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The

ABOLITIONIST
CHURCH
HANDBOOK

Version 1.0

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A note from
the Not for Sale Campaign
Co-Founders
David Batstone,
Kique Bazan,
and Mark Wexler
ver the past year, we have been greatly encouraged by the
response from churches and faith communities across the United
States towards the issue of human trafficking. In less than nine months,
more than 2500 congregations verbally committed themselves as Abolitionist Churches, affirming their stance against modern-day slavery in all its forms and
declaring their unity with those that are oppressed. In conversations with leaders across denominations, the biggest
question we continue to hear is what can our church do to make a difference right now?
In response, we at the Not for Sale Campaign humbly offer a plan of action toward effectively changing the sociological,
environmental, political and economic factors that allow human trafficking and slavery to continue, both in your region
and on a global scale. We recognize that congregations vary widely in their respective demographics, location, and
resources, and understand that each group will find their own niche within the network of Abolitionist Churches. The
Not for Sale Campaign team looks forward to working with congregations as you commit to take action on behalf of
those that are being exploited.
Above all, we believe the following to be a living document that changes and grows as our collective experiences grow
together. Our role at the Not For Sale Campaign is to facilitate the abolitionist interactions, listening sessions, educational moments, and to continue building up a platform for action that effectively connects the local and the global.
Gods speed and blessings on our collective walk in bringing freedom to those in bondage.

David Batstone, President



Kique Bazan, Executive Director

Mark Wexler, Managing Director

Index - The Abolitionist Church Handbook

INTRODUCTION

Page 4

SECTION ONE GETTING STARTED

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SECTION TWO EQUIPPING FROM WITHIN

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SECTION THREE LOCAL OUTREACH

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SECTION FOUR INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH

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SECTION FIVE BECOMING A REFUGE CHURCH

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APPENDIX

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Thank you for your interest in becoming an Abolitionist


Church, devoted to combating modern slavery in all its forms.

The
ABOLITIONIST
CHURCH
HANDBOOK:
AN INTRODUCTION

Over the past year all of us here at the Not for Sale Campaign
have been attempting to create, locate, tie together, and present the best practices of the modern abolitionist movement. Our
hope is that this handbook clearly and accurately presents these best
practices for communities of faith, while casting a vision for successful
collaborative abolitionist work in your church and with the Not for Sale
Campaign.

It cannot be overstated that this handbook is offered as a jumping off point. Do not be mistaken about the realities facing
all of us in this fight; truly this handbook cannot be set-in-stone, because collectively we face too many unknowns moving forward due to the fluid nature of trafficking. Slavery is pervasive and evasive. It changes face and tactics from city to
city, country to country.
Slavery lives on the fringes. It finds haven in darkness. This reality is clear. It is here where we find our call to action:
Together we must cast light by collectively building a fast moving, relevant campaign that dares to dream of a world that
fights for and ensures freedom for all.
As a church (and global society) we find ourselves far behind in the fight. It is undeniable, however, that together we can
stem the tide! There is beauty in the hope delivered through Gods unbending grace. Amen.
It is in this spirit that we invite you to join the give and take that is the abolitionist movement as fostered by the Not
for Sale Campaign. Yes, you will find that the campaign is a fluid process, and often fluid in practice. There is no fully
perfected rule of operation to draw from. The reason for this is stated above. In this deeply interconnected world, full of
shadows, both virtual and real, we cannot combat this evil using the same old tactics. In other words, we cannot contest
Criminality 2.0 by running Campaign 1.0. Only by laying down differences and pooling respective resources and abilities can we build a movement with lasting effect, creating holistic change to combat slavery in our world.
We hope that you choose to walk this pathway with us. If you do feel the call to participate with us, you will undoubtedly create lasting change in the fight to end human trafficking. The truth is backyard abolitionists like yourself are the
Not for Sale Campaign.
We look forward to collaborating with you.
Mark Wexler
Director, Abolitionist Church Network
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Not for Sale Campaign

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ABOLITIONIST
CHURCH
HANDBOOK:
GETTING STARTED


Stirring your congregation to action.


