UNITED STATES
Christian Today
Shianee Mamanglu-Regala 21 December 2015
A group fighting human trafficking is experimenting with ways to help save the hundreds of thousands of children who have been trafficked out of, or into the United States.
The Alliance for Freedom, Restoration and Justice said it has been working with Gateway Church in Dallas and many other churches and organisations to mobilise churches in America and worldwide to do their part to fight the problem and protect children from possible exploitation and slavery.
“It’s a massive problem,” says Ashleigh Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the alliance in Dallas, Texas. “The FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children pegs the number [of victims] at 300,000 children [in America alone].”
“We are deeply concerned that many are being trafficked in this nation. Many are being raped for profit every night. It’s pornography, selling children online through the dark web. It is prostitution of children on the streets. It’s a horrible thing,” she was quoted by Newsmax as saying.
Chapman said the alliance has created the Engage Together Church Teaching Series, an eight-session series to equip churches with the knowledge, resources and strategies they will need to combat sex trafficking and protect the vulnerable in their communities.
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