Global Slavery and the Plague of Poverty

28 million people in the world today are slaves: held against their will, forced to work under someone else’s rule, trapped in an endless cycle of control, abuse, and injustice. Some are born, live, and die as slaves. From sex-trafficking to forced labor, across Asia, Africa, and Europe to the United States, slavery thrives. Poverty is the consistent soil in which this horror flourishes. Three billion people today live on $2 or less per day; less than the price of single-shot latté. People inside and outside the Church live this vulnerable, daily nightmare. The 2008 Global Church Conference focuses on slavery in the context of poverty. We will be hearing from Christian leaders from the Majority World who will help us to understand, to engage, and to respond to these realities as an expression of following Jesus Christ.

Want to get a feel for the GCC? See a video from last year's conference (.mov or .flv).