the way, I was raised IN a church. But it's not the "jeaously-kept-church-club" thing we (Christians) like to defend so dearly that will keep us saved and make us saints. I was in homosexuality being the pastor's son!!!! But I was so wrong being a pharisee, trying to keep all the theoretical part of the Scripture (pure Law). But the GOD´S GRACE has changed me now.
Craig and the rest of the team, keep on moving!! And thanks for being an example of Christ! ;)
Matt
WE ARE THE CHURCH
THE BAR IS A PLACE
we can have church ANYWHERE...
this is why the "church" is not effective... thank you XXXChurch
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