I’m a Christian and a sex worker — it’s not as contradictory as you think

Melissa’s church is about to get a lesson on kink (Picture: Getty Images)

When I tell my clients I cannot spank them on Sunday mornings because I’ll be attending church, they nod appreciatively, as if waiting for the punchline.

But I will be at Church. I’ve been fortunate enough to find a passionately inclusive place of worship that knows I’ve been a sex worker for 30 years, a dominatrix and kink model for the last twenty, and welcomes me all the same.

Margate Union Church has even invited me to give a talk on kink and Christianity this month, so I’ve spent a good deal of time thinking about the connections between the two — as well as feeling anxious at the prospect of exploring vaguely rude ideas in front of my chu...