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A Winnipeg ministry is working directly with exploited women to help them find freedom physically and spiritually through the Good News of Jesus.

Shona Stewart founded the ministry Setting the Captives Free (STCF) a few years ago after returning from a health leave. Before the health issues she had run Dignity House since 2012; a ministry which provided women caught up in the sex trade a safe place to stay and get out of that line of work.

The Joy Smith Foundation believes that education is the greatest weapon against human trafficking. 

"We've grown all across Canada," says Joy Smith. "We had a 'See the Signs' initiative all across Canada and it's had 300 million hits, producing a lot of survivors. They contacted us because we have offices in many cities across Canada. They were and continue to be effective."

Smith continues to share that human trafficking is happening less than one kilometre from where a person is anywhere in Canada, rather than just a problem across the sea. 

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global ministry that focuses on protecting people in poverty from violence as well as combatting human trafficking and slavery. 

Akosua Asare Asamoah works for IJM in Ghana in survivor services. 

"I'm a social worker by profession and I work in the aftercare department with IJM," says Asamoah. "I make sure that survivors who are rescued from trafficking are placed in shelters. We collaborate with them to have a care plan for them as far as their health, education, and general well-being is concerned."

A security guard working at a Catholic college in Rhode Island was floored when students went above and beyond to brighten his day.

It's been over a decade since James has seen his family after moving to the United States from Nigeria. 

When the students heard about this, they decided they needed to do something. That's when Brandon Reichert came up with the idea to start a GoFundMe. 

The Color recently performed at a three-day youth conference in Mexico, the same location where one of the band members' family lived. 

"Larry's family grew up in Cuauhtémoc and some of his siblings spent some of their childhood," says Jordan Janzen, lead singer of The Color. "The reason why we were the ones they reached out to was because somebody had seen us perform at the Harvest Festival in Winkler. So when they were getting ready to plan their youth conference, they thought of us."

A pair of popular faith-based movies were recognized at the 31st annual Movieguide Awards. 

Sound of Freedom and Jesus Revolution both took home awards. Sound of Freedom received the Faith & Freedom Award for Movies, while Jesus Revolution took home the award for Best Movie for Mature Audiences.

Dallas Jenkins took to social media over the weekend to share some bad news about the steaming release of Season 4 of The Chosen.

"We're going to have a family chat. There is a lot to discuss," said Dallas Jenkins in a video on YouTube. "Unfortunately, I do have some bad news to share with you."

A quarterback with the NFL and a follower of Jesus has married his college sweetheart. 

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy tied the knot with Jenna Brandt on March 9 in front of hundreds of friends and family in Des Moines, Iowa.

"Best day of our lives," said Jenna in a post on social media. "I get to call my best friend my husband forever and ever!!!!"

"I love you, Mrs. Purdy," Brock responded in the comment section. 

Jeremy Camp is out of surgery and it went well.

Camp went into surgery on Monday morning for cardiac ablation which he says, "leads to crazy heart rhythms making day-to-day activities hard, and making it difficult to breathe and function properly." 

Camp's wife, Adrienne Camp, shared multiple Instagram stories and a post giving updates to fans. 

There's power in prayer, and Jeremy Camp is asking fans for prayer about his surgery on Monday. 

"It's cardiac ablation. They'll go through the veins in my leg and they help this thing called AFib. My heart is in a crazy rhythm and it's affecting a lot of things. Tonight, I went into AFib on stage and had to cut the set short. That was difficult. It beats really really fast and I can't breathe and it's hard to function."