“Solving Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking should be fought by the government and all law enforcement at every level. Having active Christian lawmakers, policemen and women, teachers, and social workers is crucial. But solving HT is an issue of the heart.

Not everyone realizes that dopamine was designed by God so that when a husband and wife met for the first time they would bond for life and it would strengthen their marriage. When dopamine is abused through exposure to sex in media, education, or practice the victim is wounded at a level that needs inner healing.
Also, whenever a person engages in sex with someone, there is a soul tie that is formed. They “become one”, as is meant to happen in marriage. When that is torn apart through multiple partners and divorce, a splintering takes place. This also needs inner healing.

The reality is that there is no secular solution to what victims of HT suffer. Only Jesus can provide that. This means that there has never been a more important time for churches to stand up and unite to meet this need as a community.

Parenting, teaching and grand parenting can and should include protection of the child from all forms of media, even advertisements. Media violence has been shown to be the number one cause of real life violence. The same is true of sex. A 1980 (pre-internet) study showed that of those exposed to porn (for even a short time):
Male subjects demonstrated increased callousness toward women.
Subjects considered the crime of rape less serious.
Subjects were more accepting of non-marital sexual activity and non-coital sexual practices such as oral and anal sex.
Subjects became more interested in more extreme and deviant forms of pornography.
Subjects were more likely to say they were dissatisfied with their sexual partner.
Subjects were more accepting of sexual infidelity in a relationship.
Subjects valued marriage less and were twice as likely to believe marriage may become obsolete.
Men experienced a decreased desire for children, and women experienced a decreased desire to have a daughter.
Subjects showed a greater acceptance of female promiscuity.
Men who consume pornography are more likely to adopt rape myth ideology, which is that women cause rape or actually enjoy rape or sexual assault.

Human Trafficking happens because there is a demand for it.

That demand has been orchestrated at a global level so that there is more demand for it. In other words, porn is created so that men will want prostitutes. This creates a market that is now second only to weapons.

So what can the church do?
The demand for sex is something a healthy church should address openly and clearly. Just like law enforcement studies real money to discern the fake, sometimes focusing on what is genuine helps people discern what is counterfeit. Suggestion: https://www.moralrevolution.com has great teaching, including how to clearly get free from porn, the multiple gender issue, and how to talk to children, youth and all ages of church members about it.
Having a special event to talk about slave labor and promote items made fair trade is a “soft landing”. It gives people a tangible, feel-good thing they can do - buy items made by rescued victims. Showing short videos of their testimonies also gives perspective. http://www.mybetterwaydesigns.org/AUTHENTICJUSTICE offers items made for sale by people who have been rescued from human trafficking. At such an event a flyer with the list of companies that use slave labor could be available.
One tangible we have seen work is to form a prayer task force that goes to strip clubs and known trafficking centers once a week in the wee hours - like 4 or 5 am - worships in the car, prays together in the car, then gets out quietly, anoints the building with oil and quietly prays the Lord’s prayer, asking for God’s kingdom to come and His ill to be done. God usually intervenes and does something miraculous.
A key reality is that many men have a history that includes strip clubs. It is clear that many people live a very loose life and have almost no grid for anything else. With the stats, above, about how people become immune and hardened, churches almost have to become proactive to create prevention in a safe place and talk openly about sex in a holy way. We have to be the ones that empower people to not become victims in the ocean they have to swim in every work and school day. https://sethdahl.com and https://www.moralrevolution.com have good courses which are already put together to help address these issues. What I love about these pastors and how they teach is that they are honest, vulnerable, and never put anyone else down. They have come back from an issue pf personal struggle with the power of the love of the Father, the forgiveness of Christ and the empowerment of Holy Spirit.
The education system. Organize a quarterly or monthly meeting to encourage and uphold Christian teachers in the public school system. Meet at a church, have a special speaker, serve a good meal, and pray for them, anointing them to bring the Gospel to the public school, know who they are in Christ with intercession, etc. we recommend: Lisa Max https://www.facebook.com/LisaMaxMinistries/ and https://sethdahl.com and https://www.moralrevolution.com
These speakers could double up and also share at church for church families too, while they are here. Teachers are not the only people who need to know what is going on and the solutions that are available. Too often we separate what happens outside of church with what people face 24/7. If we talk about addictions, sexting, cutting, suicide, porn etc as a church family, with Jesus woven in as the only solution, with testimonies of healing and victory, we remove the issue from the darkness, and then it is overcome.
Be a voice in one’s community:
become a protector and intercessor for the local libraries with the latest “hit” of drag queen story hour. Christians can and should prevent this with petitions and action.
Consider a petition to shut down nightclubs and strip clubs in your community.
Encourage Christians to run for office, especially where it will make a difference in moral issues.
The Nordic Model criminalizes the purchase of sex. Encourage people to get behind this in your state and nation.
The concept of drugging girl’s drinks is so normalized now that most teens just joke about it. But imagine being your daughter and going to school and knowing how defensively she will have to live. Girls have to know how to kick butt or they won’t survive. And even then they might not. Again, we need to talk about this.
We have power in asking for God’s kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven and we have the authority to ask for it is specific subjects and regions.
Realize that there is a Muslims population in this community. This means that there are girls and women at risk, and there are females who are being abused. Learning how to reach out to them is a valid outreach. We recommend Nabil Quereshi’s video series from Ravi Zacharias ministries.
Encourage people to speak out about “little things” like magazines at grocery stores, calling into local TV and complaining about which ads are shown when children might be present, or the rating of movies (like “Downtown Abbey” is PG13 but has gay sex scenes).
Help people understand that toleration is not ok. The next generation builds on our ceiling. Whatever we tolerate they will endorse. Laughing about things, making snide remarks or remaining inactive shows them that these things are their normal. Watching shows and TV where these things are accepted tells the kids we accept this, which means we accept them also doing these things.
Be supportive of ministries that reach out to those caught in human trafficking.
Consider getting involved with ministries which fight human trafficking locally.
A big step - but one church we worked with looked at the end goal and decided that getting women free from trafficking local was one of their big goals. So they prayed, built a task force and appointed a pastor to lead it. She began doing ride alongs with police to get to know the local issues. They discovered a strip where girls stood and men picked them up. They found out that the taxi cabs were in on it. The found out where the clubs were. They wrote legislation and had a law passed that men in strip clubs could not touch the women. They began praying at strip clubs, taking gift baskets to the women, and giving them their contact info. They invited them frequently and told them they could call anytime. After prayer the strip clubs closed. But the church was ready. The women were out of work, and they knew the church women. So the families invited these women to come and live with them. They had started a small, local business making pastries specifically for these girls. Most of them were illiterate, and could not drive. They helped them with their GEDs and taught them how to drive. They led them to Jesus and discipled them. Most went on to college after counseling and healing. That’s a bigger project, and takes an all church commitment, but it shows you what can be done!
Talk with local pastors and build a unified taskforce. That unity will give power to address this kind of issue. When pastors pray together demons tremble. Thank you so much for taking an interest in this subject. Many times people think they know enough about something like this to be inoculated against doing something about it, because the issue is so huge. But there are many little tangibles that can be woven into the substructure of church to lay foundations to begin tackling this outright. We pray that you are protected as you study this, and are empowered to bring things to the congregation, and appoint people to do things so that change comes. Thank you!”