HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Georgia ranks in the top 10
states with the highest number of reported cases a year.
The EXPLOITATION of individuals who are made in the image of God must be confronted by His church. But there are REALITIES the church needs to better understand.
Human trafficking isn’t confined to a street corner or motel in ATLANTA. It happens in RURAL communities and beautiful SUBURBS. Unchurched, and churched.
Georgia has many ministries and community collaborators who are joining together to BRING AN END TO MODERN SLAVERY.
Discover ways you can join the work to set captives free…
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
- Host a trafficking awareness event at your church, or partner with a local school to provide it for their students.
- Provide care packages to your police and sheriff offices for trafficking victims. Packages can include hygiene products, blankets, stuffed animals and snacks.
- Volunteer with a ministry or agency serving trafficking victims.
- Provide missing person and trafficking fact packets to local motels and extended stay facilities.
- Provide birthday and Christmas gifts for individuals being served by anti-trafficking ministries.
- Collect paper products for the ministries who serve trafficking victims.
PRAYERS
PRAY FOR…
- Parents and guardians to be aware of trafficking activity their children may be exposed to.
- Individuals being trafficked to have opportunities to be rescued.
- Wisdom for police, sheriff and FBI offices pursuing human trafficking rings in Georgia.
- Ministries who are sharing the hope of the Gospel with trafficked individuals.
- Children and student ministries to bring Gospel centered care to families in every Georgia community.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
- Warning signs of trafficking – Unexpected new phone, clothes or jewelry; sudden change in behavior, significantly older boyfriend or girlfriend, tattoos that look like a barcode, frequently skipping school. View Source
- 14 is the average age of a girl first used in the sex trade. View Source
- Monthly in Georgia,12,400 men purchase sex with young women. View Source
- Georgians for Refuge, Action, Compassion, and Education Commission (GRACE) was created to combat the threat of human trafficking in the State of Georgia. View Source
- Analysis of calls to the Human Trafficking Hotline revealed a 40% increase in trafficking situations during COVID-19 shelter in place orders. View Source