As a response to this call, Serve Globally and Love Mercy Do Justice are collaborating through FREE, an anti-sex trafficking initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church that calls the global church to Pray, Learn, Give, and Act to oppose the evil of sex-trafficking both domestically and globally.Īugust 15 is FREE Sunday. The Covenant’s core identity as Mission Friends is rooted in its desire to seek to respond to God’s call in Isaiah 1:17, “Learn to do good, seek justice, and encourage the oppressed” in our world. The exploitation of those targeted through sex trafficking continues to attack the Imago Dei marring, and harming trafficking victims, the traffickers, and the communities where economies of sexual exploitation flourish. People who have been marginalized are also being deemed disposable and thus usable for the demoralizing purposes of those with power and privilege. Approximately 250,000–350,000 American children and youth are at risk for sex trafficking each year. Globally, an estimated 4.7 million persons are caught in sex trafficking today. Covenant Financial Leadership Initiative.
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