Reaching Out Online
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Reaching Out Online

Doing ministry in new ways is an act of faith. And when the staff and volunteers at ARISE Ministry moved its outreach to people in the sex trade from street-level to online, they wondered if the switch would bear fruit. “It’s very clear that the sex trade has shifted to online,” says Rev. Deb Stanbury,…

Christians combat human trafficking in Canada
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Christians combat human trafficking in Canada

Gaining international attention through awareness movements like Not For Sale and the Polaris Project, human trafficking is “the act of recruitment, transportation, harbouring or receipt of persons . . . by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion . . . for the purpose of exploitation,” according the U.N., which recently estimated that there are 29.8 million people in slavery globally.

Human trafficking in your nail salon

Human trafficking in your nail salon

When my mother and I get pedicures she always talks to the woman who paints her toes. This drives me crazy.