This coming Sunday, September 24, thousands of churches around the world will dedicate their service to fighting modern day slavery as part of International Justice Mission’s annual ‘Freedom Sunday’. 2,600 churches from 16 countries will share stories about the reality of slavery and call on their congregants to partner with IJM until all are free.
The call to act on slavery will go out in 10 different languages as Christians worldwide unite to fight for over 40 million men, women and children who are in slavery today. More people are in slavery today than at any other point in human history, and an estimated one in four modern day slaves are children. Slavery takes many forms – from forced labour in brick kilns and rock quarries to new crimes like cybersex trafficking.
The global response to modern slavery is starting to gain momentum – and that momentum is needed more than ever.
Should the sheer size of the global slavery figure numb your senses, let me tell from you about two of those slaves, Dialu and Nilambar. The two men were among a group of 14 men and women from the impoverished Indian state of Odisha who were trafficked by recruiters attempting to enslave them in a brick kiln. Dialu and Nilambar escaped by jumping from the truck but were quickly recaptured.
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