Blog/Podcasts

Spotlight: Jenny Milhoan of Take it to the Streets

This week, VJN interviewed Jenny Milhoan of Take it to the Streets. This is a ministry that looks to serve homeless men and women in the Washington D.C area by giving them care packages filled with clothes, cards and fresh baked cookies. Can you tell 

FREEING SLAVES: Organize a “Pray for Freedom” simulcast event in January

FREEING SLAVES: Organize a “Pray for Freedom” simulcast event in January

  Since 2007, the U.S. government has designated January to be “Human Trafficking Awareness Month.” If your community is looking to organize a meaningful awareness-raising event that can also harness the power of prayer, consider hosting a “Pray for Freedom” simulcast event! “Pray for Freedom” 

Book Review: 7, by Jen Hatmaker

7, by Jen Hatmaker is an original book that calls out society on their need for excess. In this novel, Hatmaker discovers there is an overwhelming need for things in her life and not enough desire for Jesus. If I had to guess, I would 

Spotlight Interview: Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

Today, we interviewed Brian Wo from the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition. We began by asking him to tell us a little about what BAATC does. We started the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) because we surveyed the landscape of the anti-trafficking movement in the San 

“The Compassionate Justice of Jesus” Alexia Salvatierra

“The Compassionate Justice of Jesus” Alexia Salvatierra coordinator Welcoming Congregations Network of Southern California ELCA | co-author Faith-Rooted Organizing | adjunct faculty Fuller Seminary, New York Theological Seminary Alexia Profile PicRev. Alexia Salvatierra spoke at our 2014 VJN conference, and her engaging stories and winsome