- Pray.
- Minister to basic needs, such as meeting needs for safe houses.
- Provide medical care to victims.
- Assist with legal fees of victims.
- Provide counseling to victims.
- Provide spiritual formation, such as volunteering to lead Bible studies or mentor individuals in safe houses or other organizations rescuing human trafficking victims.
- Teach basic education to victims.
- Teach life skills to victims.
- Teach financial planning to victims.
- Partner with safe houses and other organizations seeking to end human trafficking.
- Be part of 10@10 for Interstate 10 (I–10), an initiative created by Traffick Stop to pray on the 10th of every month at 10 a.m./p.m. for eradication of trafficking on I–10.
- Sponsor an advertisement against trafficking on a billboard.
- Work with local law enforcement to train in how to look for human trafficking in your town.
- Become a hub of resources and networking to eradicate human trafficking in your town.
(Adapted from Baptist Friendship House in New Orleans and WMU)
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Resources for churches
- New Hope Digital podcasts: www.newhopedigital.com/index.php/media
- “Not in My Town, Exposing and Ending Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery,” by Dillon Burroughs and Charles Powell, WMU Store
- Release and Restore: Addressing Human Exploitation Through the Church CD, WMU Store
- Trafficked! An Experience in Choices and Consequences CD, WMU Store
- www.mymissionfulfilled.com has articles about ways to get involved
- Missions Leader magazine, WMU Store, has articles about human trafficking
- WMU Leadership Team Resource Kit
- www.cbfinternationals.org Click on “Request a Webinar” on the right-hand side. Request a webinar for your staff or church on the issue of “human trafficking.”
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