Ex-Online Porn Developer Now Ministers Via Her Christian Web Site
Charisma News Service - August 12, 2005

A former developer of a pornographic Web site now ministers through the Internet to people who have been hurt through broken relationships. In 1995, Michele Washam lived in Delaware and designed what may have been one of the first "ladies only" adult pornographic websites, Just4Ladies.com, Baptist Press (BP) reported. The former porn site is now a Christian Web site. Washam, who now serves as the secretary for West End Baptist Church in Newport, Tenn., was not addicted to pornography, but the lucrative money sucked her in. Being raised by devout Catholic parents, Washam said she felt some guilt, but the money kept her from pulling the plug on her lucrative Web site. However, a major, life-changing event rocked Washam's life. Washam's former porn site is "dedicated to helping men and women cope with, overcome, survive and restore their broken hearts by combining faith in God and knowledge of His word." Washam has designed a workshop and she recently launched HeartbreakUniversity.org where she shares the course. Washam once had about 7,000 - 7,500 paid members on her pornographic Web site. About 1,200 of those have since signed onto her free Christian site, which has grown from 12 members to about 57,000. "Little by little I introduce them to God and gently guide them through the gospel." (www.charismanews.com)