Donna Sheehy in her goth ministry tent at Ichthus. Photo by Gabriel Tait for LexGo.com.

Walk into Donna Sheehy’s tent at Ichthus, and you will probably be offered gooey eyeballs or minty maggots. The 53-year-old Northern Kentuckian is known among Ichthus staff as the “Goth mom,” and her ministry is to people embrace the goth lifestyle, often seen as in opposition to Christianity.

“People often think of it as witchcraft and vampires,” she said.

And the ministry does work with people coming out of those communities - vampires, she says, are people addicted to drinking blood.

But the ministry does not tell people they have to stop being Goth to be Christians.

“God looks at the heart,” she says. “This is the shell. I’ve been goth for a long time. I like the style, but I also love Jesus.”