I started volunteering with Redeemed Ministries because I was born and raised in Houston Texas and never heard of sex trafficking or trauma-informed care and I heard about them through attending multiple anti-human trafficking trainings in the area. When I attended the Redeemed Ministries training, Executive Director Bobbie Mark and her husband Dennis helped me to understand how trauma impacts the brain and how survivors require trauma-informed care and a community of support to help sex trafficked women survivors regain restoration, trauma-informed care, support in the community, and achieve their goals like complete education goals, learning healthy habits and time management. I started volunteering with my Grace Church Humble-The Grace Ladies and we planned fun activities for the ladies like a painting class, a day out roller skating, visiting a museum then lunch. During these special outings, we laughed and had so much fun. Then I learned throughout the week these ladies are in constant clinical therapy classes, medical appointments, and education pursuit classes and they count the days when the Grace Ladies return to mentor them, enjoy laughing, and learn about Jesus. For close to 8 years now, I witnessed Redeemed Ministries provide mercy, care, grace, hope, and love to incredible survivors and I’ve witnessed many graduates from the program thrive to pursue successful adventures. Because of Redeemed Ministries staff and God, they are making a true impact on this earth. Because of my volunteer journey with Redeemed Ministries, I returned to college for Social Work and look forward to serving the vulnerable by empowering and stamping out stigmas of oppression and myths in our communities.
I have had the pleasure of working with Redeemed Ministries for several years now in three different roles. I first worked with Redeemed Ministries as a prosecutor. They were an integral part of my work as the Chief of the Human Trafficking Unit and an invaluable resource to survivors wanting to get out of the life. I worked side by side with Redeemed Ministries on several cases and am very proud of the work we did together saving lives, impacting those affected by human trafficking, and educating the community as well. I now work with Redeemed Ministries both as a member of the board and as a civl attorney representing survivors of abuse and human trafficking. Again, the work that they do, the lengths they are willing to go to continue impacting lives in a positive way, training, and educating is invaluable to our community. The home they provide for survivors to assist their transition out of being trafficked is critical for so many.
I have watched Redeemed Ministries over many years from when there were very few anti-human trafficking non-profits in the Houston area. Redeemed Ministries has remained faithful to its purpose and stayed the course where many others have not. Redeemed Ministries is a trusted and God honoring ministry. You can trust Redeemed Ministries to do the right thing all the time!
I have had a very positive and rewarding experience with Redeemed Ministries. I love the dedication, attention to detail, and organization that goes into every event, the opportunities I've been blessed with as a volunteer, and the relationships I've been able to develop with staff and those we support.
Redeemed Ministries is an outstanding safe home for survivors of sex trafficking in the greater Houston area. They were one of the first in the community to provide this invaluable service and they remain a top tier provider of trauma informed services.
Redeemed is a great non-profit. There are several ways a man can get involved. For example, I volunteered at the Gala and was able to educate others about trafficking. I have also been participated in several workdays (clearing the property and even building a privacy fence). We are able to show that not all men are bad and that there are strong, compassionate, caring men out there.
Redeemed is an incredible organization that is doing the necessary work to support survivors. It is a privilege to work with them! I have worked with them in a volunteer capacity on an upcoming gala, although I have watched Redeemed's work from afar, and I am truly touched by the care and guidance they provide to survivors.
Our small groups have been providing meals and maintenance clean up for the safe house and most recently have helped with their annual gala. The organization and staff are amazing and the transformation that they have done with the ladies in their program is life changing!
Redeemed is the boots on the ground, that is compassionate, supportive, restorative, and essential. I have known Bobbie Mark for about almost 5 years now and have volunteered with Redeemed for the past 4 and when she first introduced me to the difficult passion/work she pursues like most I was met with fear of the horrific unknown but after becoming involved I see how necessary it is for programs like Redeemed to continue to be the hands and feet that provide survivors of domestic sex trafficking healing and support.
I am Dani (client 131 at Redeemed Ministries).I was an independent client and then I moved into the safe house and now I am back to being an independent client. Meaning I live independently but I still recieve services. Redeemed has helped me in many ways, given me confidence, made me feel loved, and gave me a safe place to work through my trauma. They gave me a mentor, a Bible study leader, a caseworker, and a therapist. The classes I participated in while I lived at the house were very helpful. I really enjoyed art therapy the best. We always had something to do to fill our day and keep our minds on healing. We also had a lot of fun. Christmas at the safe house is the best and they made me feel so extremely loved. Mrs Bobbie and Mr Dennis stayed with us during Christmas and we had the best time ever. They keep us very safe and my life has changed a lot since coming to Redeemed. I know I have people to lean on when I am struggling now.
