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A glimpse into the world of male prostitution.

Jeremy Schneider | posted 11/30/2007 08:17AM

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Emmaus Ministries has resources on topics such as sexual redemption, videos about its program, and a new location in Houston, TX.

Christianity Today previously reported on Emmaus in 1999.

Today's Christian profiled the ministry in its July/August issue.

Other articles about ministries to prostitutes include:

Sex Isn't Work | Tragically, the world's oldest profession has one of the world's youngest workforces today. (December 29, 2006)

Red-Light Rescue | The 'business' of helping the sexually exploited help themselves. (December 29, 2006)

Child Sex Tours | The average victim is 14, and Americans make up 25 percent of the customers. (December 29, 2006)

Sex Isn't a Spectator Sport | Germany's World Cup pimping will fuel sex trafficking. A Christianity Today editorial. (July 1, 2006)

Asia: Christian Women Combat Sex Trafficking | Christian women lead girls out of sexual bondage. (October 4, 1999)

Back From the Brothel | Thanks to brave ministries, prostitutes are still entering the kingdom. (January 2005)

Churches Rescue Thailand's Sex Tourism Workers | Protestants and Catholics work against $2.2 billion industry (November 1, 1999)

Angels of the Night | A Chicago street ministry reaches out to male prostitutes working the street. (January 11, 1999)

A Bridge Over Troubled People | Sinners of all stripes find a church home under the I-35. (April 1, 2004)

Fighting the other slave trade | Women against sexual trafficking.(Christian History & Biography, April 1, 2006)

Articles on last year's Ted Haggard scandal and sexuality and gender are in our full-coverage sections.

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John	Posted: December 05, 2007 6:07 AM

While I give the article 5 stars for addressing an area that is often ignored, as I read the story the lesson was really none too different than the lessons of female prostitution. Sex is a powerful intimacy, and people who are driven to sell it are usually desperate people with many attendant social and psychological ills. Prostitution is usually a symptom of a greater problem (abuse, drug addiction) rather than the problem itself. We as Christians should take the lead in making this extremely predatory society more humane, more kind, more caring, across the board, from our kitchens to our churches to our workplaces to the corporate boardrooms. Then we will find problems like prostitution will greatly lessen. Otherwise all the preaching and outreach in the world is not going to stem the tide.

Dorene

Posted: December 03, 2007 7:24 PM


Thanks for a creating awareness of the plight of these men. There is indeed a great need for Ministry to those in need in such situations. We have to support Ministries like Emmaus and other ministries in whatever ways we are able to.

James Wartian

Posted: December 03, 2007 3:34 PM

Good article. I worked at a condo complex in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. It was an eye opening experience as I saw the hustlers walking down the street right in front of my office and even coming to see tenants of the complex. It is sad that homosexuality is still an issue which cannot be freely discussed other than to blindly condemn it. While I fully agree it is sinful and harmful, the reality is it is just a symptom of far deeper spiritual thirst. The issue is not about 'orientation' but about truly finding life in God alone -- something most Christians in America struggle to do. We will "convert" far more if we offer the love of Christ rather than condemnation for an action that more often than not is driven by a much deeper need.

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