As I head into the LifeLight Festival preparations, I look back over a very successful tour with Dr. Allen Unruh. The Tour began in Rapid City, jumped across the state to Aberdeen, and concluded in Sioux Falls. It was a great time of networking and encouragement. The Black Hills Area …
Editor’s note: As Communications Director at FHA and FHA Action, I walk a rather fine line. On the one hand, I don’t want our communications to come off boastful or self-promoting. On the other hand, we have a host of folks who invest their hard earned money in the work …
The Family Heritage Alliance will be hosting a ‘one of a kind’ Human Trafficking Conference on Wednesday, August 13 in Sioux Falls, SD. This Conference will deal directly with the Church’s Response to Human Trafficking. It will be held at the Sioux Falls First Assembly of God Church, 6300 W. …
Ahead of the Sturgis Motor Cycle Rally, the FHA is launching an awareness campaign. Beginning next week, just ahead of the rally, the Family Heritage Alliance, with the assistance of Free International and other ministries and organizations, will launch an awareness campaign against human trafficking and sex slavery. Radio and …
By Tess Franzen (Director of FHA Human Rights Division) Seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless and plead the widows’ cause. ~Isaiah 1:17 God calls His people to be a light in the darkness and the ambassadors of His kingdom. He also charges us to stand between innocence …
Countryside Church in Spearfish has stepped onto the battle field in the fight against human trafficking by establishing “Free the Black Hills of Human Trafficking” and holding their first conference on the issue. The Human Trafficking in South Dakota 101 conference was held on June 5 at Countryside Church with …
South Dakota has a champion in the fight against sex trafficking in Washington DC. Congresswoman Kristi Noem has cosponsored four human trafficking bills that have passed the U.S. House with strong bipartisan support. These bills, if passed through the Senate and signed into law by the President, would provide additional …
On Saturday, March 1, the Family Heritage Alliance was pleased to present our first Human Trafficking Conference. With our Tess Franzen at the helm, the conference came off with stunning success. Not even brutal cold and driving snow could keep ninety stalwart passionate folks from gathering at Rapid City’s First …
The Family Heritage Alliance’s Human Rights Division held its first meeting of South Dakota’s West River Human Trafficking Task Force at the FHA offices on Tuesday, January 7. The formation of this Task Force is a testament to the FHA’s ongoing commitment to doing all that we can to abolish …
Sex trafficking, especially the sex trafficking of minors, has gained a lot of attention in recent months, and rightly so. This reprehensible crime against the most vulnerable members of our society must be stopped, and prevented from occurring in the future. Yet, there is another form of human trafficking that …
