THE OUTREACHES

The main emphasis of Life Place to reach out to the men and women that are lost in the world of prostitution. Many have come from an abusive background or found themselves in this situation due to untenable circumstances. The goal is to help them leave behind that life by giving them hope in the form of Jesus Christ and an alternative way to make a living.
Day and night members of the team at Life Place walk the streets of the Point area in Durban. The team goes into the bars and into the Escort agencies talking to the prostitutes, pimps and their customers. They speak to those that they meet about the love of Jesus and offer them help to leave behind the life that they have been living.
Life Place operates as a coffee shop, which enables all those that the team has met on the streets and any passers by to walk in. They can come in to receive free counseling or just to have a meal. The coffee shop also runs a free HIV counseling and testing clinic once a week on a Saturday.
The men, women and children ( yes children we have found girls as young as 9 working as prostitutes) that come to Life Place receive Godly counsel and if they are ready and willing they are sent to a residential place of help. Here they receive further intensive counseling and spiritual strengthening. At the end of this time they are enrolled in a skills training program of their choice or if they are children they return home to their families or another suitable place of safety. Those that are given skills training study a variety of subjects from Baking to Computing. After this many go on to become productive members of the society. Often they come back to assist in the ministry. Over 200 people that we are aware of have been helped through this ministry. There are many more that give their hearts to Christ on the street and go away to allow the Lord to work in their hearts without us ever knowing.
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