Joshua Broome was once one of the top five male porn stars in the world. Now, he is a husband, father, and pastor who wants people to know the depth of God’s mercy and kindness.
“Your story is powerful and your blessing is not only for you,” Broome said in a recent Instagram post. “It is to proclaim God’s glory and to let someone who is hurting know that there is freedom in the name of Jesus.”
During his five years in the porn industry, Joshua Broome made over 1,000 adult films, was named Top Adult Male Performer of the Year, and earned over one million dollars. In May, he appeared on the “Let’s Talk Purity” podcast and Fight the New Drug’s “Consider Before Consuming” podcast, where he shared how he got involved in the porn industry, the damage it wreaked on him, and how God truly brought him into a new life.
Joshua Broome’s first encounter with pornography occurred at age 13 or 14 and, as it happens with any addiction, he started craving it more and more. At the time, he never envisioned himself actually working in the porn industry. Soon after that first exposure, he started modelling and continued to do so while attending college. Broome became so successful at modelling that he decided to drop out of college, move to Los Angeles, and become a professional model and actor.
Joshua Broome married Hope and they now have two sons. The family lives in Ely Iowa, where Broome is the lead pastor of KNWN Church. In an Instagram post last week, he wrote,
What an incredible God. Thank you for those who prayed for me when I was lost years ago. Thank you for those who poured into my life and gave me opportunities I didn’t deserve. Thank you, mom, for never seeing me less than how God sees me. Thank you, God, for relentlessly pursuing me. My prayer is that God allows me to be the culmination of the grace that many have shown me and to be the light that He gives me to point many to Himself. Thank you, Jesus, for giving me new life. Death has no hold on me because of YOU!