As a previous employee of Redeemed, I can attest to how much they truly care about the clients and center all they do around the healing and reintegration of the ladies in this program. There is constant work toward improving and developing and the heart of Jesus is at the core of all of it!
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Redeemed Ministries is an amazing group that I know has positively impacted many lives. I’ve interacted with them for several years now and have seen their hearts for serving and their commitment to their work.
I was looking for an organization that was helping Human Trafficking Survivors and found Redeemed to be stable, committed, and doing really good work. My husband and I have been serving these recovering ladies In different capacities for years now. So many amazing stories of finding hope after trauma. Im really proud of the work Redeemed does.
Redeemed Ministries does an amazing job helping women recover from their traumatic experiences. I am grateful to be able to support such a great organisation.
For the past 3 years I have been honored to witness the amazing work that Redeemed Ministries has done to fight sex trafficking here in Houston and the surrounding communities. The team at Redeemed is incredibly dedicated to rescuing women from trafficking, providing a top notch program in life skills and helping them find jobs within the community. The recent first hand testimonies shared at the annual fund raiser showed true redemption in the lives of these women all through the glory of God.
Redeemed Ministries executive directors and team are the most unconditional loving people I know constantly trying to help people who were forced into sex trafficking recovery to lead a normal life. God Bless you all
I absolutely love volunteering at Redeemed. They are an amazing organization that cares for all the residents they serve. I serve in many capacities from outside projects, transportation and sewing/crafting with the residents. It is a honor to walk along side the sparrow and just do life - from learning things, just talking or being there for them during a bad day. I highly recommend getting connected and serving with Redeemed.
Working with Redeemed has opened my eyes to a world I thought existed only in the movies. The reality is there are so many trafficked women searching for healing and help right here in Houston! I highly encourage anyone to dip a toe into volunteering with this ministry--you might end up a little deeper before you know it. It's hard and it's sometimes messy, but it's worth the work. I am enjoying being a part of an organization that spends so much time and heart on helping restore the lives of survivors so they can become overcomers!
I just completed my second Volunteer training with Redeemed Ministries. I repeated the training to learn more and refresh my memory on all I had previously learned. The training was very thorough and well presented, with hand-outs and overheads to assist. There was plenty of time for questions. I have enjoyed my previous volunteer work with Redeemed in the past, and look forward to being able to do more in the future. Being a part of Redeemed Ministries has been very rewarding. Their love for and dedication to those they minister to is very obvious.
There are many non profit ministries that specialize in Human sex trafficking here in Houston. As a woman holy spirit driven to the movement I have had the luxury for working for a few of the well-known ministries; but there was always something special about Redeemed. Redeemed ministry is the longest running non profit ministry in Houston, TX celebrating their 20th consecutive year that ministers and supports actual survivors of human sex trafficking. During the survivors time with Redeemed they are housed in a beautiful spacious half way house. They must go through many recovery programs like AA and NA as well as weekly bible studies and church every Sunday. The house staff members are all holy spirit lead so there is always positive Godly mentoring throughout their entire stay at the house. After year 1, the women start receiving a little bit of freedom and responsibility as they gradually enter the work field. Many of the women that run through the Redeemed 2 year program have completely changed their lives 180 degrees with a powerful testimony to spread. The graduates who have graduated from the program exercise a life filled with the holy spirit and many walk into the calling our Lord has ordained for them long before creation. The overcomers testimonies speak volume for themselves of why Redeemed Ministry is set apart from the rest.
For a season I walked alongside some of the most resilient women at Redeemed Ministries. I shared how our character can take us even further coming out of troublesome past. I witnessed sparks of greatness when we would speak life into the Sparrows duringeach class session. At the end of this season I gained not only a volunteer experience but had the privilege to call these Sparrows my sisters in Christ.
I absolutely love what Redeemed Ministries does to fight against human trafficking. The work they do is amazing!! Their wonderful staff and volunteers are making such a beautiful difference!!!
This organization excels with providing therapeutic services that focus on trauma informed care for the clients. Redeemed provides a warm home for the ladies to live in while they are healing which promotes self-care, growth, and awareness.
