Monday, December 9, 2019

The Great Late Lion Heart Of Africa





The Divine Leading Of His Spirit To Young Reinhard Bonnke Which Made Him Receive The Mighty Mantle Of Healing And Take It All Over Africa!








In January 1962, a young exchange student studying at the Bible College of Wales in Swansea, was on his way home, when he decided to take an unguided sightseeing tour of London. As he walked, he came across a house with a nameplate on the front that said “George Jeffreys”. He wondered if it could be the “great George Jeffreys who had founded the Elim Pentecostal churches in Ireland and England” and whom he had read so much about.

This is how he told the rest of the story:

“There I rang the bell. A lady opened the door. ‘Pardon my intrusion, ma’am. Does George Jeffreys live here who was the famous firebrand evangelist I have heard so much about?’ ‘Yes, he does’.

‘May I see him?’

‘No. Under no circumstances.’


She had hardly said no when I heard a deep voice from within the house say, ‘Let the young man come in.’

...I stepped forward, took his hand and introduced myself. I told him I had a call of God on my life to be an evangelist and to preach the gospel in Africa. That I had been to college in Swansea (Bible College in Wales) and was now returning to Germany.

What happened next was extraordinary. All of a sudden, he took me by my shoulders and fell to his knees, pulling me to the floor with him. He placed his hands on my head and began to bless me as a father blesses a son, as Abraham blessed Isaac, who blessed Jacob, and on and on.

The room seemed to light up with the glory of God as he poured out his prayer over me.

I do not remember the words with which he blessed me, but I do remember their effect. My body felt electrified, tingling with divine energy. After about half an hour he finished.

I stood up and helped him to his feet. He seemed very frail. We said goodbye.

The lady came and escorted me away. He could hardly stand. Nor could I, for different reasons.” That young man went on to become one of the greatest healing evangelists of his generation. His name was Reinhard Bonnke.

When Bonnke’s train arrived at the station of his parents town, his dad , who came to pick him up, told him that Jeffreys had just died. This morning I learned that Reinhard Bonnke has left this earth and is now with Jeffreys in heaven. I bet that is a joyful reunion.

Reinhard Bonnke was known as the "Billy Graham of Africa."

For six decades, this renowned German-born evangelist crisscrossed the African continent telling people about the love of Jesus Christ.

'Glory to God': Reinhard Bonnke Reports 845,875 People Accept Christ in Nigeria
Affectionately known as 'God's General' Bonnke spent a remarkable 60 of his 79 years preaching the gospel.

He would often say that his life's mission was to plunder hell to populate heaven.

He said, "Jesus did not call us to deliver sermons, he called us to deliver people and I believe this is what happens in our crusades." In a television interview on a Christian Television in 1986 he said, "I am not decorating prisons cells, I'm setting the captives free."

Bonnke gave his life to Christ at the age of nine. During a interview with him in 2010, Bonnke said he heard the call from the Lord to the African mission field early on in life. When asked why he felt the urge to preach in Africa.

He said, "Because it is my calling, it is very specific and personal," Bonnke said. "God spoke to me as a kid that I would preach the gospel in Africa."

Bonnke was 24 years old when he moved his wife Anni, and their baby son, to the tiny African nation of Lesotho.

The couple spent seven years working there as missionaries. He said it wasn't easy, but it was during those difficult years that he started praying to see more souls saved across the African continent.

Dr. Corne Bekker, dean of the School of Divinity at Regent University and a native of South Africa, attended several of Bonnke's crusade meetings.


Bekker told, "He said very early on he heard this voice that said, 'Africa shall be saved' and to the end of his life, he never stopped believing that this was indeed the voice of the God."

God gave Bonnke a vision of a continent washed in the blood of Jesus Christ.

He started holding gospel meetings in a yellow tent that could hold just 800 people, but soon outgrew it and needed a bigger one.

"There would be a wonderful time of worship, he would preach the gospel, very simple gospel of Jesus Christ, and then he would give an invitation for people to come forward, and people in their thousands, sometimes, hundreds of thousands of people, would come forward and dedicate their lives unto the Lord," Bekker recalled.

In 1974, Bonnke founded Christ for All Nations with the goal of reaching Africa with the gospel. He ditched the tent and started crisscrossing the continent holding open-air crusades.


At one such rally in Lagos, Nigeria held in 2000, more than 6 million people came out to hear him preach.

During his last appearance on CBN's The 700 Club in 2018, Bonnke told host Pat Robertson how the Lord had touched so many people's lives over the 5-day event.

"But the last day, in one service, over one million people got saved and completed their decision card so, you know, that gave me faith for the rest of the world. If Jesus can save a million in a meeting, it will take less than one year to get America saved," Bonnke declared enthusiastically.

Bonnke has always insisted that such remarkable numbers were only possible through the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Bonnke further told , "We need the Great Commission and we have the Holy Spirit. If we have only the Great Commission and only the Holy Spirit, we have power without purpose or purpose without power. It is a package deal."

Dr. Bekker says his crusades were often accompanied by miraculous healings.

"Many of these miracles would be spontaneous. People that were not able to walk, could walk; People that were blind could see and the deaf could hear."

Bekker believes Bonnke's 60 years of evangelistic efforts have transformed the continent, and said, "I had the opportunity to go to a number of these crusades and would meet people over and over again that 10, 15, 20 years after the crusade was still following Christ."


All told, Christ for All Nations says from the start of Bonnke's ministry in 1967 to this day, more than 79 million people have made the decision to follow Christ in Africa and other parts of the world. Around Nov 8-12, 2017, in Lagos, Nigeria he held a 'Farewell Gospel Crusade' and highlighted it as a landmark 'Passing The Torch' meeting to highlight the passing of the baton to the next generation through the rising successor of him in Daniel Kolenda.

Tributes have been pouring in since his passing, including from Nigeria's Muslim President Muhammadu Buhari who called Bonnke's death a "great loss to Nigeria, Africa and the entire world."

Bonnke leaves behind his wife Anni, three children and eight grandchildren.

Bonnke's bet of a joyful reunion with the great late God's General George Jeffreys has happened already I believe, as this young man Reinhard Bonnke who went on to become of the greatest renowned German Pentecostal evangelist as we have seen above, has died at the age of 79. Principally known for his gospel missions throughout Africa, Bonnke passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, December 7, 2019.

The announcement of his demise was published on his Facebook page. “It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family would like to announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke.

“He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 7, 2019. “For the past 60 years he has preached the glorious Gospel of Jesus throughout the entire world. We want to thank you on behalf of him and our family, for your kind love and unwavering support, which enabled him to preach the matchless message of salvation to countless people,” part of the statement read.

MAY GOD COMFORT THE CHURCH, HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE WHO WERE INSPIRED BY THIS MAN OF GOD! It is indeed a irreparable loss to the whole body of Christ without doubt and to me personally.



















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