Christine Caine: ‘I should have been a statistic’

The Australian evangelist opened up to Fiona Stewart about the childhood abuse she endured, the shock of finding out she was adopted and the passion God has stirred in her to fight human trafficking

Fiona Stewart (FS): Can you tell us about your childhood?

Christine Caine (CC): I grew up in Sydney, Australia. I was born in 1966 and growing up as Greek immigrants we were very marginalised. There was a lot of racism back then [towards] Greeks and Italians in particular. To be Greek is to be orthodox; whether you truly are a real follower of Jesus or not is sort of secondary, because you are just born into the Orthodox Church.