With modern slavery in the UK escalating, evangelical churches are being challenged to dedicate Sunday 25 September to prayer and taking action to help trafficking victims.
‘Freedom Sunday’, coordinated by the International Justice Mission (IJM), has been chosen as a day dedicated in the UK and abroad for corporate prayer for individuals trafficked into modern slavery – and to take action to end it.
The figures are startling: in the year to March 2021, 8,730 modern slavery offences were recorded by police in England and Wales – a 5% increase on the previous year. In the three months from April to June this year, 4,171 potential victims were referred to the Home Office.
