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Christ for all NationsThe Ministry of Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke
International HeadquartersUnited States of AmericaPost Office Box 590588Orlando, FL 32859-0588 Toll-free: 1-888 800-2767 1-888 800-CROSS Phone: 407 251-7000 Fax: 407 251-7001 E-Mail: [email protected] Executive Director Rev. Peter van den Berg
CanadaPost Office Box 24090London, Ontario, N6H 5C4 Toll-free: 1-800 459-3709 Phone: 519 432-5723 Fax: 519 432-5277 E-Mail: [email protected] Executive Director Rev. John Mitchell
Southeast Asia Singapore Post Centre Post OfficePost Office Box 418 Singapore 914014 Phone: +65 6345 9880 Fax: +65 6346 2477 E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] Director Karen Gan
Southern AfricaPost Office Box 50015West Beach 7449South Africa Phone: +27 21 554 1892/8 Fax: +27 21 554 1898 E-Mail: [email protected] Africa Director Thea BritzRegional Administrator André Britz
United KingdomHighway House, 250 Coombs Rd.Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8AA
Phone: +44 121 602 2000 Fax: +44 121 602 7003 E-Mail: [email protected] Kingdom Director Mark Oakes
Australia/PacificLocked Bag 50Burleigh TownQLD 4220 Phone: +61 755 082 914 Fax: +61 755 082 907 E-Mail: [email protected] Administrator Michelle Asmar
Hong KongPost Office Box 97505Tsim Sha Tsui Post OfficeHong Kong Phone: +852 3904 3000 Fax: +852 3741 6999 E-Mail: [email protected] Executive Director Rob Birkbeck Regional Administrator Georgiana Lam
CfaN IMPACT is an official publication of Christ for all Nations, the Ministry of
Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke.
Published monthly, its purpose is to update friends and supporters of the ministry with news of the
impact their prayer and financial support is having throughout the world.
Founder and Chairman Rev. Reinhard BonnkeInternational Vice President Rev. Peter van den Berg
Editor & Photographs Rob Birkbeck
One should call it THE MIRACLE of MUBI because it is beyond description. The largest single meeting had an attendance
of 630,000 people, and that in Northern Nigeria!
The Holy Spirit brought us to the place and He made us seek the lost, look for the overlooked, and as we found them, they in turn were found by Jesus. The total attendance over the five days of Gospel Crusade meetings was an astounding 2.4 million people.
We also call it the Miracle of Mubi because it happened against all odds. First, we were on
the point of cancellation, due to lack of finance, when the Lord made “a way in the mighty
waters.” Second, it is the most unlikely of all places in Nigeria to have seen such a glorious ‘heavenquake.’ To say this place had been overlooked, is an understatement, as even well-traveled Nigerians from other areas confessed that they had never heard of it. But Jesus had, and He led us there by His Spirit to experience an almost indescribable flood
of salvation, deliverance, and healing power over the five days of meetings.
Crusade City
Because of the rural nature of the area, people traveled in from the surrounding region, many on foot, and even while our technicians were setting up the crusade equipment days before the event. They reported that thousands of people began congregating on the open field around the platform. The number grew daily until by the time the first meeting began, a multitude estimated at 50,000, were already ‘camping’ on the crusade ground forming a ‘Crusade City.’ Every evening, the ‘residents’ were joined by hundreds of thousands more who streamed to the evening Gospel meetings and for the whole week, it looked like the entire activity of the town of Mubi had been transplanted to the crusade site.
The Power of God
Night after night, the harvest continued and as Daniel Kolenda preached in successive meetings, such was the drawing power of God’s word that the crowd increased in size nightly until reaching an amazing 630,000 by the weekend. A total of 1,401,837 completed decision cards were handed in and the people were ushered into the church-based follow-up system by the tens of thousands of trained counselors. Every night, people pushed toward the platform after the evangelists had prayed for the sick, and the crowd rejoiced and
cheered as local people testified of their instant healings. Others lined up on the platform to report healings that had taken place one year before at the CfaN crusade in the distant city of Yola and the rejoicing of the crowd rose through the dusty air to heaven.
