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The website was launched in January 2002 when Fireproof Ministry founders, set up a booth inside the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas to promote the website and continued to attend porn conventions internationally for over 15 years.{{cite web|year=2007 |title=The Game Plan |url=http://xxxchurch.com/07/pornpatrol/index.php |website=xxxchurch.com |publisher=Fireproof Ministries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004024600/http://xxxchurch.com/pornpatrol/index.php |archive-date=2007-10-04 |url-status=dead }} The group has given out Bibles with "Jesus Loves Porn Stars" on the cover at these conventions, a facet of their ministry which has been featured in American national media.{{cite magazine |last=Kingsbury |first=Kathleen |date=2006-05-07 |title=Saving Souls in the Porn World |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1191829,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103231208/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1191829,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2007 |magazine=Time}}{{cite news |last=Bashir |first=Martin |date=2008-08-01 |title=XXXchurch: ABC News Nightline |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwLcg-mxHeQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/WwLcg-mxHeQ |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|type=Video |access-date=2011-05-30}}{{cbignore}}

The organization has received support from Christian pastors such as Bill Hybels,{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Mike |last2=Gross |first2=Craig |last3=Stevens |first3=Jarrett |year=2002 |title=Faith for the 21st Century, Part 2: XXXCHURCH.COM |url=http://www.willowcreek.com/wca_prod.asp?invtid=PR20985&action=details |website=willowcreek.com |publisher=Willow Creek Association |quote=Mike and Craig give encouraging words to those who struggle and those who want to do radical things for God. They share what it really means to be a light in a dark place}} Craig Groeschel and Rick Warren.{{cite news |last=Schniper |first=Matthew |date=2007-09-13 |title=XXXtra credit: By venturing into the belly of the beast, Craig Gross earns respect |url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/xxxtra-credit/Content?oid=1139768 |newspaper=Colorado Springs Independent |quote=[We've] had some pretty good endorsements. In the Christian world, Bill Hybels and Rick Warren have given us quotes. |access-date=2011-07-27 |archive-date=2012-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073935/http://www.csindy.com/colorado/xxxtra-credit/Content?oid=1139768 |url-status=dead }}

Non-Christian pornographic film director James DiGiorgio took photographs for XXXchurch and faced business issues as a result of becoming affiliated with the organization. He said, "[The sex industry is] always trying to preach freedom of speech; [so] anyone in this industry who has a problem with [XXXchurch's] message is a fucking hypocrite. You can't have it both ways."{{cite news|date=2006-02-12 |last=Wood |first=Gaby |author-link=Gaby Wood|title=What would Jesus do? Former $2000-a-night stripper Heather Veitch, now a born-again Christian, tells Gaby Wood why she's bringing the gospel to the 'adult industry' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/woman/story/0,,1705362,00.html |newspaper=The Observer |publisher=Guardian News and Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230316/http://observer.theguardian.com/woman/story/0,,1705362,00.html |archive-date=2014-05-23 |access-date=2014-09-15 |url-status=live }}

In 2004, Mike Foster departed from Fireproof Ministries and XXXchurch.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In 2005, the independent film Missionary Positions was released, produced and directed by Bill Day, which documented the origins of XXXchurch.{{IMDb title|qid=Q129697719|id=tt0451127|title=Missionary Positions}}

Craig Gross left the ministry in 2021 to promote the benefits of marijuana consumption and other drugs.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In March 2021, XXXchurch was acquired and relaunched by Live Free Ministries.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Live Free Ministries founder and executive director, Carl Thomas, was once employed by the 501(c)(3) organization Fireproof Ministries{{cite web |title=Fireproof Ministries {{!}} Pasadena, CA {{!}} Cause IQ |url=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/fireproof-ministries,330823570/ |website=www.causeiq.com}} and left to start his own non-profit in 2019.

• Anti-pornography movement in the United States
• Fight the New Drug
• Stop Porn Culture
• NoFap

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• {{cite web |author=Pel & Associates |date=2013 |title=Form 990 for organization Fireproof Ministries Inc. |url=http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/330/823/2012-330823570-096da1d9-9.pdf |website=guidestar.org }}

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