Concert Gives Voice to the Voiceless
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Proverbs 31:8

We've all known and read about the terrible history of slave trade in our world. The continent of Africa was ravished for 300 years as their people were stolen from their homes and forced into slavery. Most people would think such evil was simply set in our history books and can't exist in today's civilized world...

It is estimated that 27 million people are currently enslaved worldwide. That is more than double the total number of Africans enslaved during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

It is estimated that 2 children are sold into slavery every minute.

UNICEF now believes that 1.2 billion children are bought and sold annually.

The average value for a slave today is $100. That is equal to, if not less than what most of us spend on our cable bill each month.

What has our world become? Children are being sold into sex slavery before the time they hit their teen years?! It's not difficult to see that the evil in our world is not growing dimmer, but more twisted than ever before.

On Friday February 6th, Ten Shekel Shirt performed a benefit concert at Lancaster Bible College. All the proceeds from the $10 admission tickets and the love offering went towards ending this tragedy. Ten Shekel Shirt was an up and coming band a few years ago, putting out a great worship album with hits such as "Meet with Me", "Ocean" and "Unashamed Love." After being nominated for a Dove aware and selling over 150,000 CDs, their future looked bright. But a trip to the other side of the world changed their course forever.

Lamont Hiebert, the lead singer, took a visit to the some of the brothels in southeast Asia, where children as young as 7 and 8 years old were forced into sex slavery. Coming back, he could not simply be another rock star advocate, but put his music career on hold. He co-founded an organization that works to bring freedom to the children trafficked in our world.

Love 146 works to break this evil through education, awareness, prevention and aftercare for the children enslaved. The concert was an amazing time of music, thought and education about the issue that rarely sees much media coverage. Their new album JUBILEE, released this summer, is filled with songs inspired by the situations these children are facing and the hope that can be found in Christ through His people working to end such injustice.

Please visit LOVE146.org to see and hear more about what you can do to be apart of the solution. Become educated about the evils of our world and unite together with others to bring freedom, hope and the mighty power of God's love to our world.