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We are the only organization that continuously focuses on helping women and men get out of and recover from porn as well as fight porn in the court system and help those struggling with porn learn the truth about porn so we REALLY need your help financially. SUPPORT PINK CROSS MISSIONARIESWe send missionaries all over the country to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, spread the Gospel, and reach out at porn conventions to porn stars and porn fans with love and truth. To say it boldly, we do it all! But we really NEED your support. Churches and Christian organizations are often afraid to get involved so we rely solely on caring and compassionate individuals like yourself. (Even though over 50% pastors admit to struggling with porn - Covenant Eyes porn statistics) If your church is courageous enough to join us, then please let us know immediately at info@thepinkcross.org We need churches to sponsor us as missionaries We thank you for being part of this great move of God and we speak a HUGE blessing over you for your generous gift! You may donate securely online below:  We sincerely thank you for caring! You may also send donations to our address below: Pink Cross FoundationPMB Box 336077 Coffee Rd 4Bakersfield, Calif. 93308
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We are asking all of our faithful prayer warriors to please rise up at this time and pray for the Lubben family.
Pray for strength and protection for them as they continue to remain faithful to God's calling.
Pray that God would continue to strengthen Garrett and Shelley's marriage, protect their precious children and that they would continue to stand strong, together, as one unit, even in the face of great persecution and threats from pimps and pornographers.
The fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much!
Thank you for praying!
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Spring 2012 Newsletter
Dear Friends,
This Spring we are seeing new LIFE in many of the women we help. They are so thankful for your generous donations and some of them wish to personally thank you for helping them receive a second chance in life:
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My name is Maureen and I came across Pink Cross two years ago.
At the time I was an ex stripper married to a porn addict and I was looking for help. The Pink Cross reached out to me through care packages and resources to help me recover. Also, reading stories of other women who left the sex industry was life changing for me. It really brought me hope that I could recover too.
I used Ecstasy, Cocaine and GHB to numb my pain and it wasn't until I found Shelley Lubben that I knew my life had more of a purpose. Now, I try to spread the truth about porn and help women recover from promiscuous pasts. Jesus is my Husband now and He is teaching me what a relationship is really about. Thank you Shelley and Pink Cross and those of you who donated to my recovery. I wouldn't be where I am today without your help.
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My real name is Megan. I have been out of the industry for 5 years now. God has sent me wonderful people to help me through this rough transitional time. The last 5 years has been spent recovering and moving on.
God has also blessed me with a great doctor who has discovered an illness I have had since I was a teenager that went undetected until just a few months ago( fibromyalgia).
I am engaged now and will get married this summer to my fiancée who I met after I got out of the porn industry.
We are proud parents of a little boy and will be having another child in November. Our child is a blessing from God and we couldn't be happier!
I am thankful Shelley made her website and is reaching out to men and women in the sex industry. It is very comforting for me to know that there are other people who have left this industry and have found God and are happy, productive members of society.
Shelley God bless you for your hard work! And thank you to all of you who support Pink Cross Foundation. I am so thankful you donated to help me in my recovery from porn.
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My name is Tanya and I've been out of porn since 2006. I am now a nurse and married to a great and understanding man. I am also a step mom. God has done many miracles in my life but right now could use your prayers to help me as I battle cervical cancer. I have faith that I'm going to beat it though!
Shelley was a great backbone to hold me and pull me back to the Light almost 6 years ago. And I love receiving the holiday packages and encouraging cards every month from Pink Cross. So filled with love.
God has graced me with love and perseverance through my recovery and although people still try to judge, I reply everyone has a past but that's NOT me and never was. I am a new creation in Christ.
Thank you to all of you who have given to Pink Cross Foundation in order to help women like me live brand new lives. We CAN be freed from everything and live in the greatness God has for us. Rock on Jesus and Pink Cross!
 | | Ex Sex Worker |
My name is Sindy and I've been out of sex work and free from a porn addicted lifestyle since 2006! I first contacted Shelley after reading her story on the internet and I cried so much while reading her testimony. For the first time I felt like somebody understood me. I wrote her an e-mail and Shelley counseled me over the phone.
