Everyone Is Part of the Mission
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How do you work with human trafficking victims and not feel overwhelmed to the point of quitting, every single day? Holly J. Burkhalter of International Justice Mission recently said, "We understand ourselves to be just a small part of what God is doing in the world. That is a shared belief, as is the belief that the full burden of violence against poor people is not ours. It is God’s, and we are only a small part of the answer. That’s an unusual stance for a human rights organization. I think that is what makes it possible for our investigators and our social workers and our lawyers to do that work. Because without it, you would almost invariably feel great despair."
Burkhalter, who wrote a book about her unlikely pilgrimage from Christianity to angry agnosticism and back to faith, noted that IJM's founder, Gary Haugen, has set the tone for the organization. Every day, workers have a private time of stillness before the workday begins--and each IJM office also holds corporate prayer meetings daily.
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