Christine Caine mobilizes people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. She’s an evangelist and co-founded the anti-slavery organization A21 with her husband Nick.
She shared during a workshop at Beyond Us Conference.
Christine’s Story…
37 years in ministry
Didn’t speak English until age 5 as adopted parents were Greek and moved to Australia from Alexandria, Egypt
In January 29, 1989 a friend took Christine to a Pentecostal church in a warehouse and had an encounter with Jesus.
Grew up Greek Orthodox and then ostracized after becoming a follower of Jesus. Married at 30, first child at 35, and married a pentecostal pastor.
Only one who showed up for a church clean up day. The pastor asked her if she would help start a youth service. Since he was going on a 6 week mission trip, he asked her to put together a proposal since she was the only one in the group in college.
Too often the younger generation is trying to build a platform rather than building the Kingdom of God.
Jesus calls us to follow Him and die to self.
Australia at the time only had 2% attending church.
Looked for the pillars to the unknown god (Acts 17).
Created seminars like anti-bullying to get into the schools where they focused on building relationships and leading students to Christ. Wrote grants for their seminars. Ended up in meetings in the Australian capital of Canberra.
Became the director of Youth Alive which did big events leading lots of people to Jesus.
Ministry is needs based. Find a need and meet that need.
Being in a very secular culture meant they had to earn the right to talk about Jesus.
Evangelism and justice! Spirit and truth!
Married in 1996.
Felt called to evangelism and church planting.
Helped planting churches in Bulgaria.
In 2007 saw posters of missing children and felt convicted to help even though already so busy with ministry.
Did not know of any anti-human trafficking organizations. Russian and Albanian mafia behind much of the trafficking. No laws at the time against what was happening.
Moved to Thessaloniki from Australia which was the “parking lot of human trafficking.”
79% of the Syrian refugees coming into Europe in 2008 came through Greece an hour North of the A21 headquarters.
Now A21 is a global anti-trafficking organization in 22 countries working with the Red Cross and U.N..
Speaking is the overflow of the work they do.
What we do with our time matters into eternity!
Be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove.
Paul spoke very differently in Berea than he did in Athens. He never compromised, but he was wise.
One morning praying and felt led to pray for the -stan nations. 3 days later 7 women from Uzbekistan had come to the A21 after care center. For a year they had been praying to Allah and nothing had happened. Then one remembered her grandma had told her about the God of Europe named Jesus.
Go so far that you need God to show up and His gifts to live out what He’s calling us to do.
A girl from North Africa had been trafficked with 60 other girls in a shipping container. 30 of the 60 girls had suffocated and died on the journey to Istanbul. Men wearing police uniforms brought them to apartments where they were raped and kept for days. They were then being taken to a brothel in another city.
Tragically, 25 of the 30 girls drowned when thrown off boats as the coast guard approached them. Only 5 of the girls survived. 1 of the 60 girls ended up in the A21 freedom center.
A girl from Georgia (Russia) was there as well and asked Christine why she was there helping them. So Christine told her story of abuse and finding healing from the love of God through Jesus.
The young woman from Georgia started yelling at Christine: “If this is true, then why didn’t you come sooner!”
Through tears Christine said: “I am so sorry it wasn’t sooner, but for the rest of my life you need to know that for the rest of my life we will be looking to help people trapped just like you.”
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