American Baptist Global Consultant Lauran Bethell

“What everyone can do is to see those in prostitution-see anyone we’d rather not see-with new eyes, whether they be the homeless, the outcast, the terrorist, those who irritate us, our enemies. And each time we see them, repeat to ourselves that we are seeing a precious child of God. …”

-Lauran Bethell, an American Baptist global consultant who was awarded the Human Rights Award from the Baptist World Alliance during the organization’s centenary congress in Birmingham, England. Bethell, who works with her denomination’s International Ministries to aid women trapped in prostitution, was quoted by American Baptist News Service.