Faced with the realization that she needed healing, ilonka cried out to God for help. She is now rescued, redeemed and set free, and is a healthy, full of life, complete women in Jesus Christ. Ilonka now travels with her husband all across the U.S. while singing and speaking to audiences.

Hi, I’m Ilonka Deaton – a wife, mom, recording artist, speaker, and survivor of nearly six years of sex trafficking. My story is a testament to God’s transformative...

2014年9月17日 · Christian worship artist Ilonka Deaton recently opened up about overcoming sexual slavery through Christ and how a new film about human trafficking can help other survivors.

All 12-year-old Ilonka ever wanted was to become a famous American pop singer. When she won a singing competition in her native South Africa, she was awarded a recording contract. She welcomed her manager's “fatherly” attention at first.

Ilonka Deaton grew up in South Africa and her heartbreaking, but inspiring journey led her to the U.S. to devote her life and voice to ministry. During our discussion, Ilonka opens up about being held in a sexual slavery bondage in South Africa for 5 …

2025年2月26日 · Ilonka Deaton was looking forward to a promising music career. But then she was held as a sexual slave for five years. After her eventual rescue and healing, Ilonka now joins her brother, Jaco Booyens, as they are fighting against sex trafficking through training, legislation, rescue, and restoration.

We are joined by Singer-Songwriter, Women’s Minister and Survivor Ilonka Deaton as we talk about her music career, her Women’s Ministry and surviving 5 years in sexual slavery. Just a fair warning, her story is not for the faint of heart.

2025年2月5日 · My name is Ilonka Deaton, and I am here not only as an expert advocate in human trafficking policy but as someone who survived six years of sex trafficking in the music industry.

Ilonka Deaton was held in a sexual slavery bondage in South Africa for 5 years through the threat of her and her family’s life, She is now rescued, redeemed and set free, and is a healthy, full of life, complete women in Jesus Christ. ilonka sings and speaks to audiences across the US to encourage them through the love of Jesus Christ and to ...

2025年3月10日 · My name is Ilonka Deaton. I am a survivor of child sex trafficking, an advocate, an educator, and an author. From the age of 12 to 18, I was trafficked within the music industry—an industry that should have been a place of creativity and dreams but became the setting of my deepest nightmare.