Through Shelley I got introduced to other amazing women who had the courage to leave their past behind and find new life through Jesus Christ. The stories of women who left porn inspired me that I, too, could leave my past behind so I moved to Paris where I raised my hand to become a Christian in Hillsong Paris on the 3rd of November 2006.
But I just couldn't break with my old lifestyle in my own strength.
On the 1st of October 2008 I walked through the doors of Mercy Ministries UK for 7 months of recovery & Christian life skill training. So much has happened there. So many chains were broken.
Today I now serve Pink Cross spreading the truth about pornography all over Europe! We had our first Pink Cross Europe session in May 2011 in Slovakia, where I spoke at the University of Bratislava and did a radio interview.
A half year later I got invited to be part of a Mission High School Tour in Slovakia as well to lecture and represent Pink Cross. The students were moved and many stayed after the classes to share their own personal testimonies. I am still in touch with some of them struggling in their addiction to lust and porn and victims of porn.
I currently attend vocational school full time where I am pursuing a degree in social work. I want to continue to serve Pink Cross and be a counselor to lost women. I also want to be a wife and mother someday.
I sincerely want to THANK YOU personally for supporting me by donating to Pink Cross Foundation. I have received many cards of encouragement, care packages, Christmas boxes, helpful books and CDs to help me recover and for me, the most precious gift was Shelley herself, counseling and praying for me over the phone. People will never know how much Shelley gives of herself to girls like me.
Please keep on giving to Pink Cross. Women like me would never have a chance at a new life without your love and financial support. Thank you again for caring about women like me. I love you!
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My name is Jenny and I was only 18 when I got into porn and sex work. I was literally trapped in the sex industry for 17 years. 17 years!!
Until one day I found Shelley Lubben on the internet. I reached out to her in email wanting help out. After reading her testimony, I believed she would understand me.
Not only did she understand me, but she physically, emotionally and spiritually helped me. I was living in a trailer park and was being kicked out. All those years in the sex industry and all I had to show for it was being homeless.
Shelley immediately called a church in the area to work with them to help me get out of the industry and find a place to live. God answered our prayers quickly and suddenly I was attending church and living with a good Christian family. Though, I had a long way to go, I finally felt safe.
I also was able to spend time with my son who I was estranged from for many years. He is the pride and joy of my life today!
I am now a member of Pink Cross Foundation and we have reached out to thousands of people, both men and women helping them see the harms of porn and even more importantly, that they are worth more!
Pink Cross Foundation has helped me in so many ways with financial support, generous care packages, holiday gifts and cards to encourage me. I have had the honor of serving with Shelley and Garrett Lubben in Bakersfield where Pink Cross is located and they taught me so much about God, love, family and marriage.
It was during this time that God also blessed me with a Christian man who I am now dating. I also now have a full time job and I plan to get my GED. Something I've wanted for a long time.
I want to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you who donate to Pink Cross Foundation. I don't know where I'd be unless Shelley would have helped me. I don't know where I'd be if Pink Cross didn't exist. Please keep giving so girls like me can get out of sex work and live a life where they are made for better things.
By your giving, you have been Jesus to me. Thank you so much.
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My name is Jan and I have been out of porn and sex work for 5 years thanks to those of you who support my recovery through Pink Cross Foundation.
I remember when I first googled "porn help" when I felt suicidal and I found Shelley Lubben's web site. I immediately contacted Shelley and told her my story and it didn't take her long before she was sending me encouraging cards, care packages for my children and I, numerous gift cards to feed me and my children, financial help and resources in my area to help aide me in my recovery. Not only was Shelley Lubben concerned with the physical and mental well-being of me and my family, but she began to mentor me back into the relationship I once knew with Christ Jesus.
Today I serve as a leader in Pink Cross Foundation and have had the opportunity to reach out to thousands of women over the 5 years I've been out of porn. Through our Foundation, we have been able to help over 100 people leave porn and sex work. Many of their amazing stories are on our web site at www.thepinkcross.org
We've also reached out to tens of thousands of men who are addicted to pornography through conventions and our web sites. Many have written us and thanked us for sharing our stories and said our stories are what gave them strength to stop viewing pornography. Wow, who could have thought God would use ex porn stars to help heal men all over the world? God can do anything!
I currently attend the University of Phoenix and am pursuing a degree in psychology. My heart is to counsel women out of sex work and help them through their recoveries. I want to give back to my community the way people gave to me.
