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  Spirit Led Advocacy – John 14: 12-16 [This is taken from a sermon given recently at The Well Church - an audio file can be found here ] Recently at church I heard the Holy Spirit described as our Advocate. This intrigued me, as it came during a time of exploring what an advocacy role could look like in my ministry with SIM International.   I started asking myself, what does it mean if the Holy Spirit is in us and the Holy Spirit is our advocate, how does that empower us to be someone who speaks up, stands up or uses our influence, or position to advocate for others? When we talk about an advocate, most commonly we are talking about “someone who speaks up, stands up, or takes action on behalf of another person or group , especially those who are vulnerable, oppressed, or unable to speak for themselves. An advocate uses their voice, influence, or position to defend, support, and seek justice for others.” I love this definition, and want to share my thoughts as I have...
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On Bees and Flies: Reflections from Lausanne 4

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  1.         Reflections on Lausanne 4 I recently attended the Lausanne 4 Congress in Incheon, South Korea (if you're not familiar with Lausanne you can read about it here) . Lausanne left me conflicted on many levels and I have struggled to process the experience of being there. A colleague described it as “both beautiful and controversial,” a reflection I too share. For there was the beautiful: The opportunity to meet so many amazing Christian leaders from so many different places. The divine (and “random”) God conversations and connections. The opportunities to spend time getting to know colleagues from around the world better. Facilitating a meeting for more than 50 global anti-trafficking workers.   Our assigned table groups; everyone I spoke with loved their table groups and mine was no exception, we had representatives from the US, Pakistan, Ghana, Germany, Indonesia and NZ. The experience of worshipping with 5300 believers from 150+ countrie...
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Responding to "Sound of Freedom"

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  Last week I saw “Sound of Freedom”. Here is my response: My name is Sarah Scott Webb and I co-lead For Freedom, the global anti-trafficking ministry of SIM International. I also serve on the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission as their anti-trafficking specialist and am part of the World Freedom Network leadership team, developing the Oceania Freedom Network for our region. I write this as someone who has been involved in anti-trafficking for the past 18 years. “Sound of Freedom” has been receiving huge amounts of attention and media coverage since it was released in the US in July. It is a movie loosely based on events that happened in 2010 and tells the story of children being rescued from a sex trafficking ring in Colombia. It’s being released here on August 24th. But is it worth seeing? My answer is “YES…..BUT….” YES - because despite its flaws (of which there are many) it is raising phenomenal interest in – and awareness of - human trafficking and the ur...
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