"Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy." Proverbs 31:8-9
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound." Isaiah 61:1
It is part of our mission to stand up as a rising generation of concerned Christians and seek justice for those who are forced into sex slavery. Sex Trafficking is the largest growing form of slavery in the world and in the United States today. We are sent to set the captives free.
Statistics about Sex Trafficking
Join the We Are Sent Movement to shed lights on the issue of sex trafficking.
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound." Isaiah 61:1
It is part of our mission to stand up as a rising generation of concerned Christians and seek justice for those who are forced into sex slavery. Sex Trafficking is the largest growing form of slavery in the world and in the United States today. We are sent to set the captives free.
Statistics about Sex Trafficking
- 79% of the crimes are for commercial sexual exploitation (as opposed to 18% for forced labor), and that the vast majority of victims are women and children. (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime)
- Most of the sex trafficking victims in the U.S. are younger than 25 years old. (U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics)
- More than four-fifths of victims in confirmed sex trafficking incidents were identified as U.S. citizens (83%). (U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics)
- Traffickers have perfected methods for identifying and recruiting the most vulnerable of our children. (The Witherspoon Institute, The Public Discourse, 2011)
- It is estimated that over 32 billion dollars passes through the hands of traffickers and is the fastest growing commercial enterprise in the world (International Labor Organization).
- There are more than 5,000 brothels disguised as massage parlors nationwide (Polaris Project).
- The internet is the number one platform that traffickers currently use for buying and selling women and children for sex in the United States.
- The standard price for 15 minutes of sex is $30, the standard day for a trafficked person is 10am-2/3am, and 25-48 men daily. (Polaris Project)
Join the We Are Sent Movement to shed lights on the issue of sex trafficking.