(OPINION) A former male stripper and porn star who has since been ordained as a pastor after the voice of God stopped him from killing himself has opened up about his walk with Christ.

For nearly two decades, Kevin Kirchen, 58, said he engaged in frequent conversations with the devil while he worked as a stripper and later as a porn star.

But after finding Jesus in a radical encounter, Kirchen told The Christian Post that he became a changed man and left the sex industry behind.



The 58-year-old, who authored the 2020 book My Game, My Pain, My Purpose, works as an ordained minister specializing in deliverance and healing sessions. He is planning to start his own church in Texas.

Growing up, Kirchen said he felt rejected by his family. His father died when he was 12, and two years later, his mother abandoned him at a police station after choosing her boyfriend over him. He said he began talking with Satan as a teenager as he lacked a sense of belonging.

At 14, Kirchen became homeless and “couch-surfed,” spending many nights at different friends’ homes. He returned to live with his mother at age 15 for a short time but left when he felt unwanted.

He was homeless on the streets for several months until he was invited to live with his brother and his roommates around 16. Some of his brother’s roommates invited him to church. And Kirchen accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior that same year.

At the church he was attending, Kirchen met a family who eventually became his foster parents. Kirchen stayed with his foster family until age 17 when he was asked to leave their home because his foster parents reportedly no longer wanted him around their daughters.

“The church didn’t like the fact that I wasn’t really their biological kid, and I was just hanging out there. So, the church basically told them I had to leave. They felt justified because I wasn’t a part of their family. So, the family listened to the church, and I went back to the streets,” Kirchen said.

Kirchen said he couldn’t return to live with his brother because they no longer wanted him around. As a result, he said he grew angry with God and blamed the church for forcing his foster family to kick him out. Soon after, Kirchen was invited by a friend to a college party where he said the devil appeared to him for the first time. (READ MORE)