IAAM (USA)
IAAM is an International Apostolate Affirming the Dignity of Mankind. Our general administration is based in the US along with “local” Mission activity.
IAAM activities are broad in scope in order to fortify the Deposits of Dignity and strengthen their defense. With an international call to service, we recognize our leadership, location, and apostolic work are at the service of the Kingdom of God. Will you join us?
"Mission is less about longitude and latitude and more about a destination only you can reach, a compass bearing pointing inward. Mission is a willingness of the spirit, a location deeply rooted in the individual yet fully open to that which is beyond itself. Mission is a state of mind and an orientation of the heart. Mission is where opportunity meets obedience." (IAAM Playbook)
At the conclusion of the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit in September 2015, our founder shared her thoughts on a questionnaire regarding “the movement’s” need to adopt a unified vision and under the banner of human dignity.
Sometime later, after years of focus on human trafficking and the commercial sex industry, a question poured out of her aching heart, “How can human beings do this do this to other human beings?” A weary soul and profoundly perplexed heart cried out to the Lord. And an answer came.
Human dignity is under attack.
An expanded view did indeed open up under the banner of human dignity. What came together was an understanding of The Deposits of Dignity which we were now called to defend. IAAM was being asked to widen its vision, to see the big picture in order to address “contemporary scourges” upon humanity – brazen attempts to degrade and diminish human dignity.
Our Mission
IAAM exists to end the deMANd fueling various forms of exploitation of the human person. We work to replace existing societal messages and mores with those of a more accurate and just nature. IAAM will uphold and defend human dignity amid current culture.
Our Strategy
IAAM will use a variety of platforms – the foundation of which is presence – to uphold and defend dignity against current attacks exploiting vulnerability in the human condition. Making use of every seized or created opportunity to illuminate the “Deposits of Dignity” grows our safeguard; fortifying our numbers standing watch over this treasury. We recognize our responsibility and that of every Christian in the charge of their defense.
Missionaries and volunteers work within three spheres of influence: education, service and support via IAAM projects, outreach, and initiatives to effect change individually and collectively. We pursue and promote a culture of encounter.
IAAM works locally, domestically, and internationally to decrease vulnerability. We go to the peripheries, where God is threatened in man and man is threatened as the image of God. IAAM is passionate about the reign of God in the world. We pray, Thy Kingdom come into our hearts and into the world around us.
