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Break the Chains National Project

AB Women's Ministries national project "Break the Chains: Slavery in the 21st Century"

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Break the Chains National Project

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  1. Year Two of“Break the Chains: Slavery in the 21st Century”A national mission project of American Baptist Women’s Ministries2007-2009

  2. South Dakota– Outreach ministry resources California – NightLight USA in Los Angeles Illinois – Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service Thailand– New Life Center, Chiang Mai Philippines – Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches Costa Rica – Mansion of Light Baptist Church Year One Fundingraised through June 2008, awarded in Aug. 2008

  3. Ghana– caring for rescued women and children Italy– “Woman to Woman” ministry to immigrants Lebanon– “Maids in Lebanon” prison ministry South Dakota– “BE FREE Transformation Ministries” in Sioux Falls California– NightLight USA Illinois– Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service Year Two Fundingraised from July 2008 through June 2009, awarded in August 2009

  4. Ghana A center and ministry for girls and women rescued from the shrines where they were held by witchdoctors as sex slaves. The project is being initiated by the Ghana Baptist Convention.

  5. Italy The “Woman to Woman” ministry among immigrant women in northern Italy will provide tutoring and outreach training for ministry with women in prostitution. Debbie Kelsey, ABC missionary in Italy, is the project director.

  6. Lebanon “Maids in Lebanon,” a ministry to free imprisoned women who were brought to Lebanon to work as maids, exploited, and imprisoned as “illegals.” Sarah Chetti, ABC missionary in Lebanon, will administer the Maids in Lebanon project.

  7. Sioux Falls, South Dakota BE FREE Transformation Ministries focuses on repairing the breach, restoring the streets. This new faith-based ministry addresses the issues of sexual exploitation in the US and transnationally. Rev. Susan Omanson is the project’s director.

  8. Los Angeles, California NightLight USA will again receive Break the Chains funding to train community members to help human trafficking victims and to organize and mobile volunteers to do street outreach to potential victims.

  9. Peoria, Illinois Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service will again receive Break the Chains funding to empower more Hispanic immigrant women to earn a respectable income through its cottage industry crafting “Matthew 25” scripture-based charm bracelets, and to expand marketing efforts for the bracelets.

  10. It’s modern day slavery. • 800,000 to 900,000 victims annually trafficked across international borders • 18,000 to 20,000 trafficked into the U.S. • The majority are women and girls

  11. every Region . . . every State . . . every American Baptist woman

  12. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

  13. “Bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.” Isaiah 61: 1-3 (NIV)

  14. Make Break the Chains your prayer… priority… a reality!

  15. www.abwmbreakthechains.org

  16. Make your support visible! Wear a Break the Chains pin.

  17. Make donations payable to: “AB Women’s Ministries Break the Chains” Give through your region/state or send to: American Baptist Women’s Ministries P.O. Box 851 Valley Forge, PA 19482

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