Mike Howerton is the lead pastor at Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, Wash., which has been involved locally and internationally in the fight against trafficking.

Bruce Braden edited ‘Ye Will Say I Am No Christian’: The Thomas Jefferson/John Adams Correspondence on Religion, Morals, and Values (Prometheus, 2005), source documents that trace the views of Jefferson and Adams over time.

Karre Shaefer is director of the Kansas branch of Not for Sale: Re-Abolish Slavery and focuses on human rights and ethnic conflict.

Becky McDonald founded Women at Risk International, a Christian organization that works with trafficked women and is based in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Rev. Ralph Galloway is co-pastor with his wife, the Rev. Alika Galloway, at Kwanzaa Community Church in Minneapolis, which runs a drop-in center for local sex workers.

Kathy Manis Findley is executive director of Safe Places, a group that shelters and advocates for victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and human trafficking in Little Rock, Ark. She routinely works with clergy on the issue.

Tom Gillan is with the Office of Criminal Justice for Catholic Charities of Central Florida. He is part of a three-person team that conducts workshops on recognizing and combating human trafficking for NGOs and nonprofits in Central Florida. The local diocese operates a juvenile justice program through the office.

Austin New Church of Austin, Texas, is involved in the fight against human trafficking.  

Love 146 is a global anti-trafficking organization that works in prevention and aftercare for victims. The group works closely with organizations that rescue children. Offices are in New Haven, Conn.; Houston; and London.