6 Ways Your Church Can Make A Difference In Anti-Trafficking

Freedom Sunday | September 22, 2019

The Blue Bird Cafe is tucked into Budapest’s historic Jewish Quarter. It is Euro-whimsical with spirally staircases and bird-infused wallpaper percolating caffeinated warmth. Tourists like its vibe. Locals like its roast. The beat of old-school music can almost erase the memory of the 1940’s when the place of this cafe was a hole of death. It almost erases it, but not quite.

Evil tapped a victory dance here and the Nazi war machine devoured people. I used to say that if I had lived then, I would have raised my boney fist and screamed down the gates of tyranny. I no longer voice that sentiment — not since a Christian friend working for a secular, cross-governmental, anti-trafficking organization mentioned that he meets a lot of Christians like me.

Many people tell me what they would have done in another period of history, as if it would have birthed a different response in them. I tell them, ‘No, you would not have done that. If the story of the current 32 million slaves in the world does not move you, neither would any other plea from humanity.

In patient tones, I explain to him that the Church feels helpless, like our hands are tied. He responds, “Like a 12-year old trafficked and sold for sex?” And, he…