I've worked alongside and observed this organization for more than eight years and hold it in very high regard. Its work is difficult and complex. Relative to its size and resources, Redeemed operates one of the most professional anti-trafficking programs I've encountered in this region of the country. The organization has developed tremendous credibility among the social services and law enforcement communities while remaining resolutely collaborative with other nonprofits. I've experienced Redeemed's leadership as being humbly self-reflective, self-aware, and consistently committed to improvement.
I have been a volunteer off and on with Redeemed Ministries for many years. I have been fortunate enough to attend many graduations of the young ladies who have successfully completed the intensive program that Redeemed works tirelessly to provide for these women. They provide each one of the ladies a safe place to live, a schedule that provides a lot of stability, counseling services, classes, and much, much more. Throughout the year or more that each of them lives in the “safe house” I have been able to see an amazing transformation take place in these women. For the many graduates of the program, Redeemed continues to provide support for them. Redeemed Ministries is a wonderful organization and deserves recognition. Linda Hoffman
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I have volunteered for Redeemed Ministries for a number of years. During that time I have had the pleasure of watching many young ladies being transformed from the inside out. They have come to value themselves and others, and have become loving, giving, contributing parts of our communities. I have had the opportunity to attend many graduations celebrating each woman’s successful completion of the year or more that they have spent working in the program. Additionally, I have been able to spend many weekends with them in their house as they relax from a hard week of the studies and duties that are required of them. On Sunday, we attend church and the heartfelt signing and worshipping I hear from them warms my heart. This organization is making the world a better place.
This is an amazing organization that provides an opportunity for healing for survivors of domestic human trafficking. They have impacted hundreds of women’s lives for the better.
I have seen first hand some of the impact of this ministry, and I am in awe. Every interaction I’ve had with Redeemed has been a positive one.
I love Redeemed Ministries! It has been such a joy and honor to serve there as a volunteer. The leadership and staff is beyond amazing! They are so sweet! The love of Jesus shines brightly in and through all that they do! They all work so selflessly and wholeheartedly to do what they can to bring greater awareness of sex trafficking to the community, training others on how they can help make a difference, and offering hope, encouragement, healing and restoration to the precious ladies who come into their care.
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Volunteering with Redeemed has been one of my best experiences during the pandemic. Bobbie, the executive director, was gracious enough to let me help out with graphic design for the gala and Mary Fraire, the director of residential living, allowed me to teach yoga nidra to some of the residents of the Sparrow House. It has been such a positive experience because they were so appreciative of anything I had to offer. They were also able to work with my busy schedule. I would encourage anyone to consider giving time to this organization that has helped so many women get back on track with their lives.
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Redeemed is such fantastic organization with a great heart for helping survivors of sex-trafficking. As a volunteer, I have seen first hand all of the hard work that goes into spreading awareness, educating the community of the steps taken to help survivors recover and the actual work that goes into the trauma-informed holistic healing program. Look forward to continue supporting Redeemed until everyone is free!
Redeemed Ministries is an amazing non-profit that is doing incredible things in their ministry for providing restoration services to adult survivors of domestic sex trafficking with a trauma-informed holistic healing program. Being at Redeemed feels like being at a home and the Staff/volunteers give 110% of themselves to ensure excellent care for the survivors is provided.
I am a volunteer at Redeemed Ministries. I thank God for this precious and beautiful ministry. The work they do truly transforms the lives of those they serve, bringing hope and new life where it is most needed. I personally feel blessed to be involved with the work being done through Redeemed. It is a place pervaded by a spirit of positivity, growth mindset, and empowerment. I feel my own soul being sung to when I am in the indomitable ambiance of this gentle and godly powerhouse known as Redeemed.
I became aware of Redeemed Ministries when my church sponsored a study regarding human trafficking several years ago. Since then I volunteered for special events and donated funds or equipment to assist the women in the program. This is an outstanding outreach program that is desperately needed to empower these women who have escaped the bondage of human trafficking. The staff and volunteers are deeply committed to this ministry.
I recently led Redeemed's first "virtual" fundraiser to help support their mission of restoring the lives of sex trafficked women in Houston. Working with Bobbie Mark, Executive Director of Redeemed, is always a pleasure. She and her entire staff and teams of volunteers will stop at nothing to help these women.
