1. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.orgwww.houstonrr.org A project of Concerned Women For America funded through Houston Rescue and Restore

2. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Global Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org 600,000 – 800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. (U.S. Department of State …) No Demand = No Victim

3. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Global Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org 80% are women and girls and up to 50% are minors. (U.S. Department of State) No Demand = No Victim

4. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Global Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org 1 in 5 Pornographic images is of a minor. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) No Demand = No Victim

5. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Global Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org 1 in 5 youth who regularly uses the Internet has been sexually solicited or approached (Center for Crimes Research, University of New Hampshire) No Demand = No Victim

6. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Global Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org “The average age of entry into prostitution is between 11-14 years old.” (Demand by shared hope international. Pg 86) No Demand = No Victim

7. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Global Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Human Trafficking is now recognized as the second largest criminal industry in the world.” No Demand = No Victim

8. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Local Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org The I-10 corridor between El Paso and Houston was identified as one of the main human trafficking routes (Children at Risk) No Demand = No Victim

9. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Local Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Houston is recognized as one of the main hubs and destinations for traffickers (Children at Risk) No Demand = No Victim

10. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Local Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org “Houston is well known as a set up for ‘training brothels’”. http://www.cahthouston.org/news_and_resources No Demand = No Victim

11. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Local Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org 25% of all human trafficking victims in America are in Texas (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.) No Demand = No Victim

12. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Local Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org 30% of all human trafficking tips to the National Rescue Hotline came from Texas (Polaris Project) No Demand = No Victim

13. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Local Reality tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Human Trafficking Defined: Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor, services or a commercial sex act induced by force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary service. No Demand = No Victim

14. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Supply and Demand tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Human Trafficking is a supply and demand issue If no one is buying sex, traffickers have no need to find a supply. No Demand = No Victim

15. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Supply and Demand tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Are we getting the results of what we glamorize? No Demand = No Victim

16. Supply and Demand tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org

17. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Supply and Demand tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Are we getting the results of what we glamorize? No Demand = No Victim Mommy’ a M.I.L.FPIMPFANTSPimp SquadLil G

18. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Supply and Demand tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Round Table discussion: (Choose one of the following – more if time allows) Were you aware of this reality? How does our culture fuel the demand? Discuss the modern day phenomenon of “pimping” No Demand = No Victim

19. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org God’s Supply is enough to meet the created demand Psalm 36:5-7 “Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! No Demand = No Victim

20. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Round Table discussion: Discuss the seeming contradiction between the abundance of God’s love, grace, mercy, compassion, and Justice and lack of it in the context of human trafficking. Where is God’s love in the midst of pain and suffering? No Demand = No Victim

21. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Question: How does God’s endless supply of love get from His storehouse to the need in our world? No Demand = No Victim

22. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Pure Religion: James 1:26-27 “If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.” (NIV) No Demand = No Victim

23. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Pure Religion: James 1:26-27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (NIV) No Demand = No Victim

24. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org True Love: 1 John 3:16-18 “this is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” No Demand = No Victim

25. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org True Love: 1 John 3:16-18 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?” No Demand = No Victim

26. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org True Love: 1 John 3:16-18 “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” No Demand = No Victim

27. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Living Faith: James 2:14-17 “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?” No Demand = No Victim

28. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Living Faith: James 2:14-17 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. No Demand = No Victim

29. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Living Faith: James 2:14-17 If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? No Demand = No Victim

30. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Living Faith: James 2:14-17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” No Demand = No Victim

31. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Round Table discussion: Discuss the idea of “Pure Religion” in a “religious culture” Discuss “True Love” in a culture flooded with “love” ideas. Discuss “Living Faith” in a culture consumed with “Faith Debates” and Theological arguments No Demand = No Victim

32. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Making a Difference tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Avoiding Guilt There is a plethora of opportunities in our world to traffic God’s love. In the end it is not about TSTOP – it is about God’s love flowing through you somewhere. No Demand = No Victim

33. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project Making a Difference tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org TSTOP Project Overview and Opportunities Immediate Response Materials No Demand = No Victim

34. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project God’s Word tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.org Round Table Prayer: Spend time praying for  The victims  The counselors & non governmental agencies  Law enforcement  The church & your personal response No Demand = No Victim

35. Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project tstop@cwfa.org http://tstop.cwfa.orgwww.houstonrr.org A project of Concerned Women For America funded through Houston Rescue and Restore