CHARLOTTE, N.C.Stop Human Trafficking. Human trafficking, either for sex or for forced labor, is a horrible crime.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including many Christian ministries, raise hundreds of millions of dollars to fight human trafficking.
Indeed, sex trafficking has become something of a cause celebre for evangelicals. International Justice Mission’s revenue has doubled in the past five years. Operation Underground Railroad didn’t exist a decade ago, but has now grown to the point that it was able to pay its president Tim Ballard more than a half-million per year.
But work in the human trafficking arena has raised questions, and recently media reports have increased their scrutiny. MinistryWatch raised some of these questions, especially about Operation Underground Railroad.
Guidance For Christian Donors
Given these concerns, and the proliferation of trafficking ministries, what’s a Christian donor to do? Here are a few guidelines:
Human trafficking is a scourge, a horrible scourge in this beautiful but broken world. But it is the job of Christians to be restorers, reconcilers, repairers of the breach. Local human trafficking ministries are a great place to start.
SOURCE MinistryWatch
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