Last year, President Obama declared January as the Prevent Human Trafficking Month. As Christians, we need to be about the opportunities to demonstrate God’s love and liberation to those that are oppressed and broken, especially at the hands of others.

One of the really exciting things for me as I look out at the emerging generation (18 – 28 year olds) is the passion and enthusiasm behind sustained thinking and action into these seemingly unsolvable problems like human trafficking. There is a huge desire to not only get involved on a prayer and financial level, but to actually participate in the liberation process on the front lines.

While we can’t all be in those places, I am thrilled that the generation of students (10-18 year olds), especially at FBCG are extraordinarily in tune with the social crises that threaten our world. As a faith community that strives to see a BIG GOSPEL, we need to be about encouraging students to not only embrace God’s dream for the world in the future, but also to help them see that God’s dream for kingdom and salvation can be experienced NOW in very tangible ways.

As we are nearing the half way point with January, I would encourage you to take some time to learn about the Not For Sale Campaign. This is an organization that has committed itself to resourcing, advocating, and progressing towards a world free of human trafficking.

Suffering and oppression is never an easy thing to talk about with students. Nevertheless, there is an incredible opportunity to talk about God’s dream for the world through a social crisis such as human trafficking. Here’s some questions to help facilitate discussion based on learning about human trafficking:

Questions to ask:

1. What does human trafficking deny humans that are made in the image of God?

2. How can Christians bring wholeness to people caught in human trafficking?

3. Since human trafficking is considered a ‘global crisis’, what can we do now for the problem?