He has showed you, O man, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy

and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8 (NIV)

1. Outfit yourself by expanding your personal knowledge about slavery.


We suggest that you start by reading and watching, in combination, Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade
and How We Can Fight It and Not for Sale: The Documentary to advance your individual knowledge about modern
slavery. These media pieces are designed to provide contextual information about trafficking, individual stories of
enslavement, and feature abolitionists people like yourselfwho are combating slavery today. To purchase these
starter materials go to Not for Sales Freedom Store.
Resource: www.secure.notforsalecampaign.org
2. Deliver a sermon about the realities of human trafficking.
Impart a message of awareness and hope to your congregation. Explore a theological response to realities known to
God and unknown or unseen to us.
Inform the campaign about your sermon, and we will post it on our website to share with others.
Contact Information: acn@notforsalecampaign.org
3. Fly a Not for Sale Campaign flag of freedom outside your congregational meeting space to declare
your unity through Christ with those who are enslaved.
The flag is also a statement to the public of your commitment to see modern-day slavery ended in our lifetime. The
Not for Sale Campaign provides these flags at cost to churches that commit to being an abolitionist community.
Contact Information: acn@notforsalecampaign.org
4. Approach your churchs leaders or laity about declaring your
church an Abolitionist Church and become a member of the Underground Church movement Network.
What does it mean to be an abolitionist church? Essentially it is a public
statement that slavery is wrong in any form and a commitment to act to
end it. Dont wait for others to act. The movement starts with you. Take
the first step together as a community of faith.

Declare your congregation as an Abolitionist Church (online signup process coming soon). Stand against human trafficking by stating A Not for Sale flag flies at Beverly UMC in
Beverly, New Jersey
in name that your congregation is opposed to modern-slavery in all
its forms. By building a wall against slavery we form a collective force Watch more from CBS NEWS:
to ensure freedom for all people enslaved today.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/

Be a leader within the abolitionist movement by becoming an Underground Church (online sign-up process coming soon). Our collective gifts, talents, and resources can move the
fight to end slavery in greater capacity than as individual congregations.

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Underground Churches form a faith-based brain trust, which is squarely placed on the forefront of the 21st
Century abolitionist movement. Underground Church members take a direct and active role in growing the
local and global abolitionist networks by participating in regular conference calls with Not for Sale Campaign
staff. The calls aim to share best practices, updates, action steps, and will include special speakers.
Overall, to effectively combat modern-day slavery we must stand unified; the Underground Church aims to be
the collective voice of the faith-based response to modern-day slavery.

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EQUIPPING
FROM WITHIN

Assessing and building upon your churchs


collective gifts, talents and abilities.


Learn to do right!

Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.

Defend the cause of the fatherless,

plead the case of the widow.

Isaiah 1:17 (NIV)

1. Form a prayerful, spiritual, moral, and ethical wall against slavery and trafficking at your place of
worship.
Stand with people whose voice has been silenced; declare your unity with them. Gather in collective voice and spiritual calling. This can take the form of:


Gather for weekly/monthly prayer. Take newspaper and video clips from that week or month and form a
prayer wall against trafficking by uplifting victims and survivors.
In Minneapolis networked churches send periodic e-mail prayer requests from abolitionist organizations
locally and globally.
Corporately pray during weekly servicesuse the Not for Sale Campaigns five-week prayer sheet.

Resource: See Appendix I, Not for Sale Campaigns five-week prayer sheet
2. Educate your congregation by forming focus groups, conducting book studies, viewing films and documentaries, and inviting abolitionist movement leaders to speak about the issue of trafficking and slavery.

Start by corporately reading Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade
and How We Can Fight It and discussing as a group. This book is an easy-to-read look at
the overarching issues surrounding human trafficking and is a great place to begin to learn
about modern-day slavery and to deepen your understanding of the sociological, political,
spiritual and economic factors that are allowing the practice to continue.


Subscribe to Not for Sale Campaigns electronic magazines
(e-zine) The Underground and The X-it, which offer insight from
abolitionist thought-leaders such as David Batstone, Mark Wexler, and
others. Critically lauded for their content and presentation, these e-zines
provide a quick and easy way to build understanding and learn how to take
action to combat modern slavery.
Resource: www.notforsalecampaign.org/Subscribe
Host a viewing of Not for Sale: The Documentary or other films about human trafficking for your church and local community. While it is possible to get informed about
the issue of modern-day slavery through books and printed materials, nothing impacts the
soul like seeing the faces of those who are in bondage, footage of the perpetrators that are
exploiting these innocent people, and meeting the workers who are on the front lines of the
battle to end slavery in our lifetime.

