The Anglican Freedom Network (AFN) is a group of concerned individuals and organizations dedicated to the cause of eliminating human trafficking and human slavery worldwide through collaboration, resource sharing, training, and prayer.
“He has delivered us from the darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.”
About
The Anglican Freedom Network (formerly Anglican Rescued Kingdom Network) exists to provide a united effort to combat the evils of modern-day human trafficking, exploitation and slavery. Our mission is to connect individuals and organizations with one another to raise awareness, educate and train, inspire prayer and advocacy, and gather resources into one accessible place. We seek to do this through the network of Anglicans worldwide and by cooperating and working with other religious and secular entities that are tackling these difficult issues. Our hope is not only to educate people of every age to the horrors of these global issues, but also to connect them to effective ways to get involved in ending human trafficking and slavery.
Get Connected
Monthly Prayer Points
FF Ministry in India
Those Being Trafficked
Protection for those who are trafficked
Provision for their needs
Faith - for them to come to know the love of Jesus
Spiritual eyes - to see themselves through the eyes of Christ and not through what is being done to them - that they would know their worth to the Lord
Keep them healthy
Strength, peace and comfort that can only come from the Lord
FF Ministry
For financial provision
For the safety and security of every worker and advocate
PPatience and strength for the those that work in the homes that provide restoration to the lives of those who have been trafficked
Protection for the hearts and minds of the workers from the horrors they see
Sex Traffickers and Customers
Give them eyes to see the victims as children, as people, not as commodities
Take away their desire to have sex with children
Let them see these children as their own children or daughters
Break their hearts for what breaks yours
Law Enforcement & Government Officials
Cooperation with rescuers and advocates
Hearts to want to end sex trafficking
Eyes to see those who are trafficked as victims, not criminals
Protection when they rescue victims
Monthly Prayer Gathering
Each month we gather to learn from an agency or person who is working in the human trafficking field or helping those who are enslaved and we pray for their ministry as well as those who are enslaved or being trafficked.
Meet the Leader
Anthea Kotlan
As a recovering perfectionist with a love for coffee and tea, Anthea Kotlan has dedicated over a decade to serving her Diocese as a women’s ministry leader. Her desire to see women leaders receive training and encouragement led her to join the Women’s Leadership Network team under the Next Generation Leadership Initiative with the ACNA (Anglican Church in North America). She hosts a monthly online gathering for women lay leaders as part of her work there.
In 2015, her awareness of the problem of human trafficking led to the formation of a group at St. Timothy’s Anglican Church in Spring, Texas. This group met monthly for five years to pray. They also hosted various awareness events and partnered with Houston-area anti-human trafficking organizations to raise funds. Once a year, this group hosted a Prayer Service on Super Bowl Sunday, bringing people from multiple parishes and the local area together to intercede and worship.
Anthea writes, blogs, and speaks about soul tending and discipleship, with a focus on the Psalms, at www.antheakotlan.com. She is a proud mother to two incredible adult daughters, wife to a bi-vocational Anglican priest, and grandmother to three wonderful grandchildren. She serves on a church plant team with her husband at All Saints in Conroe, Texas.
If you are being trafficked, call 911 or if you need to report a tip to the authorities, please contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline. If you have any concerns about a potential trafficking situation, call 1-888-373-7888, text HELP to BEFREE (233733), or email help@humantraffickinghotline.org.
