{"id":510,"date":"2014-01-18T09:20:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T14:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/?p=510"},"modified":"2014-07-22T11:18:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T15:18:04","slug":"should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many years the evangelical church responded to the liberal social gospel by avoiding any involvement in social ministries.\u00a0 Today, more churches are realizing that the Church \u201cthrew the baby out with the bath water\u201d when she did that.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Word teaches us that He is a God blesses those who seek justice (Ps. 34:15<\/b>; 106:3<\/b>; 112:5<\/b>; Prov. 14:31<\/b>; Eccl. 8:12; Jer. 22:13-17).\u00a0 Furthermore, God loves justice and hates injustice (Ps. 5:4<\/b>; 11:5-7<\/b>; 33:5; 99:4; Isa. 61:8<\/b>; Amos 5:7, 10-12, 15, 21-24; Mal 2:16-17).<\/p>\n

God is also a God of compassion who responds to the cries of the oppressed (Ex. 22:23-27; Ps. 9:12; 10:14, 17-18; 34:6, 18; 116:5<\/b>; 145:8-9<\/b>; Isa. 30:18<\/b>; Hos. 14:3; Mark 1:41; John 11:35; Jas. 4:4, 11).<\/p>\n

God calls believers to respond to injustice (Psalm 72:1-2, 4; 82:3-4<\/b>; Pr. 24:11; 29:7<\/b>; 31:8-9<\/b>; Isa. 1:17; 56:1; 58:3, 6-10;Matt. 7:12; 25:35-40; Luke 6:36; 2 Cor. 7:11; Heb. 13:3<\/b>; Jas. 1:27)<\/p>\n

A special thanks to Evangelical Covenant Church and their Digging Deeper Study.\u00a0 This study may be accessed at https:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/trafficking\/files\/2010\/10\/Digging-Deeper-HT.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For many years the evangelical church responded to the liberal social gospel by avoiding any involvement in social ministries.\u00a0 Today, more churches are realizing that the Church \u201cthrew the baby out with the bath water\u201d when she did that. God\u2019s Word teaches us that He is a God blesses those who seek justice (Ps. 34:15;… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[13265],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nShould the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking? - Faith Global Missions Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking? - Faith Global Missions Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For many years the evangelical church responded to the liberal social gospel by avoiding any involvement in social ministries.\u00a0 Today, more churches are realizing that the Church \u201cthrew the baby out with the bath water\u201d when she did that. God\u2019s Word teaches us that He is a God blesses those who seek justice (Ps. 34:15;... read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faith Global Missions Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-22T15:18:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Selvey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DRSelvey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Selvey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/\",\"name\":\"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking? - Faith Global Missions Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-22T15:18:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f42b432e538bfe3a3209051ea5c7db\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/\",\"name\":\"Faith Global Missions Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f42b432e538bfe3a3209051ea5c7db\",\"name\":\"David Selvey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/20180131151412\/avatar1517429651.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/20180131151412\/avatar1517429651.png\",\"caption\":\"David Selvey\"},\"description\":\"David is the pastor of global outreach at Faith Church and the executive director of Faith Global Missions. He serves as a counselor in Faith Biblical Counseling Ministry and teaches in and plans international conferences. David has served as a missionary and worked as a small business owner. He and his wife, Kathy, have lived in Indiana since 1995 and have been members of Faith Church since 1996.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/missions\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@DRSelvey\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/author\/dselvey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking? - Faith Global Missions Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking? - Faith Global Missions Blog","og_description":"For many years the evangelical church responded to the liberal social gospel by avoiding any involvement in social ministries.\u00a0 Today, more churches are realizing that the Church \u201cthrew the baby out with the bath water\u201d when she did that. God\u2019s Word teaches us that He is a God blesses those who seek justice (Ps. 34:15;... read more","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/","og_site_name":"Faith Global Missions Blog","article_published_time":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-22T15:18:04+00:00","author":"David Selvey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DRSelvey","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Selvey","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/","name":"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking? - Faith Global Missions Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#website"},"datePublished":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-22T15:18:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f42b432e538bfe3a3209051ea5c7db"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/should-the-church-combat-sex-slavery-and-human-trafficking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Should the Church Combat Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/","name":"Faith Global Missions Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f42b432e538bfe3a3209051ea5c7db","name":"David Selvey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/20180131151412\/avatar1517429651.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/20180131151412\/avatar1517429651.png","caption":"David Selvey"},"description":"David is the pastor of global outreach at Faith Church and the executive director of Faith Global Missions. He serves as a counselor in Faith Biblical Counseling Ministry and teaches in and plans international conferences. David has served as a missionary and worked as a small business owner. He and his wife, Kathy, have lived in Indiana since 1995 and have been members of Faith Church since 1996.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/missions","https:\/\/twitter.com\/@DRSelvey"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/author\/dselvey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}