About Exodus Cry
On February 5, 2007, Benji Nolot, an IHOP–KC staff member, introduced a prayer topic at an 8:00pm intercession set in the prayer room. With 500 people present, Benji began praying against modern-day slavery, a topic which few had even heard of, yet which was soon to become a primary focus for intercession at the International House of Prayer of Kansas City. The Lord hears the cry of the oppressed (Ps. 10:17), including those caught in human trafficking and the sex industry. Many in the room found out that night just how zealous the Lord is for justice as His tangible presence was released in power and authority.
The following day, a human trafficking bust occurred involving the arrests of almost 2,400 child pornographers in 77 countries. Authorities later said that a bust of this magnitude was not only “unprecedented” but also like “finding a needle in a haystack.”1 It became clear that God is intently focused on the injustice of sex slavery, and that He is looking for intercessors to stand in the gap on behalf of the poor and oppressed. God highlighted this issue to us and demonstrated His power by fulfilling, in a small but powerful way, the promise of granting “speedy justice” in the context of night–and-day prayer (Lk. 18: 7–8).
Thus, the ministry of Exodus Cry was born. With a focus of ending human trafficking and modern-day slavery, Exodus Cry’s primary values are threefold: the rescue, rehabilitation, and integration of victims into society. Benji has been traveling worldwide, working on a documentary called Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, that gives an inside look at the sinister world of human exploitation for the global sex trade, bringing awareness and a better understanding of the plight of trafficked victims.
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls has a greater and broader purpose. We pray that by the grace of God it would effect change on an international level and help spark a counter-cultural revolution concerning the issue of justice, especially as it pertains to the worldwide prayer and missions movement. Please be in prayer that the Lord would use Exodus Cry and this documentary in the days to come. Stand with us as we labor to see justice released to the nations, on earth as it is in heaven!
1. Bergstein, Brian. “Experts Say Child Porn Ring Difficult to Track.” MSNBC.
7 February 2007. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17032790/