3. Begin an assessment of your churchs demographics, location, and resources.


Who attends your church? Use our assessment form (see appendix II) to glean names, contact information, occupations, abilities, talents, and individual resources. Pass this out at programs or services to locate interested individuals
who may want to participate in your churchs abolitionist group.
Resource: See Appendix II, assessment form

4. Gather and display news articles on the subject of human trafficking.


Corporately pray for trafficking victims and perpetrators you read and hear about. Discuss and learn from the articles to further enhance your understanding of trafficking. Modern slavery cases take on numerous looks and faces.
Things to consider:
Do cases hold similarities/differences by region, city, state or country?
Note consistencies and/or inconsistencies in work by service providers which in many cases are under-funded and under-supported. For example, is there a service provider organization specifically assisting victims of
trafficking in your area?
What services do victims need and are they receiving them; how can your congregation assist?
What was law enforcements response?
Who was treated as the victim/perpetrator?
Look for patterns and ways in which your congregation can intervene to help. By using your churchs personal assessment form (section 2, step 3) as a guide, think through how your congregation, and other partnering
faith communities, can respond where needs arise.
5. Build a resource center.
Be a place where your members as well as others can learn about human trafficking and how they can take action. As
you educate and inform your own congregation, become a resource on the issue of human trafficking in your community. Actively work to educate and inform others outside of your church body. Consider hosting a lending library
of informational and action resources such as books, informational pamphlets, law enforcement statistics, information about political actions taken and not taken, documentaries, films, prayer guides, etc. (We will be more than
happy to recommend - and provide - these resources when they become available to us).
Be innovative in promoting your resource library. For example, create a slavery on your church website, and/or have
one-on-one discussions with other church leaders. Be creative!
6.

Follow in the footsteps


of the trailblazing
Greater New Jersey Conference
of The United Methodist Church,
which unanimously voted
to become an Abolitionist Conference
in June 2007
and has called for the entire
Methodist Denomination
to declare itself
an Abolitionist Denomination.

Draft and shepherd an abolitionist resolution through the prescribed process in your Conference, Diocese, District, and Denomination.
As your congregation grows in knowledge and action about trafficking in your
town, city, region and globally, become a beacon for continued action within your overall church structure.
By raising the issue of modern slavery in your faith
community, you will collectively assert the call for
action to combat trafficking throughout society.
You will be proclaiming, as a moral call, that
enough is enough. It is time for us all to act.
Resource: See Appendix III, sample resolution.
7. Refer to the Not for Sale Campaign website for updates
and ways to connect into Abolitionist work locally and globally.
With regular news updates, and information on projects, the Not for
Sale Campaign website is a quick and effective way to bridge the gap
between being informed and being active.

Familiarize yourself and your congregation with the website. With your monetary contributions to the abolitionist fight we are continually constructing and
tweaking the site so that it can more easily be used to equip your community with effective tools for action and
provide examples from around the world.
Resource: www.notforsalecampaign.org

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ABOLITIONIST
CHURCH
HANDBOOK:
LOCAL
OUTREACH

Make use of your churchs gifts, talents and abilities


to take action and make a difference!


We cannot separate action for justice

from the proclamation of the Word of God.

Pedro Arrupe, SJ

1. Start by meeting with other faith communities to let them know your desire to see all congregations in
your region acting together to combat trafficking.
Provide them with resources and information. Encourage them to stand with the worlds enslaved by declaring their
congregation an Abolitionist Church and become a member of the Abolitionist Church Network. Offer them access to your resource library, news clippings, films, and more. Continually educate others in your area and grow the
number of abolitionists in your area. Offer, in humility, guidance and vision to work collectively.
2. Connect with local/regional service providers who work with victims. Ask them what their needs are
and support them in their efforts.
What better way to start outreach in your area than by assisting victims of trafficking in your town? Please note that
this requires time and effort in the form of building and maintaining a relationship with service providers who are
rightfullyprotective of victims.
After performing an assessment of your churchs resources and talents you can better gauge what you can provide
victims. Creatively work with service providers by first finding out their
needs! Serve as a conduit for other faith communities to service provider organizations in your area, both faith-based and not.
Be sure to report back to your congregation the findings of
the local anti-trafficking group and provide avenues for
involvement by your community members.
If your area does not have a service provider and you
feel called to galvanize the formation of an organization, the Not for Sale Campaign has many contacts
that can assist in the intellectual and tangible needs
for the creation of a service provider.
2a. Medical Care. Most victims are in need of
advocates to assist them in obtaining medical care,
even while they are in the medical system. Consider
coordinating a group of medical professionals in your
faith community and sphere of influence to be involved
in caring for and working with victims who are coming to
freedom and wholeness.