With overall "giving" down due to COVID-19, raising money to support their Sparrow House safe house operations is crucial. I was in awe of Redeemed's commitment to learning how to pivot from in-person events to a virtual platform. It was a steep learning curve but we did it and the volunteers were truly amazing.
If you haven't heard of Reedeemed, please check them out. They offer safe and sustainable long-term residential care with trauma-informed programming for women exploited in sex trafficking.
They have a Golf for Good fundraising tournament coming up in 2021, so go check them out now to see how you can get involved!
https://www.redeemedtx.org/
I started volunteering with Redeemed back in 2016. They are an incredible organization that is focused on servitude and love as they help women rescued from trafficking get back their identity in Christ and start a new life. The trauma informed care and types of therapy they offer the ladies, really make a difference in their healing and restoration. I have nothing but great things to say about Redeemed Ministries and the work they do, day in and day out! I highly recommend this non profit organization and will continue to support them any way I can.
Redeemed Ministries deeply cares for the women they serve! They work tirelessly and joyfully as they offer a very unique, innovative, and faith-filled program to women rescued from human trafficking. I personally enjoy working alongside the leadership of Redeemed because they are so well-informed, compassionate, and deeply committed to this cause. There is so much love, peace and healing flowing from this amazing non-profit! It's amazing to see the transformation in the lives of the ladies they serve. They go from brokenness to a hope-filled life, knowing their potential, and possibilities!
Fantastic organization. They do amazing work serving adult victims of sex trafficking. They have a very dedicated leadership team. I’ve supported the organization for almost 10 years.
I love working with Redeemed because I know the women in their program receive trauma-informed care from caring and committed staff members!
Redeemed does so much good in the lives of the clients served. The ladies receive care that truly serves their healing with a trauma informed approach. It’s beautiful to see the transformation that occurs. Every aspect of their lives while in Redeemed’s care has a purpose and is to further their healing. Truly a wonderful organization with excellent core values.
Dennis and Bobbie are the real deal. They have been committed to helping people through the hard and challenging journey of restoration. They have been in this longer than most and they have a highly regarded reputation that has stood the test of time. They fight hard and love even harder. I appreciate their humility, dedication, work ethic, knowledge, experience, authenticity, and trustworthiness.
I chose to support Redeemed not only because of their mission, but their leadership behind the mission. Dennis and Bobbie Mark are amazing individuals who were called to serve in the darkest of places to bring hope and restoration. They have personally sacrificed much to this cause and it shows. They have grown the ministry from helping a few to training and helping thousands nationwide. Really, worldwide. They are excellent stewards of everything given to support the mission. Highly recommend this nonprofit.
Wonderful, life giving people.
They helped make my family whole again.
I can’t say enough positive about this organization to do them justice.
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I can’t overstate the value of what these people do. Redeemed Ministries impacted my daughter in a way I was unable.
I am so thankful for the relationship that my daughter and I have today.
These people are now part of our family.
Redeemed Ministries is such an amazing ministry that provides such hope and encouragement to the beautiful women they serve. I’ve been honored to witness the blessings they provide to not only the sparrows, but to the community. I absolutely love this ministry and what it stands for!!! Their vision is real!!!
Working as a volunteer with Redeemed Ministries didn't feel like work at all! The level of compassion and professionalism that the team displays made me feel like I was really making a difference. I look forward to serving in future events!
I first started with Redeemed as a volunteer and loved everything they stood for so I decided to take a leap of faith and im now employed with this amazing ministry. To be able to witness first hand the transformation these ladies go through and how much heart they each have to no longer live in bondage is so powerful to witness. Its because of Redeemed and how much each staff member fights the battles along side these ladies that make this not just a job, but its family. I will always fight for those still sitting in silence!
I started as a volunteer for this great organization through my church! What an amazing program it is and I am now able to serve as a staff member to the organization! This organization does such great work in fighting against human trafficking and providing holistic social services to victims in need!!
This organization is amazing. The love and care they show the women is so touching. They have a love and a passion that comes from God and shines through with the way they run their organization. I feel so blessed to be a part of what they are doing!
These are amazing people that go above and beyond to help those precious souls coming out of human trafficking. They have compassionate hearts, give of themselves as well as their tome, work tirelessly when it is needed. Their hearts are amazingly huge!!
I started as a volunteer with Redeemed 8 years ago and have since become an employee, a donor, and a friend of this organization! The love and care that is shown to the women who come through the doors of Redeemed Ministries is unmatched, and the miracles I've had the privilege of witnessing will stay will me forever.
