| − | Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke was principally known for his Great Gospel Crusades throughout the Continent of Africa. The son of a pastor, Reinhard gave his life to the Lord at age nine, and heard the call to the African mission field before he was even a teenager. After attending Bible College in Wales, and his ordination in Germany he pastored a church and then went on to start missionary work in Africa. It was there, in the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, that God placed upon his heart the vision of ‘the continent of Africa, being washed in the precious Blood of Jesus’ — an entire continent, from Cape Town to Cairo and from Dakar to Djibouti that needed to be reached and to hear the proclamation of the sign-following Gospel. | + | Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke was principally known for his Great Gospel Crusades throughout the Continent of Africa. The son of a pastor, Reinhard gave his life to the Lord at age nine, and heard the call to the African mission field before he was even a teenager. After attending Bible College in Wales, and his ordination in Germany he pastored a church and then went on to start missionary work in Africa. It was there, in the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, that God placed upon his heart the vision of ‘the continent of Africa, being washed in the Precious Blood of Jesus’ — an entire continent, from Cape Town to Cairo and from Dakar to Djibouti that needed to be reached and to hear the proclamation of the wonder-working Gospel of [[Jesus Christ]]. |
| − | The Holy Spirit had told him "Africa will be saved" as he had a dream of the African Continent being washed in the Precious Blood of Jesus. In later years, with the dream having become a reality, Bonnke no longer said "Africa will be saved" but, "Africa is being saved". Bonnke would later apply these same principles to European countries and America. Over the 79 years of his life, it is estimated that over 79 million people - a million for each year of his life - came to Christ as a result of Bonnke's ministry. <ref> Shellnut, Kate.''Christianity Today''. [https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/reinhard-bonnke-died-evangelist-christ-for-all-nations-afri.html "Reinhard Bonnke, record setting Evangelist to Africa"] Retrieved 2 May 2020.</ref>
| + | In later years, with the dream having become a reality, Bonnke no longer said "Africa will be saved" but, "Africa is being saved". Bonnke would later apply these same principles to European countries and America. Over the 79 years of his life, it is estimated that over 79 million people - a million for each year of his life - came to Christ as a result of Bonnke's ministry. <ref> Shellnut, Kate.''Christianity Today''. [https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/reinhard-bonnke-died-evangelist-christ-for-all-nations-afri.html "Reinhard Bonnke, record setting Evangelist to Africa"] Retrieved 2 May 2020.</ref> |