I am now engaged to marry my childhood sweetheart in June. And my three children are strong and healthy.I honestly do not know where I would be today if not for the help I received from Shelley Lubben and Pink Cross Foundation. Thank you to those of you who donated to help me in my recovery.You will never know how many lives you have helped save.
FROM PRESIDENT SHELLEY LUBBEN:
There are many more who want to thank you for helping them but not enough space to show all of their appreciation. So, let me personally thank you on behalf of ALL the people we have helped.
THANK YOU for your generous donations. Your love and support enables us to reach out to the lost and suffering and bring them safely home to the arms of Christ.
To read more inspiring stories of women who left porn and the sex industry, please visit our web site at www.thepinkcross.org
WE NEED:
* Finances to help women physically leave porn
*Target cards to pay for groceries and household needs
*Books to help women recover
*DVDs of Christian teachings
You may mail supplies and donations to:
Pink Cross Foundation 6077 Coffee Rd. #4
PMB 33
Bakersfield, CA 93308
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You may also donate items from our Amazon wish list here and help us continue our outreach to young women trapped in porn! Amazon will send all books and supplies straight to Pink Cross. (Pink Cross Foundation is a Nonprofit Corporation in the state of California and is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) public charity.
 Pink Cross Foundation Contributions to the Pink Cross Foundation, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, are entirely tax-deductible. We will email you an electronic receipt immediately and mail out paper receipts the end of the year. Our tax id number 80-0142359. |
 | Heartfelt Letter from the Lubben Family
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Since I first came out with my story in 2004, I have been viciously attacked by the porn industry. But recently, as we make huge strides in the fight against porn, the porn industry is going after my family ruthlessly.
They drive by our home, knock on our windows at night, threaten to kill us and my daughters, harass my neighbors to try and get information about me, search through our trash cans, threaten legal action, put our personal information online and write horrific lies about myself, my family, my husband and my team members. The porn industry also harasses team members offering them payment to turn against me. It's pretty much out of control!
The porn industry is now going to every friend I have on facebook and sending them fake videos of me or videos out of context to turn supporters away from Pink Cross and sadly they have somewhat succeeded. We have lost donations because of their vicious lies!
The porn industry has also offered payment to women we have helped and sadly, a couple of girls accepted that payment to betray me by making videos saying I gave them drugs in order to get them to tell their stories.
It is INSANE!
And it's enough to make our family want to quit. We have stood our ground for eight years but now we really need your help.
In order to safeguard our family from pornographers, we have spent thousands of dollars out of our own pockets to protect our family. We don't have our own ministry where people can donate to us personally. We only receive one paycheck in our family from Pink Cross and that is to Shelley who serves as full time president.
We are asking our friends for a couple things to help our family. One, if you would like to give a personal gift to our family, we would be most grateful. We will use that money to protect our family and to set up more security around our home.
Secondly, we would be most grateful if you would donate to Pink Cross and we will give you a tax deductible receipt. WE NEED FINANCES TO KEEP FIGHTING AND TO KEEP RESCUING WOMEN. No other ministry or organization has helped more women escape porn than Pink Cross.
We are also in desperate need of a building. As long as Pink Cross remains in our home, our family never gets a break from porn. We don't like people to know about our suffering but we're at a point that we HAVE to have a building.
Please help us! The more women we save, the more truth that comes out to help you and your loved ones who are harmed by pornography. If you hate porn and want to see it erased from the earth, then PLEASE give today and our promise to you is that we will keep fighting, even against all odds.
THANK YOU for helping our family!
You may donate at www.thepinkcross.orgor to give a personal gift to our family please email Garrett Lubben at garrett@shelleylubben.com
Thank you for caring about our family!
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 Ex Hustler Producer Christopher Gregory Interview
Shelley: How did you get into the porn business?
Christopher: I got into the porn business by way of mere accident. I met a friend who was doing girls gone wild stuff and the curiosity got the better of me and when we started talking more about the industry; I thought it would be a way of A) making money and B) getting women. It was all a subtle slide down into the darkness that I thought was going to be fun.
Shelley: Did things that happened in your childhood have an influence on your choice to be a porn producer?
