Strip club king goes to church looking for votes

[DoYouEverWonder]

July 17, 2006

TAMPA - It may have been the least likely place for a man who doesn't believe in God to receive a standing ovation, but it happened Sunday morning when Joe Redner went to church.

Bishop Randy White, senior pastor at Without Walls International Church, invited the strip club owner to join him in the pulpit and talk about his campaign for the Hillsborough County Commission District 5 seat.

"All right, he's not running for pastor. My job's not up," White jokingly told parishioners while introducing Redner, as their continued applause prompted Redner to stand and nod his head in thanks.

Redner said the crowd of about 4,000, and countless others watching the 11 a.m. church service on the Internet, was the largest audience he'd ever spoken to.

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Politics certainly makes strange bedfellows.