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Jaco Booyens
Abolitionist. Pastor. Strategist. Filmmaker. Cultural Reformer.
Founder/CEO of Jaco Booyens Ministries (JBM)
Jaco Booyens is a native South African and proud American citizen. For more than two decades, Jaco has been at the forefront of a global movement to end sexual exploitation and restore hope to the broken. His life’s work unites policy, media, and ministry to defend the innocent, empower survivors, and transform culture through truth and faith.
Through JBM, Jaco partners with law enforcement, legislators, and educators to protect children and stop exploitation before it begins. The ministry equips communities through training, advocacy, and awareness initiatives that strengthen prevention, improve prosecution, and advance healing. Jaco’s leadership has helped shape groundbreaking legislation, from age-verification laws to specialized Human Trafficking Courts, while inspiring countless others to rise up and take a stand for freedom.
Jaco’s fight is deeply personal. His younger sister survived six years of sex trafficking, and what the enemy meant for evil, God used for good. Their shared journey ignited a mission rooted not in despair, but in the promise of restoration, that even in the deepest brokenness, freedom and healing are possible through faith and action.
Today, Jaco continues to speak across the nation and around the world, sharing a message that blends truth with grace, justice with mercy, and action with hope. His vision is clear: to see a generation set free, a culture redeemed, and a world where no child is ever trafficked.