In the San Francisco Bay Area,


the Not for Sale Campaign is assisting in
the process of building a local abolitionist
coalition. Consisting of communities of faith,
business leaders and members, university
students, and concerned citizens, the coalition
builds awareness about local trafficking cases,
assists local service provider SAGE
(Standing Against Global Exploitation),
and is working to expose trafficking cases.

2b. Counseling/Mental Health. Victims have often been through immensely traumatic experiences and would greatly benefit from professional counseling
and mental health services. As you commit your church to being a House of Refuge, realize that the people you will
be helping may be deeply scarred at many levels mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually and they may take
a significant period of time to stabilize or even become functional.
2c. Translation. Victims may speak little or no English. Consider coordinating a database of those in your sphere of
influence who are multi-lingual and are open to assisting trafficking victims as they navigate the legal and medical
systems on their road towards recovery.
2d. Job Placement. Assistance in locating and procuring a job is key to the long-term assistance for a survivor. Consider coordinating a group of business owners and career counselors to assist survivors in job training and placement.
2e. Short and Long Term Housing. Survivors are in need of both short-term and long-term housing.
2f. Companionship/Friendship. Many victims suffer another form of silence and fear after being freed from traffickers. Building long-standing and meaningful relationships is essential to the rehabilitation of a survivor.
Resource: Appendix IVList of federally funded local-level service providers contracted to work with victims of trafficking.

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The campaign will assist you building out


contacts and associations with organizations
that can aid you in these endeavors.
Contact Information:
acn@notforsalecampaig.org

3. Reach out to political leaders (e.g. mayor, city council,


governor) and begin to find out what, if anything is being
done in your community to fight human trafficking. Regardless
of how much is being done, these contacts will give you a knowledge base to guide your decision making regarding what needs to
be done on a governmental level and how you can help.

4. Make local police and law enforcement officials aware of


your presence and desire to be involved in combating trafficking.
Remember, human trafficking crimes usually dont just stop at traffickingthey
often extend into kidnapping, rape, assault, theft, and even murder.
Be mindful about reaching out to your local law enforcement officials. Dialogue about local level trafficking. Ask
about assessments and taskforces. Do they exist? Why or why not? If you sense any derision begin the process of
shifting outlook and action through steady interaction and conversation. Encourage your local enforcement officers
to seek out training (the Not for Sale Campaign can assist in locating and providing training) to better equip law
enforcement to act upon the red flags of trafficking.
We cannot stress enough the importance of building a healthy working relationship with local law enforcement. If
you are to make headway, a solid relationship will be key to productive actions.
5. Attend local anti-slavery coalitions, discussions, conferences, and meetings.
The more you know about what is going on in your region and abroad, the more effective you will be in changing
the environmental factors that allow human trafficking and slavery to continue.
Search out existing local level coalitions. Find ways that your congregation might plug-in and assist their efforts.
Remember that your goal is to enhance any existing groups by enriching their work by offering the collective gifts
of your congregation and the assistance found within the collective strength of the Abolitionist Church family. If a
coalition does not already exist, invite others to gather and begin the process of building an abolitionist coalition.
6. Offer to provide a meeting place for the abolitionist coalitions in your area to meet.
Sometimes facilities and locations can be hard to come by.
7. Connect with universities to encourage them to become involved in the shaping of policy and societal
understandings of trafficking.
Encourage university students in your congregation to bring a Not for Trade Show to their university. The Not for
Trade Show is designed to train students how to start the groundbreaking Slavery Mapping Project that was first
implemented in 2006 by students at the University of San Francisco. You can book a Trade Show by contacting Not
for Sale Project Director, Allison Trowbridge.
To learn more about the Mapping Slavery Project, which exposed human trafficking in San Francisco, by contacting
the Executive Director, Enrique Bazan.
Contact information: Allison Trowbridge, allison@notforsalecampaign.org; Kique Bazan, Kique@notforsalecampaign.org
8. Team with a law school to assist or help build an anti-trafficking program or legal clinic that assists
victims by helping them through the legal system.
Help bridge law students/professors over to a local service provider that works with victims. Sometimes our role is to
be a conduit for others actions.

