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== Mission Work ==

== Mission Work ==

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]].

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke conducted many Gospel Crusades, especially in the Continent of Africa. Reinhard was born in a pastor's family and gave his life to the Lord at age nine. He heard the call to the African mission field in his pre-teen years. He attended Bible College in Wales. After ordination in Germany he pastored a church before starting missionary work in Africa. It was in the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho that Reinhard said 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 vision had promised him "Africa will be saved" at a time when this seemed to be, humanly speaking, impossible. In later years, with the dream having now become a manifest reality, Bonnke no longer said "Africa will be saved" but, "Africa is being saved". Bonnke would later apply these same principles to his dream for America, declaring "America will be saved" one day. 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>

The vision had promised him "Africa will be saved" at a time when this seemed to be, humanly speaking, impossible. In later years, with the dream having now become a manifest reality, Bonnke no longer said "Africa will be saved" but, "Africa is being saved". Bonnke would later apply these same principles to his dream for America, declaring "America will be saved" one day. 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>