Contagious Fire
In addition to the great evening Gospel meetings, delegates from around the region gathered each morning at another venue for the ‘Fire Conference.’ With 65,000 delegates, this was to be one of the biggest Fire Conferences held to date by CfaN, with the amazing difference that the other ‘big’ conferences were in major cities and this one was in a small rural setting, far from the main thrust of national life. And such was the hunger of the delegates to receive the ‘Fire,’ that the conference venue, an open field, was packed to capacity by 6 a.m. each morning, most having arrived in complete darkness. The result was that the first speaker for the day was already in full action by 7 a.m.
By the final meeting of the Fire Conference on Saturday morning, it was wonderfully obvious
that thousands of these servants of the Lord had received the fire of the Holy Spirit and would return to their towns and villages with a renewed zeal to reach the lost for Jesus.
The Miracle Goes On
On the final night of the campaign, Daniel Kolenda preached the Gospel one more time and after the call to salvation, he gave a teaching on the baptism into the Holy Spirit. Right after this, the huge crowd was invited to receive this gift personally from the Lord Jesus Himself and in the space of just a few minutes a tumultuous roar of praise went up to heaven as hundreds of thousands of voices began to praise Him in new tongues as the Holy Spirit fell.
Everywhere we turned, people were eager to tell us how the power of God had touched them, and of how they had been saved and healed, delivered and set free, many from demonic oppression and possession that had bound their families for generations.
Repeatedly, we heard from church leaders that such happenings had never been seen in Mubi and we heard how they felt their time of ‘being overlooked’ was over.
Jesus has once again so vividly demonstrated his great willingness to ‘save the lost’ when we ‘seek them out,’ and the best thing of all is that with many hundreds of thousands saved and healed in this region, the miracle of Mubi will continue for decades to come as they in turn spread the Good News of the Gospel far and wide.
(Above) Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda minister the Word of God to the ever-hungry and expectant crowd.
(Front Cover) The crowd rejoices as three previously blind people give testimony and demonstrate their ability to now see.
Looking for the Overlooked
Report by Peter van den Berg
Alongside the Great Gospel Campaign, 65,000 delegates attended the Mubi Fire Conference making this one of the largest such gatherings organized by CfaN.
As the Holy Spirit is quickening His pace, so must we!
The number of souls being saved in our Gospel Campaigns is rapidly increasing...not decreasing.
Just look at the escalation in only three years:
• In 2007, we recorded 2.9 Million decisions for Christ.
• In 2008, the number of salvations increased to 5 Million.
• And in just the first two months of 2009... 2.2 Million people have already received Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Savior!
We are on-track to surpass the two previous years… in just the next few months! Praise God! These glorious results have surpassed our expectations. At the same time, these unprecedented harvests have also consumed our resources. Each new believer receives their own copy of the booklet, Now that You are Saved. This booklet is the vital link in our follow-up that connects the new believer with a local church to grow and be discipled.
At the start of every campaign season, we print millions of booklets and ship entire containers to Africa, ready for distribution. Because of the unanticipated number of new converts, this stock has been drained and is in urgent need of replenishing! What a wonderful problem!
The cost of the follow-up literature is about 50% of every campaign budget. Each booklet costs only US$.25, yet is a priceless
treasure to a new believer just starting their walk with Jesus. For US$100, you can provide 400 new Christians with a booklet. If you can help with a gift of US$500, 2,000 precious souls will
receive their own follow-up booklet in their own language.
Can you help us with this URGENT need today?
