Our Mission and Core Values
Our Mission Statement
ARISE Ministry empowers individuals involved in the sex trade to reclaim their lives. Through providing outreach, case management, and spiritual care, helping relationships are established, hope is fostered, and futures are reclaimed.
ARISE means Advocacy and Reclaiming Individuals involved in the Sex trade through Empowerment. We are a mission of The Presbytery of East Toronto and a grant receiving ministry of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.
ARISE Ministry values hope, love and justice
These are our core values and what we place at the heart of every aspect of our ministry
Hope
We honour each person’s journey and believe in a future worth having
Love
We will seek to live in and live out God’s love, believing that it is this radical love which reclaims lives
Justice
We will advocate for dignity and treat everyone with fairness and respect