Christopher: Did things happen in my childhood affect my decision? Yes, only in the respect that I was in my early 20's when my father died, I grew up in a traditional Christian home, actually, I got saved when I was 8 years old, but when I became older, after the loss of my dad, I grew angry and as most angry young men, I took off and found myself doing whatever I could to fill that void in my life. I thought everything and everyone was against me, even God, in my mind, left me. So as I grew older and travelled more and experienced more, it opened the door to the film industry and eventually leading me to Larry Flynt's door.
Shelley: How long were you in the porn business?
Christopher: I was in the business for a very short time, almost 5 years (that's short) compared to many. Again, to me it was a way to make money, build my name and then crossover. 20 Years ago that would have virtually impossible, but because Hollywood has virtually become an industry of virtually no morals, I was introduced to many people who worked part time (under assumed names) in the porn business as either camera guys, writers, or directors or producers and still worked during the day on mainstream industry films.
Shelley: What was it like being a director/producer?
Christopher: It was "okay" but the pressure and the demands were not as pleasant as one might think. There were times where I would get calls almost daily from Hustler execs, yelling and ranting and I thought "Really? You're yelling? You're cursing?" Believe it or not, it's NOT a pleasant venture in this business; it's cut throat, it's evil and the men behind the masks, behind the power are rude, aggressive and simply don't care, after all, you're not filming a dramatic, you're shooting porn.
Shelley: What is your worst memory?
Christopher: My worst memory was on the set of a Hustler film, I was shooting on location and the drug use was rampant with the talent, yet I was told to get it finished (it was a 5 days shoot) any which way I had to. If anybody tells you the porn industry does not endorse drug use is a liar. I've had my fair share of working with girls who worked with every top studio from Wicked to Hustler to Vivid and it was commonplace to make sure the girl(s) were ready, even if that meant drunk (alcohol was always provided and actually I was told when I first started working for Hustler, to provide alcohol on set, because it loosened up the people involved. Crazy.
Shelley: So it's common for porn stars and crew to use drugs and alcohol on the set?
Christopher: Drugs and alcohol is used by ALL. No exceptions. It's not out of the realm to have a drug dealer come on set and 'hook' women up. It simply happens all the time.
Shelley: What did you see going on the porn sets?
Christopher: I've seen some crazy things, drug habits, overdoses, fights between girls or girls and their boyfriends, boyfriends bringing their girlfriends to set bruised up, forcing them to perform simply to get a check. Again crazy things. I've seen girls come out of prison and go straight into this business. I've had a girl get pregnant from a movie I did for Hustler, there was no protection because Hustler and LFP frowned on condom use on set. Last I heard she was on probation and delivered the baby in jail. It was insane. But it was not uncommon for girls to get pregnant from a set shoot and then paid to have an abortion. This is the well-kept secret in the industry, Hustler, Vivid, Playboy all have a direct working relationship with Planned Parenthood and together they make a lot of money from one another. Girls would be told if they even were thought to be pregnant, they were given a pill (morning after) and it does happen quite a lot in the business.
Shelley: Were any of the women ever coerced or forced into doing sex acts they weren't comfortable with?
Christopher: All the time. You have to remember, in the studios eyes women are nothing but meat. They are literally slaves, with the illusion of fame and fortune, but take it from me, they are not free moral agents in most circumstances, they are guided by habits, physical violence at home, or they are struggling to make payments on a mortgage. Nobody goes into this business for the "fun" of it.
Shelley: What is the average age of a girl who wanted to be in porn?
Christopher: 17. I don't care what anyone tells you, 17 is the starting age of many girls in this business. The younger the more money it makes Hustler, Vivid, Wicked, Playboy and they know it too. I recall a girl, she had just turned 18 and we were in a coffee shop on a college campus, she asked me about getting into the business in one of my films I was planning. The next thing I know is, she's topless. It's that crazy. And the reason is, in most cases, they (girls) are looking for attention, someone to care for them because they aren't getting that same love or attention at home. The sad thing is, the industry is filled with the faces of that same girl I remember those many years ago trying desperately to break into this industry. That's why Hustler, Playboy, Wicked and other studios venture into the college campuses across the nation. It's a pool of fresh meat. I've seen producers hook up with Ron Jeremy and do campus cattle calls and while on campuses, these same girls would perform sex acts on Ron or the producers or both or each other in front of hundreds wanting in. I personally know one of the producers who went to the big 10 campuses with Ron or without Ron and go into these bars and clubs, all of which are on colleges and Universities and persuade girls to get naked and have sex in PUBLIC! You simply don't hear about this because it's a well hidden secret. Sad.
