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A church was in seek of a building for their house of worship, so they bought a strip club. This, of course, could have only happened in Florida.
We take you to West Palm Beach, Florida where a local church recently purchased a strip club as their place of worship. This makes perfect sense since both places seek generous donations in $1 and $5 bills.
The place where Mötley Crüe, 2 Live Crew and I’m In Love with a Stripper played non-stop, now plays Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, and Holy, Holy, Holy. The NewSound Church bought the building previously occupied by the strip club named Double Dee’s Ranch. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that there were probably not two women both named “Dee” who worked at Double Dee’s Ranch.
NewSound Church pastor Josh Mauney describes the purchase of the nudie bar as a “miracle.” It took two months and a lot of singles to make the purchase of the strip club. That awkward moment when a member of the congregation says, “Wow! They’ve made a ton of changes to this place since DDs.”
“We’re so excited,” Pastor Mauney said of being able to move into the former gentlemen’s club. “I believe that God is opening up some doors that a 20-month old church can’t open by themselves,” Mauney said. It doesn’t matter what anyone says, anytime there is a sermon at that church referencing the Bible about making it rain, such as Leviticus 26:4, it is going to be awkward as hell.
“The people that call NewSound Church home are overwhelmingly excited about the idea to take a space like this and see God do something amazing in it,” Mauney said. Some could argue that God did amazing things in the building for the people who frequented the previous establishment.
“I don’t mind being in a building that was a strip club any more than I mind somebody walking in our doors that had at one time in their life been a stripper,” Mauney said. “We believe we can bring hope and healing to any location, that’s what we’re trying to do.” Let’s hope they are able to get all of those pesky stains out of the champagne room turned chapel.
The strip club turned a house of God will accommodate seating for 600 to 700 people, and you won’t be forced to buy $9 Miller Lites. The church expects to start offering services in the building early next year, but will first need to do some renovations such as removing a few poles. “Now coming to the main stage, Sister Mary Agnes Margaret!”