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79 Million Recorded Decisions for Christ
Christ for All Nations, the organisation Bonnke founded, reported approximately 79 million decisions for Christ across Africa during his crusade ministry.
A German evangelist who felt called to Africa as a child, Reinhard Bonnke conducted very large Christian gatherings across the African continent. His organisation reported crowds exceeding 1.6 million at a single service and about 79 million decisions for Christ during his ministry.
CORE CONVICTION
“Africa shall be saved.”
LESSER-KNOWN FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT
On November 30, 2001, Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu died following severe injuries from a road accident near Owerri, Nigeria. A death certificate was issued by the attending physician. His body was embalmed by morticians and placed in a coffin for burial. His wife Nneka refused to accept the death, transporting the coffin to a church where Reinhard Bonnke was scheduled to preach. After extended prayer by the congregation and Bonnke's team over the sealed coffin, witnesses reported that Daniel began breathing again and eventually sat up. He walked out of the building. The incident was subsequently filmed in a documentary and the death certificate, physician records, and mortician documentation have been presented as corroborating evidence. The case remains one of the most documented alleged post-mortem restorations in contemporary Christianity.
HISTORICAL RECORDS
Christ for All Nations, the organisation Bonnke founded, reported approximately 79 million decisions for Christ across Africa during his crusade ministry.
Bonnke reported that as a ten-year-old child in Germany he heard a clear inner impression that Africa was his mission field. He described it as the defining moment of his vocation.
His organisation reported that a Lagos crusade in the early 2000s drew more than 1.6 million people in a single evening service, among the largest gatherings claimed in Christian evangelism.