Shelley: Why do you think women agree to do porn?
Christopher: I think women get into porn because they see an illusion presented to them. Hollywood, fame, reality programs play a HUGE part in the desire for any woman to get out of the hardness of life and make fast money and get a 'name' but the price is the soul. The desire for love is a big one and if that means they can be "loved" or have some sort of emotional aspect of love from a stranger, even if it's on a porn set, for many that's enough reason to get into the business. I think it's also our culture today - especially young people today. 10 -20 years ago only certain types of women would dare even consider porn, but because porn has sadly become intermixed within our culture and it's so "normal", it's no longer looked upon as a taboo, it's almost a badge of honor.
Shelley:How do you feel about the recent condom ordinance that went into effect March 5? - http://www.kimatv.com/news/national/Condoms-now-required-for-Los-Angeles-porn-actors-141583923.html
Christopher: From a mere health position, as insane as that is, it's a start, but it doesn't go far enough in my view - shut it all down is my view. But we live in a realistic world. Condoms won't hinder HIV and they (studios and health professionals) know that!
Read more of Christopher's Interview here.
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About Ex Porn Star Shelley Lubben
 Shelley Lynn Lubben, born on the heels of revolution on May 18, 1968, is one of the world's leading advocates in the anti-pornography movement. A former pornographic actress who performed under the stage name of Roxy, she left the sex industry in 1994 when she caught Genital Herpes, a non-curable disease.
Upon her eight year recovery at the Champion's Centre in Tacoma, Washington, she reentered society as a new Champion woman and began teaching in prisons and rescue missions in Central California. Ordained as a Chaplain with the Order of Saint Martin, Shelley is also a graduate of Vision International University where she received a Bachelor's degree in Theological Studies. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Counseling and a Doctorate in Theology.  Shelley has authored the powerful book, Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn", written over 200 articles and fact sheets, has served as President of Pink Cross Foundation since 2007 and is on the Board of Directors for International Institute for Cultural Renewal.
Shelley has made over 100 presentations to international and national professional organizations, churches and universities and hundreds of interviews and appearances on radio, TV and film. Shelley has starred in several documentaries to include, "Traffic Control", "Out of the Darkness" and "Exxxit: Life After Porn". Shelley is known as an expert witness against the porn industry and has testified at California State Capitol for Assemblymembers Charles M. Calderon and Mary Salas on the porn tax bill as well as testified on the horrific work conditions in the porn industry before Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and Congressional staff and more. Shelley is tenacious in exposing every illegal aspect of the porn industry. Shelley has appeared on NIghtline, FOX News, ABC 15, KGET, KERO, MTV, Dr. Phil, 700 Club, Joni Show, Howard Stern, Current TV and various Christian and secular TV shows. In 2007 Shelley and her husband Garrett founded Pink Cross Foundation, a nonprofit organization that offers hope, healing and support to adult industry workers around the world. Pink Cross also combats community deterioration due to pornography and prostitution through attempts to educate legislation about the illegally operating porn industry, to educate adult industry workers about sexually transmitted diseases and sex trafficking in porn, to ameliorate the secondary negative effects of pornography on the general public and to toughen laws to protect children from accessing online pornography. For her tireless efforts, Shelley has gained world-wide respect among anti-porn activists and the American public. But Shelley's success has come at a price. She and her family have faced death threats and extreme harassment by pornographers. Asked why she continues to fight in the face of such fierce and frightening opposition, Shelley boldly responds, "Pornography is rapidly destroying human lives all over the world. How can I not fight?" Shelley Lubben is sought worldwide to speak, educate, testify, and counsel individuals, organizations, professionals and governments regarding the illegally operating porn industry, pornography addiction, recovery from sexual abuse and the sex industry and the Champion life. Shelley is a mother of three beautiful daughters and married to Mr. Wonderful, Garrett Lubben, for seventeen years.
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