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The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) works tirelessly so we might realize, “a world where the pornified vision of reality—with its utilitarian and insatiable consumption of human beings for selfish sexual pleasure, its raw, brutal, debasing, violent and hate-filled themes—becomes unacceptable to all people with concern and respect for the…
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“Justice Week” on Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 110 [powerpress] All this week we are exploring the issue of sex trafficking, hearing the stories of ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things to combat this evil around the world. Today we are interviewing Noel Bouché, the Vice President of pureHOPE,…
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“Justice Week” on Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 114 [powerpress] All this week we are exploring the issue of sex trafficking, hearing the stories of ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things to combat this evil around the world. When Theresa Flores was 15 years old, she was drugged and…
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The following is an excerpt from the Convergence Summit, sponsored by pureHOPE and the Religions Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP). . . . . During most of the twentieth century, pimps, madams, and traffickers exploited their victims on street corners and in brothels. Girls and women would be paraded up and…
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I stood there with two glasses of water filled to the brim. I looked at the young man who was grinning from ear to ear. He didn’t know what I was going to do, but he knew it was going to be something good. I pulled out a $20 bill…
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The following is an excerpt from the book, Stop the Demand: The Role of Porn in Sex Trafficking. According to Shared Hope International’s report on the demand for sex trafficking, pornography on the Internet is a gateway to the purchase of humans for commercial sex. This becomes clear when we…
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On April 13 and 14, hundreds of religious, political, and technology leaders gathered outside Baltimore, Maryland, for the Convergence Summit. The purpose of the summit was to address the convergence of new technology, pornography, prostitution, and human trafficking, in an effort to understand the critical issues and develop solutions. Click…
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Porn’s power is largely based on the element of fantasy. Whatever you lust for, you can pretty much find it. All those things you’d thought you’d try or acts you think might satisfy you are available at a click. And because these things play out on the screen in front…
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Sex trafficking is a kind of forced or coerced prostitution: it’s misusing another person’s helplessness for sexual pleasure and profit. But just how big is the problem today, both in the United States and abroad? Here’s a look at the numbers: According to Ernie Allen, president of the National Center…
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by Mary Ann Jiang and Noel Bouché The request, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1) seems to reverberate in each of our hearts as we pursue God and seek intimacy with Him. We have a deep longing to commune with Him in the place of utmost vulnerability. And we…