Christ for all NationsThe Ministry of Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke
International HeadquartersUnited States of AmericaPost Office Box 590588Orlando, FL 32859-0588 Toll-free: 1-888 800-2767 1-888 800-CROSS Phone: 407 251-7000 Fax: 407 251-7001 E-Mail: [email protected] Executive Director Rev. Peter van den Berg
CanadaPost Office Box 24090London, Ontario, N6H 5C4 Toll-free: 1-800 459-3709 Phone: 519 432-5723 Fax: 519 432-5277 E-Mail: [email protected] Executive Director Rev. John Mitchell
Southeast Asia Singapore Post Centre Post OfficePost Office Box 418 Singapore 914014 Phone: +65 6345 9880 Fax: +65 6346 2477 E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] Director Karen Gan
Southern AfricaPost Office Box 50015West Beach 7449South Africa Phone: +27 21 554 1892/8 Fax: +27 21 554 1898 E-Mail: [email protected] Africa Director Thea BritzRegional Administrator André Britz
United KingdomHighway House, 250 Coombs Rd.Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8AA
Phone: +44 121 602 2000 Fax: +44 121 602 7003 E-Mail: [email protected] Kingdom Director Mark Oakes
Australia/PacificLocked Bag 50Burleigh TownQLD 4220 Phone: +61 755 082 914 Fax: +61 755 082 907 E-Mail: [email protected] Administrator Michelle Asmar
Hong KongPost Office Box 97505Tsim Sha Tsui Post OfficeHong Kong Phone: +852 3904 3000 Fax: +852 3741 6999 E-Mail: [email protected] Executive Director Rob Birkbeck Regional Administrator Georgiana Lam
CfaN IMPACT is an official publication of Christ for all Nations, the Ministry of
Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke.
Published monthly, its purpose is to update friends and supporters of the ministry with news of the
impact their prayer and financial support is having throughout the world.
Founder and Chairman Rev. Reinhard BonnkeInternational Vice President Rev. Peter van den Berg
Editor & Photographs Rob Birkbeck
PS: Join us for the Bali, Nigeria Gospel by web! You can see the entire Saturday evening meeting broadcast live on March 14th at CfaN.org (check the website for your local start time). I believe you will experience the presence of God wherever you watch, and will be overwhelmed by the power and glory of God in action.
Yours in His Love and Service,
Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda,
Supernatural Results!
We hadn’t even planned on publishing an Impact magazine for our Mubi Crusade, but the results were so miraculous that we knew we had to share them with you. The faithfulness of God to provide, guide, restore, and deliver, will encourage you in whatever situation you may be in. As God’s servants, we make plans and work hard to achieve them – but then, God steps in and the results are supernatural. The Mubi Campaign was miraculous from start to finish. It happened against all odds: First we were on the point of cancellation, due to lack of finance, when the Lord made “a way in the mighty waters.” Second, largely Muslim-populated, Northern Nigeria is a most unlikely of places to have seen such a glorious ‘heavenquake!’
Unprecedented Harvest
The Gospel was proclaimed and rose triumphant! When the decision cards were counted, we discovered that 1.4 Million people received Jesus as their Savior! In all, 2.4 Million people attended (with up to 630,000 in one service) and innumerable sick and suffering received their healing. A big THANK YOU for standing with us. Your support enabled us to go and preach the Gospel to the precious people in Mubi. The magnitude of what God did in this overlooked region of Northern Nigeria is just stunning. It moved our hearts to see the mass of people that came from near and far to hear the Word of God. Jesus loves each one of them. We read that the Jesus had a special eye for the unwanted: Zacchaeus, the Samaritan woman, the Roman soldier, and the blind beggars. He knew the best of them … and the worst. He saw the fears, felt the despair, and recognized the courage of little people. He was the supreme champion of the needy, the Savior of their souls, and the healer of their sick bodies. How similar the situation is today. JESUS IS THE SAME TODAY AND FOREVER.
2.4 Million attended and over 1.4 Million recorded salvation decisions during five days of meetings in Mubi. At one single
service, over 630,000 people pressed towards the crusade platform ever-hungry to hear the Gospel message.
(Main Panorama) A partial shot of the expansive Mubi Gospel Crusade.(Inset) The massive crowd shown in its entirety extends on all sides of the photographer
and beyond the camera’s view. Below and behind the elevated photography platform, the crowds surge towards the main platform.
