Today, in the year 2007, the so-called civilized world still runs rampant with slavery. It is estimated that as many as 27 million people are in slavery today.

200 years ago, one man could no longer ignore the demands of his conscience and rose up to lead the fight for the outlaw of the slave trade in Great Britian. His name was William Wilberforce. This February marks the 200th anniversary of the day Wilberforce won his fight, and my employer Asbury College, along with companies like Walden Media and Bristol Bay Productions have joined forces to continue this fight.

The Major Motion picture Amazing Grace will be released on February 23, 2007 around the world, I would ask you to go see it, and think of what you can do to help end slavery in our world.

You can see the trailer for Amazing Grace at the Asbury website, and you can find out how you can help in the fight at The Amazing Change.