Eager to make a difference, Missouri Baptist pastor, David Slusher worked with his son-in-law, Alec Whitener, to launch a Christ-centered coffee brand, Christ Coffee which is focused on raising awareness and funds for the fight against human trafficking.

According to Pastor Slusher, who pastors Gill Memorial Baptist Church in Marshall, Missouri, recalls being deeply affected by “Sound of Freedom”, which exposes the dark reality of human sex trafficking, a plight which goes largely unnoticed and unaddressed by many Americans.

“Having a 5-year-old daughter and seeing that movie, it just broke my heart,” Pastor Slusher shared. “All I could see was my daughter. The evil of this, it’s just unreal.”

Pastor Slusher was unsettled and angry. But he knew that emotional anger alone doesn’t fix anything.

“When I was leaving that theatre, I was so angry. I was just so angry,” Slusher reflected. “I don’t want to have this emotional anger; I want to have a righteous anger. I don’t want to just be mad about something, I want to do something about this!”

Whitener, a member at Calvary Baptist in Hannibal, explained that he has always wanted to start a business that is “outwardly Christian.” The 22-year-old is a student at Hannibal-LaGrange University, currently pursuing a master’s degree in leadership with an emphasis in business management.

“We knew, when we wanted to start this business, we wanted to partner with some organization that was going to share the hope of Jesus in some manner,” Whitener said. “And that just kept becoming a recurring theme in my heart: What can you do to affect people around the world and help save people’s lives?”

For Pastor Slusher and Whitener, the goal is not just to save child victims of human trafficking but to offer them the hope of Christ, who saves the world from sin. In response, they’ve chosen to partner with Destiny Rescue, a Christian nonprofit that exists to rescue and reintegrate exploited children.

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