NavPress has donated more than $16,000 to One Women's Shelter, a ministry of the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) International Mission Board (IMB) that seeks to stop human trafficking.

The donation stems from a promotion through the sale of NavPress' A Daily Women's Devotional, in which pastors' wives and missionaries contributed six days worth of devotionals. The book was released in September 2011.

The pastors' wives and missionaries were able to purchase the devotional at a special price, and many of them are using the book to support other ministries such as women's groups and mission projects. As part of the project, $1 from each devotional sold went towards the fight against human trafficking.

During the SBC's annual meeting in New Orleans earlier this month, Barry Sneed, Donna Gaines, general editor of A Daily Women's Devotional; Marsha Pursley, executive vice president of direct publishing at NavPress; and a few of the devotional's authors presented an oversized check for $16,044 to IMB Executive Vice President Clyde Meador for One Women's Shelter.

"It is such a blessing for NavPress to aid people in other countries and to be the kind of publisher who steps up to help missions and causes around the globe," Pursley said. "We are proud to be a part of this organization and ministry."

The donations to support One Women's Shelter via A Daily Women's Devotional will continue, NavPress said.

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