
Anti-Trafficking Resources for the Local Church
Learn More:
NCM Church Engagement Guide (U.S. Focus) - An introduction to human trafficking and guide for churches looking to engage.
Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAAST) - FAAST is a strategic alliance of Christian organizations working together to combat slavery and human trafficking.
Declaration for Freedom – A Statement on trafficking and slavery from the Wesleyan Holiness Connection.
Abolish Human Trafficking – As a product of the Center for Justice and Reconciliation (CJR) at Point Loma Nazarene University, this site is a contribution to the growing need to understand and engage locally, nationally, and internationally around the issues related to human trafficking.
Netsmartz – NetSmartz is National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s online safety education program. It provides age-appropriate videos and activities to help teach children how to be safer online, empowering them to help prevent victimization by making safer choices on- and offline.
Better World Shopper – Better World Shopper is a public research project dedicated to making social and environmental data available to consumers who wish to utilize their dollars as votes in order to help build a better world. One key category is human rights, which gauges a company’s connection to exploitation, child labor, and human trafficking.
Engage Together – The Engage Together® Church Teaching Series equips churches with the knowledge, resources, ideas, and strategies needed to move forward in their efforts to end human trafficking and to protect the vulnerable in their local community. From the Alliance for Freedom, Restoration, and Justice.
Global Anti-Trafficking Fund – This fund supports anti-trafficking programs of compassion through Nazarene churches around the world.
Do More:
Report suspected trafficking incidents.
Website: Sharedhope.org
National Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888
Engage as a church through prevention, partnership, prayer, and protection. Resource: NCM Church Engagement Guide
Organize a film screening, book club, or Bible study to raise awareness about the issue of modern slavery. Resources: Documentaries, Books
Volunteer with anti-trafficking organizations in your area or provide care packages for victims in your area. Search for organizations at Freedom Collaborative.
Combat demand. Start a group that is committed to not purchasing or participating in pornography, prostitution, or any part of the commercial sex industry. Learn more at the Defenders USA and theX3Network.