Hookers For Jesus
About Hookers For Jesus
Hookers For Jesus centers women who have been pushed through sex trafficking, prostitution, exotic dancing, escorting, and the adult entertainment industry, then offers a way forward that starts with safety. Its Destiny House program gives women no-charge transitional housing, counseling, life-skills training, and faith-based support, while outreach meets women where they are, including hotels on the Las Vegas Strip and the Clark County Detention Center. Over the last 20 years, its programs have served more than 15,000 women.
This is survivor-founded and survivor-led, which shapes everything about how it works. Alongside safe housing, it reaches women through street outreach, jail outreach, and support outside Destiny House, so help is not limited to one doorway or one program.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Destiny House / Dream House
Two separate houses that provide a 6 to 48 month, no-charge transitional estate for sex trafficking victims and commercially exploited women, with individualized programs, biblically-based counseling, trauma therapy, nutrition education, fitness instruction, life-skills training, and educational opportunities.
Outreach to women in the sex industry
Direct outreach to sex industry participants and sex trafficking victims, including outreach at hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.
Clark County Detention Center support group and faith study
A weekly support group and faith study for trafficking victims, commercially exploited women, and other women interested in joining at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas.
Keeping Innocent Sisters Safe
Jail outreach for juvenile and adult sex trafficking victims and commercially exploited women, including prevention and education about sex trafficking.
Support ministry for women outside Destiny House
Support services that provide transportation, meals, gift cards, and resources for sex trafficking victims and commercially exploited women outside the Destiny House program.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
The primary mission is to hook through outreach, give hope through Jesus, heal through emotional and spiritual restoration, and help through transitional assistance for those who have been negatively affected by sex trafficking and the adult entertainment industry.
Who they serve
Women negatively affected by sex trafficking, prostitution, exotic dancing, escorting, commercial sexual exploitation, and the adult entertainment industry.
Their impact
- Through its programs over the last 20 years, it has served more than 15,000 women.
How your donation helps
- Safe housing and 24/7 shelter operations
- Counseling, trauma-informed care, mentorship, and spiritual guidance
- Outreach to women trapped in trafficking and exploitation
- Transportation, meals, gift cards, and other resources
- Launching the Destiny Center
Our story
In 2005, after surviving more than a decade of sex trafficking, Annie Lobert started Hookers For Jesus. What began as grass-roots outreach to women in the sex industry grew into a survivor-led ministry, and a 2007 vision for homes for women became Destiny House, a safe place to live while healing from trafficking trauma.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Hookers For Jesus’s services.
Use the Need Help page to connect and apply for Destiny House. For immediate help, call 911, the Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888, or the Suicide Hotline at 988.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
Love is our top core value at HFJ and the Destiny House.
You may know us as Hookers for Jesus and that will always be at the core of what we do.
Our Programs Are Saving Lives.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Hookers For Jesus has shared.
Current needs
- Recurring monthly donations to support shelter operations
- Funding to raise $500,000 for Destiny House
- Support to launch the Destiny Center
- Donations for outreach, counseling, and direct services
Volunteer opportunities
- Volunteer in street outreach to women on the Las Vegas Strip
Partners & funders
In the news
Articles featuring Hookers For Jesus from the Love What You Fund newsroom.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
Who can apply for Destiny House?
Women who want to escape trafficking, prostitution, or commercial sexual exploitation can use the Need Help page to connect and apply.
What services are included in Destiny House?
Destiny House offers a 6 to 48 month, no-charge transitional estate with individualized programs, counseling, trauma therapy, nutrition education, fitness instruction, life-skills training, and educational opportunities.
How does outreach reach women outside the house?
Outreach includes reaching women where they are, whether that means their own home or a shelter, plus hotels on the Las Vegas Strip and the Clark County Detention Center.
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