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.
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.
“He has delivered us from the darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.”
Get Connected
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.
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.