Hookers For Jesus on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Hookers for Jesus is an evangelical Christian organization focused on human rights of people who work in the sex industry and fights
The organization was founded in 2005 by Annie Lobert, a former sex worker turned Christian in Las Vegas. In 2007, she set up a safe house program ("Destiny House") at The Church at South Las Vegas, for victims of sex trafficking and sex workers. In 2008, she collaborated with Heather Veitch of
Exclusive: Justice Department anti-human trafficking grants prompt whistleblower complaint
reuters.com, USA, February 10, 2020 Lobert replied that the manual no longer contained statements about homosexuality and that attendance at religious services was no longer mandatory.
sex trafficking
Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. It has been called a form of modern slavery because of the way victims are forced into sexual acts non-consensually, in a form of sexual slavery. Perpetrators of the ...
.
History
The organization was founded in 2005 by Annie Lobert, a former sex worker turned Christian in Las Vegas. In 2007, she set up a safe house program ("Destiny House") at The Church at South Las Vegas, for victims of sex trafficking and sex workers. In 2008, she collaborated with Heather Veitch of JC's Girls
JC's Girls (short for Jesus Christ's Girls, also called the JC's Girls Girls Girls Ministry) is an evangelical Christian women's organization in the United States whose members evangelize to female workers in the sex industry. The organization ...
at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.
Controversies
In 2020, the organization received widespread attention and criticism following a grant from the United States Department of Justice, due to the group's handbook of its safe house rules published in 2018 mentioning that homosexuality was immoral and that attendance at the organization's weekly church services was mandatory.Sarah N. LynchExclusive: Justice Department anti-human trafficking grants prompt whistleblower complaint
reuters.com, USA, February 10, 2020 Lobert replied that the manual no longer contained statements about homosexuality and that attendance at religious services was no longer mandatory.
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://hookersforjesus.net/ Evangelical parachurch organizations