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Blue Sunday-Night of Prayer for the Abused and Neglected Children
April 24, 2022
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and to remember the millions of children who are victims of abuse/neglect, Blue Sunday Child Abuse Prevention is asking the faith community to pray on Sunday, April 24, 2024.
Who: The faith community
What: A day to pray for the millions of victims of child abuse and for those who rescue them
Where: Churches across our nation
When: Sunday, April 24, 2022
Why: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. It began when a report about abused and neglected children caught the attention of President Ronald Reagan in 1983. Sadly, since that first Child Abuse Prevention Month, the number of abused victims has grown from half a million children to over six million new reports of abuse along with 1600 child abuse related deaths annually.
One is too many
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