i threw out there via twitter last week about a group of strippers who were protesting the church that had been protesting their strip club.

it caught some decent media from accross the country. so much so that other churches came to the aid of the protesting church & apparently some christians who work with strippers as part of their mission.

the cool part is that somewhere in the mix of this chaos the two sides actually did some reconciling. two of the strippers actually accepted Jesus in this which is great! but the quotable regarding the strippers acceptance of Christ is telling.

"Two girls accepted Jesus in their hearts," Brown told the congregation, eliciting affirmations and applause.

The two strippers confirmed that, but they said they won't be leaving their jobs anytime soon.

"Our hearts are with Jesus, but our bodies are at the Foxhole," Gina Hughes said.

what i feel is notable, a learning moment, for the church is that even if someone does accept Jesus the work of transformation doesn't stop there. these girls will also need before you begin to break into the self-actualization of the soul they need help with all the safety & physical aspects of life (yes that is very much maslow's hierarchy of needs). as Jesus did, feed the folks and cure they ills before they can be the transformation for the Kingdom that we want them to be.