Bring the Hope of Homecoming to Your Church
This season, invite your congregation to help create pathways to freedom, hope, and lasting restoration for survivors of sexual exploitation around the world.
Project Rescue has prepared free resources to help you share this work during a service, in a small group, through your church bulletin, or across your digital channels.
The Heart of Homecoming
Christmas reminds us that God came near.
Jesus promised, “I will come back and take you to be with me” (John 14:3). He is Immanuel—God with us (Matthew 1:23). And like the father in Luke 15, He runs to meet us while we are still far away.
That homecoming is at the heart of everything we do.
Project Rescue works to prevent exploitation before it happens, intervene where women and children are trapped, and walk alongside survivors as they experience healing, restoration, and hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Meet Dana
“All I know is God can do impossible things.”
Dana’s story shows the life-changing impact of compassionate, long-term care. After years of exploitation and separation from her family, she found safety, practical support, renewed faith, and a path to freedom through Project Rescue—and, ultimately, the reunion she had long prayed for.
Dana’s story is one of homecoming—but many women and children are still waiting to be found.
Your church can help carry the hope of restoration to them.
How Your Church Can Participate
This appeal is not simply about asking your congregation to give. It is an invitation to help them understand, pray, and respond.
Your church can:
Share Dana’s story during a service, class, or small-group gathering.
Pray together for survivors and those still experiencing exploitation.
Introduce your congregation to the work of Project Rescue around the world.
Use the provided graphics and videos across your church’s digital channels.
Invite those who feel led to make a special Christmas gift.
Whether you dedicate several minutes during a service or simply share a resource with your congregation, your voice can help more people understand the realities of exploitation—and discover how God is bringing hope and restoration.
What Your Church Helps Make Possible
Through partnership with churches like yours, Project Rescue serves women and children through safe homes, education, vocational training, trauma-informed care, and community-based programs.
Here are a few examples of what that work looks like:
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Happy Horizons
In the Philippines, Happy Horizons provides safe homes, education, and vocational opportunities for children who have experienced sexual exploitation. In a safe and nurturing environment, each child is given space to heal, learn, and imagine a future filled with possibility.
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Ecuador Hope House
For more than 20 years, Project Rescue partners in Ecuador have served vulnerable women and children, including young girls who have experienced abuse and exploitation. Hope House offers a safe environment where survivors can receive individualized care and begin a journey toward lasting restoration.
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Middle East Refuge Center
In the Middle East, Project Rescue serves women and children who face significant risks of violence and exploitation. Through compassionate care, counseling, practical assistance, and safe shelter, survivors receive support as they begin rebuilding their lives.
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Honduras Home
In 2025, Project Rescue opened the first safe home in Honduras dedicated to caring for girls who have experienced exploitation. Here, survivors receive protection, education, counseling, and the consistent support they need to move forward with dignity and hope.
Help Write More Homecoming Stories
When your church shares this work, you help more people see what God is doing in the lives of survivors around the world. You also create an opportunity for your congregation to pray, speak up, and help make more stories like Dana’s possible.
Thank you for standing with survivors and helping carry the hope of homecoming to those still waiting.
Resources for your church
Ministry video
Dana’s Story
Slides
Script
Link to give
Or, send us a request.
