I first heard of Rachelle Starr and Scarlet Hope a good long time ago. Way back when I was first getting into podcasts, there was one, "The Porn Guys" or "The Porn Dudes" or something like that. These were the founders of X3Watch, an accountability program I had on my computer. They introduced me to one of my all-time favorite music videos: Constance by J Madieros. They also regularly interviewed people who were involved in outreach ministry to the adult industry, and through them, I heard about Scarlett Hope. So when I saw that Rachelle Starr had a book on Netgalley, I jumped at the chance to read it.

Outrageous Obedience combines biblical and practical advice for how to step out in faith with examples from Starr's own background and experience. Her ministry began with her and a friend going into a strip club to offer a home-cooked meal and share the love of Christ with the strippers who worked there. Jesus was accused of being a friend of tax collectors and prostitutes, and she followed his example as literally as possible. She also faced much of the same criticisms from religious people that he did. But now there are Scarlett Hope ministries in dozens of cities while hundreds of women the world calls "the least of these" have met Christ because of the love of women like Rachelle Starr.

In her own words: "My prayer for you... is not that you'll see my ministry at Scarlett Hope but that you'll hear of God's faithfulness to me, and that it will inspire you to obey Him no matter how overwhelmed or panicked you feel. No matter who says you can't. No matter what you must give up... You. Can. Go. Because our faithful God goes with you."

Outrageous Obedience is an interesting book about the author's life of ministering to people in dark places. She encourages the reader to obedience.

*I received a digital copy of the book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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I thank NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Outrageously obedient was quite unlike any book (fiction or nonfiction) that I’ve ever read.

Outrageously obedient was one woman’s story and how God called her to start a ministry that was absolutely outrageous. God was calling Rachelle Starr to set up a ministry in/for women who were stripping in strip clubs.

She listed set specifics about how many woman are trafficked from our very own country. She also speaks of most Christian’s going about eliminating these strip clubs in ways that weren’t responded to well, basically, by turning them in, not by loving on them and showing every single dancer that she’s is Gods beautiful child. They fed the woman, offering to take them to church, the offered shoulders they could cry on and ears to hear their issues (all judgement free zones).

Rachelle calls us in the book to find what we feel Jesus is calling us to do and DO it!