S4 1: Bringing Christ's Love and Light to Women in Strip Clubs With Rachelle Starr
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is Rachelle Starr, founder of Scarlet Hope. At 21, Rachelle felt God calling her to minister to women trapped working in strip clubs in her city of Louisville, KY. Today, she shares some of the stories she's witnessed over 16 years of building relationships through good food and introducing these women to the God who sees and loves them. Scarlet Hope is now in many major cities around the nation, working to bring the hope of the Gospel to places that are often overlooked.
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| 0:00.0 | As Christians, we're called to speak the truth in love. |
| 0:06.2 | This is especially important in the age of social media, where popular lies circulate every |
| 0:11.8 | day through our phones, appealing slogans like, you are enough. |
| 0:15.5 | Put yourself first, or it's all about love. |
| 0:18.7 | In her latest book, Live Your Truth and other lies, |
| 0:22.7 | Elisa Childers tackles these popular cultural deceptions that pass for truth today. |
| 0:28.4 | She shows the devastating consequences of believing these lies and points to God's word as the |
| 0:34.4 | place where we find truth, life, and joy. |
| 0:38.2 | For a gift of any amount this month, we'll send you a copy of Elisa's book so that you can |
| 0:43.2 | learn to discern between popular truth claims and biblical truth and so that you're more equipped |
| 0:49.0 | to help those around you do the same. Give today at colsoncenter.org forward slash S.W. Childers resource. |
| 1:02.3 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites |
| 1:13.5 | and equips women to participate in his story. We're here to encourage one another as we step |
| 1:19.5 | out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman and into the flourishing life |
| 1:24.9 | that comes when we walk out our design. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:37.6 | Our guest today, Rochelle Starr, felt as a 23-year-old the call from God to minister to the women who were trapped in the strip clubs in her city of Louisville, Kentucky. |
| 1:42.9 | Today, she shares some of the stories from the last 16 years of ministry of building relationships |
| 1:49.2 | through good food and introducing these ladies to the love and care of a good God. |
| 1:56.1 | Scarlett Hope is now in many major cities around the nation, looking to bring the hope of the gospel to places |
| 2:02.9 | that are often overlooked. I'm so glad you're here. I think you're going to enjoy this conversation. |
| 2:09.1 | Rochelle, I am so glad to have you with me today. I learned about your story from our friends, |
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