Porn and Pancakes

Here's an interesting approach to ministry:

ONTARIO, N.Y. (Jan. 27) - It's not your typical church breakfast. An event billed as "Porn and Pancakes" is being hosted by a church in rural upstate New York.

The breakfast discussion on the pornography industry in America is planned next month at the Living Word Assembly of God Church in the town of Ontario, about ten miles east of Rochester.

A billboard advertisement near the church shows the words "Porn and Pancakes" written in syrup on a stack of flapjacks.

Organizers told a Rochester TV station that the event on February 10th will be an honest discussion about pornography and its impact on society. The discussion will be led by Triple-X Church, a group of youth ministers who travel the country talking about porn and the porn industry.

The pastor of the Wayne County church and churches from Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse have asked about hosting "Porn and Pancakes" events.

I'm not sure I'd want to talk about porn after eating pancakes. We can kid about the subject matter and the approach to the discussion, but the reality is that porn is a huge problem in the church, not only among church members but among clergy as well. I applaud their efforts to shed some light on the subject.