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9. Offer experiential support and information to other churches as they implement different steps towards
fighting slavery in their region and abroad.
Your knowledge and feedback can greatly assist others and increase their effectiveness in impacting their community!
Even your encouragement alone can make an incredible difference.
10. Reach out to the migrant communities in your area..
Many victims of trafficking are migrant laborers promised employment but faced with the horrors of forced labor
once they arrive in our country. Talk to local labor organizations to
offer your support.
11. Ensure that nurses, ER doctors, practitioners, and other local doctors are aware of
the signs of trafficking.
Approach doctors and hospitals and inform
them as to what they should be looking for in
terms of trafficking.

The students working on the mapping project


at the University of San Francisco work closely
with organizations that are closely associated
with the citys Latin American population.

12. Make use of your gifts!


Begin to familiarize your congregation with the five Not for Sale Campaign
platforms for action and encourage them to use their individual talents and skills to make a difference:

Free to Be

(focused on communities of faith)


You are taking this step by becoming an Abolitionist
Church!

Free to Learn

University of San Francisco students presenting research findings.

(focused on schools/universities)
Connect with the administration and student leaders
at local high schools. Not for Sale has developed a curriculum to accompany the Not for Sale: The Return of the
Global Slave Trade and How We Can Fight It. Teachers
can use the curriculum to teach their students about
trafficking. Consider encouraging them to hold a Not
for Sale Week, where the issue of human trafficking can
be highlighted in student activities, specific classes, etc.

In 2006 20 students from the University of San Francisco, members of the Erasmus social justice living/learning
community, launched the first Mapping Slavery Project,
committed to combating modern-day slavery on a local level
in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Watch a Fox news clip featuring the Mapping Slavery
Project at USF: http://www.ktvu.com/video/13208293/
detail.html

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Free to Work

(focused on businesses/business leaders)


Reach out to local businesses and speak to them
about becoming a Free To Work company, dedicated to removing slave labor from their consumer
products and/or promoting abolitionist principles
through their supplier networks. Contact the Not for
Sale Campaign for more information and help in implementing these steps of action for businesses.

Free to Create

(focused on artists/musicians)
Encourage the artists in your congregation to become
part of the Free To Create platform. Too often we
underestimate the power of the song, pen, canvas and
sculpture. One of the most powerful ways to impact a
persons heart even without their permission - is via a
brush stoke, musical note, or lyrical passage. Reach out
to other artists and raise awareness in your community.
Plan shows, concerts, viewings, and regular meetings to
create together in the spirit of freedom and emancipation of the enslaved. Contact the Not for Sale Campaign
for more information and resources on how to join or
implement a Free To Create chapter in your region.

Terri Carter, a visual artist,


http://notforsalecampaign.org/free-tocreate.html
Free to Create: Artists are aiding this
21st century abolitionist movement
by lending their ability to inspire others to act. There may be congregants
in your community who are willing
to do that same in your area.

Free to Play

(focused on athletes/teams).
Athletes are fighting slavery by holding Free to Play
games, dedicated to raising awareness and funds. Other
teams are stitching Free to Play patches on their uniform
for their session to inform others that there are millions
of children in our world who are not free to play. Individual athletes, such as Brian Boitano, are taking Free to
Play challenges.

More information about the Not for Sale


Campaigns five platforms can be found on the
Not for Sale Campaign website:
NotforSaleCampaign.org.

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Take a Free to Play Challenge along


with a World Champion and Olympic gold medalist. Watch Brian Boitanos Challenge: http://www.youtube.
com/user/freetoplaycampaign

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ABOLITIONIST
CHURCH
HANDBOOK:
INTERNATIONAL
OUTREACH

Human trafficking thrives in communities where


vulnerability in all its forms exists. Participate in
prevention work, which includes social, economic,
environmental, legal/judicial, spiritual, educational,
health and other aspects around the world.


Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,

you hypocrites!

You give a tenth of your spicesmint, dill and

cumin. But you have neglected the more important

matters of the lawjustice, mercy and faithfulness.

You should have practiced the latter, without

neglecting the former.

