"Erwin McManus writes: 'There may not be a more dangerous weapon for violence and oppression than religion.' However, wherever there is authentic faith [in Christ] expressed through genuine compassion, the church can be the most powerful source of hope and courage to victims of trafficking.
Many trafficked women and children have internalized their shame and see themselves as worthless and somehow deserving of their degrading abuse and exploitation. They hunger to know that they have value, that they do matter to someone and that there is a hope and a future for them. Genuine compassion rooted in the knowledge that they are loved by their Maker offers a way forward.
The oppression inherent in human trafficking often includes an overt negative spiritual component. For example in the Caribbean, I found that it is common practice for traffickers to place a voodoo curse on the women. The women are told that the curse would come into effect should they ever talk to the authorities or testify in court. For those involved, this is a very real and very powerful form of spiritual enslavement, one that can only be broken by placing their trust in a spiritual power greater than the black magic. Field workers from the International Organization for Migration who worked with many of these women told me that only after their conversion to Christ would the victims agree to talk about their experiences.
With a mission to fearlessly expose evil and rescue those oppressed and enslaved, the church has been called to be the perfect abolitionist. Indeed the church has a rich history of courageous men and women who have selflessly rescued and restored the exploited women and children of their day.
During the first centuries of the church, baby girls were considered by many to be a liability. Female infanticide was common and pagan society not only approved of the practice but also encouraged it. It was permitted by law to simply leave them outside the city on the garbage dumps to die. But the early church refused to accept their culture's assessment of baby girls and went outside the city to find and rescue them.
Since then the church has played an integral part in setting captives free from slavery and injustice. With small groups of believers, missionaries, relief and development organizations, priests, and committed disciples operating in almost every corner of the world, church and parachurch organizations are often the only ones with the necessary language ability, cultural understanding and local knowledge to document various forms of oppression and injustice within their own communities."
- Daniel Walker
from: http://www.amazon.com/God-Brothel-Undercover-Journey-Trafficking/dp/0830838066/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369153068&sr=1-1&keywords=god+in+a+brothel
His organization to help combat human trafficking: http://www.nvader.org/
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