I can't say enough good things about this ministry. They are on the street seeking the lost, they are dealing with the problem at the political level both locally and internationally, they foster these women through the process of healing and wholeness, grounding them in scripture and life skills, they teach and train volunteers. And they do it with sacrificial love and a passion for sharing the gospel. We were blessed to serve a tiny part by hosting a contingent of officials from Tajikistan who came to learn more about fighting human trafficking in their own country. I later took their volunteer training - excellent - and it helped me be more effective in another ministry that serves a high proportion of women at risk. A five-star ministry.
This organization is quality in their work. So many suffer in Human Trafficking and particularly often overlooked American women in the Sex Trafficking arena. Their focus and maricultous humanitarian and holistic recovery practices warrant high rankings. High integrity, careful management of funds, efficiently and an unrelenting focus on the right care to recover the women.
They take the process of recovering women who have been brainwashed and culturally isolated in extreme fear to reintroduce them in to society when most are trafficked as they begin their teens and have no skills to live without being dependent on the traffickers.
They have an 80% success rate 4 times better than most shelters. Their experience and expertise can change the way we help these victims escape to a healthy and fruitful independent life.
Redeemed Ministries is devoted to serving and loving those who have been trafficked in the sex industry. They help educate others and share stories to shine a light on the darkness. They pour out their lives all day, everyday to restore life to those who have been exploited and robbed of their humanity.
I have been a volunteer with Redeemed Ministries for more than 5 years. My role is selling survivors homemade products at local craft fairs, markets, etc. I love informing the public about sex trafficking and the wonderful services that Redeemed offers it's clients.
Impact.
My experience as a donor of resource to this organization comes easily, because of the impact I have observed them make in the lives of young women. Giving, all in, to create healthy bridges for survivors of human trafficking. Something often understood as an international cruel and devastating criminal trade, that ravishes the lives of young ladies, is also happening in the U.S. The survivors of this socially ignored crime are often unseen and desperately in need of the work these people do. They execute effectively, on mission, in a very intentional and sober way, with great heart and compassion.
Supporting where I can, and observing the difficult work of redemption of lives is a personally fulfilling investment for me. As I learned more about the atrocities, I have felt that I have somehow contributed to it, in the past, by ignorance and inaction. Personally, speaking up more for lives that needed my help, as well as just seeing what is going on is more than wisdom, it becomes a social duty. We are compelled to call it out. As a constant international traveler I have seen clues of this crime everywhere and now feel compelled to highlight it. In this transition Redeemed has been an important educator, and transitioned from duty to an honor to contribute to and an easy partnership to take part in. When donating you feel privelaged to be a part of the work, in an unserved and hidden area of our society that needs expertise and time you will never have to give. You can take part in making an impact, through whatever contributions that we do have to offer. Give.
Redeemed Ministries is an excellent organization who are effectively using ever donated dollar or item to cause recovery and redemption opportunities for the stolen potential in highly valuable and heartily destroyed young lives at the hands of so many. It is a beautiful picture of God’s heart for restoring the ravaged hearts of humanity.
I love what these people have achieved and recommend support for what they will do, as people learn who they are and the great stewards they are of the investments made in them.
Take part. Raise your hand. Defend. Protect.
Impact.
I had the pleasure of serving alongside some of the most passionate volunteers and trauma-informed staff in the US for the three years I was with Redeemed as a safe house resident advisor and volunteer coordinator. One of my favorite parts of Redeemed is their regular trauma-informed training provided to help better equip volunteers and staff. This work is so important, and the truth is that it can be hard. The dedication that Dennis and Bobbie (a married couple that serves in key leadership roles in Redeemed) have shown in laying down their lives for Christ and the ladies they serve has impacted not only the women Redeemed serves, but also countless volunteers and community members who have seen and been inspired by their passion.
Volunteering and working for Redeemed Ministries is one of the best things I have ever done! I love getting to know and love on the women we serve alongside the other staff members. The leadership team at Redeemed, especially Dennis and Bobbie, are some of the most dedicated people I have ever met. The work done here is not the most glamorous and we may not always see change when we want to, but even the smallest steps forward are very rewarding. The brave women in our aftercare program are inspiring as they overcome their circumstances and choose to make better lives for themselves. I thank God for the work He's done through Redeemed Ministries, and I feel blessed to be associated with them.