Anti-trafficking specialist Ashlee Lucas of The Tebow Group shared one instance of a Red Dot Map, a law enforcement visualization of computers in the U.S. accessing child sexual abuse material.
The map revealed nearly 340,000 unique IP addresses in just the last six months. The shocking detail? Behind every red dot is a child. Studies show 55-85% of these offenders are also hands-on abusers, with an average of 13 victims each, Lucas said, presenting a different spin on “stranger danger.”
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Sponsored by the SBC Executive Committee and the Florida-based One More Child, a ministry dedicated to providing Christ-centered services to vulnerable children and struggling families, the Bearing His Image panel featured Lucas and seven other experts June 8 in Grand Ballroom of the Rosen Centre Hotel, prior to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The panelists sought to define the scope of the problem and how to mobilize the church to proactively work on recognizing and preventing such abuse. They addressed online exploitation, sexual abuse prevention, survivor care, human trafficking, ministry safeguarding and how churches can compassionately and ethically protect the vulnerable.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Shannon Baker and originally published by Baptist Press.
