Today's episode is a continuation of last week's conversation with AnnMarie Gustke and Ann-Marie Britt. If you haven’t heard that episode yet, make sure you go back and listen to that part first.

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We Discuss:
• What people should know about these women, these establishments, and this industry.
• Meaningful interactions that have taken place between our guests and women in the club.
• How Agape Women’s Center is spreading hope for life outside of this industry.
• How the Agape Women’s Center team prepares themselves spiritually while spreading light in a dark world.
• Scripture that has guided this ministry.
• How listeners can connect with and support the Agape Women’s Center.
• A message for a listener who may be working in the adult entertainment industry.

Resources mentioned:
Agape Women’s Center

More about AnnMarie Gustke:
AnnMarie Gustke is a wife and mother of four children. She resides with her husband and kids in Merritt Island, Florida. AnnMarie has always had a tender heart for women. God began to call her to women’s ministry when she began to volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center. In 2020 as the world was shutting down, God called AnnMarie to full-time work as the Executive Director for Agape Women’s Center. (Agape Pregnancy Center at the time) 

Within a month of working at Agape, AnnMarie saw that the services of a pregnancy center put them on the frontline of serving women in the sex industry. Strip Clubs are often a gateway to human trafficking. 100% of women working in the strip club are being sexually exploited and are candidates for the services offered at Agape Women’s Center. 

God boldly opened the door for AnnMarie and her team to enter the strip clubs and meet with the girls working there. Every month, for almost three years, an outreach team from Agape goes into the strip clubs to meet women where they are, provide gifts and resources, and most of all, let them know they are seen and valued. AnnMarie is honored that God would allow her this front-row seat to watch Him move and transform lives. From the unborn child to the woman at the strip club, God is on the move, and it has been a beautiful journey to be part of!

More about Ann-Marie Britt:
Ann-Marie Britt is the Director of Development for the First Space Coast Foundation (FSCF) in Merritt Island, Florida.  Passionate about those vulnerable in our community,  she advocates on behalf of those living in the margins of society. Her work focuses on homeless families, foster care, women working in the adult entertainment industry and those struggling with addiction and mental illness.  Her work at FSCF fundraises on behalf of all her passions, Agape Women’s Center, The House of Hope Food and Clothing Ministry and Merritt Island Christian School. Ann-Marie was a foster mom for 5 years and gained two daughters through adoption and is the proud single mom to 3 children.

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