Set the Captives Free
Sunday 25th March marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. This is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the roles played by Christians during this period of history. For the years of blindness and ignorance, for those who rolled out their biblical justifications for slavery and for the courageous intervention of people like William Wilberforce who sought to bring an end to this evil trade.
Unfinished business
“He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,…”
Luke 4:17-19
200 years on and modern day slavery is one of the biggest illegal trades on the planet, so what are you doing about it? Is it time to assess our own attitudes towards injustice and inequality in our current society, and to ask whether we are willing to finish the work begun by people like Wilberforce and end slavery and its legacies once and for all? Are we willing to take Jesus′s mission seriously?
Do something
Find out more by visiting the STOPTHETRAFFIK campaign’s website and sign STOPTHETRAFFIK’s declaration now.
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Go and watch the movie Amazing Grace that is released on 23rd March, which tells the story of William Wilberforce and John Newton. Check out the trailer and some of the movie clips.
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