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
Glee Ministry and Those Enslaved in Brick Kilns in Pakistan
Families
Pray for families who are victims - 1 million people are victims
Pray for the owners of the Brick Kiln Factories –change their hearts.
Pray for the children to access education
Pray for the protection of the young women –keep them from becoming victims of sex traffickers.
Pray for restoration- (physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial) for families rescued out of the Brick Kiln Factories
Glee Ministry
For financial provision
For the safety and security of every worker and advocate
Food Support Program -providing monthly food packages to families in brick kilns who struggle to feed their children due to unfair wages and rising prices.
Women’s Sewing Centers - opening sewing centers where women can learn tailoring skills, earn an income, and build confidence. Graduates receive sewing machines.
Small Business Support for Men - offering micro-grants to men to start small businesses like fruit carts, barber shops, or motorbike repairs — giving them freedom from debt and the dignity of work.
Education Support for Children -supporting the education of children in brick kiln communities by helping with school fees, uniforms, supplies, and tutoring.
Health Tool Kits - provision for more kits
To reach out to 500 families during Lent
Monthly Prayer Gathering
FF supports ending sex trafficking and child prostitution in India.
FF has regional offices spread across India. These are established in the nation's most needy states and regions where trafficking is a major industry. The teams often travel within a 500 mile radius of their office to search for and rescue girls, and to follow up with rescued girls. As part of FF's regional aftercare program, social workers regularly visit the girls who live in government shelter homes, providing counseling, health care, education and job training.
Since 2006, FF has rescued over 1,000 young women from commercial sexual exploitation. The hundreds of life interventions provided opportunities in moments of need: births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, conflicts, jobs, adoptions, education, friendships, therapy, money, food, shelter, sound advice, child care, and prayer, simply cannot be counted. FF doesn't just rescue a girl, they walk with her for life.
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.
