Justice Ventures International (JVI), a marketplace ministries partner of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), is working to confront bonded labour, child labour, and sex trafficking in poor and oppressed communities around the world. Led by lawyers, investigators, and social workers, JVI brings together non-governmental organisations, churches, government agencies, and private-sector partners to pursue both legal justice and long-term restoration for victims. Their approach goes well beyond the moment of rescue: the organisation commits to walking with survivors for a minimum of two years after their liberation, recognising that rebuilding a life takes sustained, patient accompaniment.
The C&MA, a founding member of the Alliance World Fellowship and one of the largest evangelical denominations in the United States with some 400,000 members, has long prioritised holistic ministry that addresses both spiritual and physical needs. JVI's community-based justice hub model reflects this commitment, combining legal expertise with local church partnership. By strengthening local justice systems rather than operating as an outside intervention, the model equips churches to lead ongoing aftercare — a pattern that resonates with free church movements globally that emphasise integrated, locally rooted mission.
The story of Diya, rescued at age 15 from sex trafficking in 2018, illustrates both the urgency and the long-term nature of this work. After befriending a man who would become her captor while working at a packaging factory in her early teens, Diya was held in captivity until a JVI-led rescue operation freed her and four other girls. JVI provided shelter, trauma counselling, and educational support in the years that followed. Diya has since completed her secondary schooling through a bridging programme and secured employment with a multinational company. She has reconnected with her family and joined a local church community. "I am free from my past," she told JVI staff. "I have found hope, family, and a future." JVI notes that sustained aftercare — measured not in days or weeks but in years — is the critical factor that distinguishes a single rescue event from lasting freedom.
Source: Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA USA) — cmalliance.org/rescued-and-healed/