Matthew 23:23 (NIV)

1. Learn first hand about modern day slavery by joining the Not for Sale Campaign staff on an immersion
trip overseas.
Meet people who have been trafficked and the brave groups that are working to rescue and restore survivors. Learn
about the causes and solutions to human trafficking in person. See the progress that is being made as well as what
still needs to be done. These excursions are a life-changing experience that will impact your mind, heart and spirit.
Find out more by contacting Not for Sale Campaign Executive Director, Kique Bazan.
Contact Information: Kique Bazan, Kique@notforsalecampaign.org
Resource: www.notforsalecampaign.org/global-immersions
2. Consider bringing a team overseas to volunteer with an
international abolitionist organization.
Our internationally based partner organizations are in need
of specialized groups or individuals to assist their efforts.
Consider teaming with Not for Sale to serve and assist in
building and sustaining infrastructure such as educational and
healthcare programs and facilities.

Medical Students from Emory University in


Atlanta will be traveling Thailand to begin
the process of building a sustainable healthcare
facility serving the 150+ kids at our partner
organization, Buddies Along the Roadside.

3. Consider supporting and partnering with a sister congregation in the spirit of abolition.
In collaboration with a sister congregation, which will have a grasp of cultural and societal norms, take aim at freeing victims and providing care for survivors.
4. Explore your own backyard for global reach.
Many denominations have preexisting global social advocacy and action networks. Ensure that they are working to
combat modern slavery.
Connect your existing network with Mark Wexler, director of the Abolitionist Church Network to build a platform
for collaborative action with your extended church network.
Contact information: Mark Wexler, maxwex@notforsalecampaign.org

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The
ABOLITIONIST
CHURCH
HANDBOOK:
A REFUGE
CHURCH

As survivors exit the life of bondage


they will require restoration.


I know that God will not give me anything that I cant

handle. I just wish that He didnt trust me so much.

Mother Theresa

As your congregation commits to being an Abolitionist Church, and


continues to take steps towards raising awareness and taking action on the
issue of modern-day slavery, you may consider the possibility of going a step
further and becoming a House of Refuge for those who have been
trafficked in your region.

In order to be set free, those in bondage need advocates who are willing to represent and assist them, first in
regaining their freedom, and then in healing from their experience and recovering their lives. By committing your
church to be a House of Refuge, you are declaring your church to be a place where those who have been victims or
witnesses of human trafficking or slavery can come for help, safety and support.
Beyond being a signal to the community that you are standing in solidarity with those who have been trafficked or held
in bondage, we foresee the Not for Sale Campaigns orange flag of freedom becoming a modern day north star, a sign
to trafficking victims and the enslaved that your congregational meeting space is a place where they will find refuge.
Declaring your church as a House of Refuge is a major commitment, and one that shouldnt be taken lightly. We have
highlighted a few concerns that should be taken into account, and we highly recommend that you pursue this option
only after careful consideration.
1. Security. The reality of human trafficking is such that those who are operating trafficking rings may be involved
in larger crime circles, like the Russian Mafia, the Triad organizations out of Asia, drug cartels in South America,
US-based rings, etc. If you choose to directly offer your church as a House of Refuge and begin to advertise your
facilities as such, you may need to consider the need for protective services.
We highly recommend building a strong relationship with local and federal law enforcement agencies, and apprise
yourself of any and all information about organized crime activity in your region prior to declaring your church as a
House of Refuge.
2. Facilities. If your church is set up in such a way that you are able to house trafficking survivors, consider offering
your facilities to local service providers that are assisting survivors.
We strongly encourage collaborative work with an existing service provider that is already serving those who are
being rescued from trafficking rather than attempting to duplicate services. If there are no NGOs working with
victims, contact Not for Sale Campaign staff and we will be happy to connect you with organizations in other cities
who may be able to provide guidance in how to initiate a program in your community.
Contact Information: acn@notforsalecampaign.org
3. Please also see Section 3, Steps 2-2f. These steps describe the need to locate and procure translation services, health
and mental care services, job placement services, and more.
4. If you embark on the path to becoming a House of Refuge, we strongly encourage you to contact Abolitionist
Church Network Director Mark Wexler prior to committing to this task.
Contact Information: Mark Wexler, maxwex@notforsalecampaign.org

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Appendix - Abolitionist Church Handbook

I NOT FOR SALES 5-WEEK PRAYER SHEET

II

CHURCH ASSESSMENT FORM

III SAMPLE RESOLUTION

IV FEDERALLY FUNDED SERVICE PROVIDERS IN YOUR AREA


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