social responsibility
As believers in Jesus the people of Faith Community strive to provide blessings, encouragement, and hope to the Houston community.
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This year we are focusing upon the specific issue of human trafficking. This is an issue that is impacting our globe as well as our city. Deeply ingrained in the collective psyche of Western culture is the notion that slavery ended in the nineteenth century. In our own day, however, a thriving underground market in human beings has emerged once again. Over 27 million people are in some form of slavery today, more than were bartered and bought during a 400-year period of North Atlantic slavery in the past. Modern-day slavery respects no borders. Therefore, it will take a concerted movement to end it once again. You may not have known this before, but now you do. You can learn more and be part of the movement!
Did you know?
$32 Billion is generated from Human Trafficking Annually (only second to Drugs/ Weapons Dealing)
2/3 of all human trafficking is in the form of the sex trade business
United States is one of top 3 destination sources for human trafficking
25% of all US prosecutions for human trafficking are in Houston, Texas
30% of all US calls to the human trafficking hotline come from the Houston, Texas area
We are partnering with Redeemed Ministries here in Houston. For more information you can contact Faith Community directly or Dennis Mark at dennis@redeemedministries.net
Redeemed Ministries
www.redeemedministries.net
Evangelical Covenant Church
www.covchurch.org/humantrafficking/
United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
www.ungift.org
www.ijm.org
www.iabolish.org
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