10 August 2015

Every year the last Sunday in September is set aside as the Day of Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking and provides an important focal point for prayer to support those caught up in trafficking and those working among the victims.

We ask our supporters to join all Salvation Army Corps around the world to make time on Sunday, September 27^th to offer focused prayer for The Salvation Army's ministry to trafficked people and to call on God to uplift the victims and change the hearts of those who gain financially from this modern-day slavery.

Though the terminology may be new, human trafficking is not. Examples of human trafficking exist throughout the Bible:

• Joseph's brothers trafficked him to the Ishmaelites 
• The Canaanite army trafficked girls for rape and sexual slavery 
• In 2 Kings, creditors threatened to traffic children into debt and bondage
• In each of these situations, God provided rescue and blessing to the victims
• Amos 2:6-7 is our biblical imperative to pursue social justice

Join The Salvation Army in Actively Combatting Human Trafficking, click here.

  
Striking posters feature the key verse that is being used for this year's day of prayer: 'We will not be silent' (Isaiah 42:22). All posters are available in French, Spanish and Portuguese, or without text to allow for adaptation into other languages.

To support this day, materials are available at www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/antitrafficking.