Dear Mission-Partners,

We have just returned from the final meeting here in Bali, Nigeria. In a few minutes we will leave, but Jesus will stay with these precious people who have come to know Him as their Saviour, Lord and friend. Tonight the Governor said in his address to the crowd that we had come to “…the most remote place on earth”. Indeed Bali is remote…even by our standards, but we are in the service of a seeking saviour. He is the good shepherd who leaves the 99 to search the rocky crags of the distant mountain for the one lonely lamb that is lost. The woman at the well, the Syrophoenician Woman, Zacchaeus, and Bartimaeus were all unlikely candidates, but we can see over and over again that the eyes of the Master are always looking for the ones that society has snubbed. Through the Gospel, the world's rejects become God's elects!

Tonight’s miracles were amazing. An 80 year old woman who had been blind for 15 years received her sight and was so excited about everything she saw…even my tie was fascinating to her. A young lady who had been carried to the meeting walked tonight for the first time in 5 years. A man with a football sized tumour showed me how in the last 24 hours it had reduced to the size of a golf ball…it will soon be completely gone in Jesus name! These and other miracles were a powerful testament to the will of God to heal.

We now head to South Africa for a Fire Conference in Cape Town. Thank you for your constant prayers and support that have made this crusade possible. It has certainly been worth every effort.

Yours in His love and service,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke,
Together with the whole CfaN Team

Dear Mission-Partners,

Today the Fire fell. The revival did not tarry! It is right here in Bali/Nigeria! Preachers often make up sermons hunting for new reasons to explain “why revival tarries”. Rules and strictures are put in place to get power and revival – rules which we sadly never fulfil. The first disciples had no such rules. All Jesus said was “Wait till the Holy Spirit comes, and don’t do any preaching till he comes” (see Acts 1:4). Our concern is not a “nice atmosphere” or “sweet influence”, but God’s fire. Pentecost is the intended norm in Christianity – people glowing like live coals and churches like bonfires. Bible religion is always red-blooded, out of the sanctuary and in the market place. The picture is of a bustling, out-reaching, blazing witness. And this happened today at the Fire Conference in the morning with 30,000 church-workers present – glory to God.

In the evening meeting we again witnessed the glorious effects of the power of the Gospel. Vast numbers of people received salvation and very many their miracle of Divine healing. We heard testimonies of blind eyes opened and crippled legs healed along with many other various ailments. The testimonies are too many to count let alone hear, but one thing is sure...Bali will never be the same!

Yours together in the Harvest,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke,
Together with the whole CfaN Team

Dear Mission-Partners,

Another glorious crusade-day has come to an end. The Word of the Cross was preached again with authority, displaying its awesome saving power. Yes, the death of Christ is the pivot of time, the rock that never rocks, standing in the sea of history, with the waves beating against it but never moving it - glory to God.

After the prayer of salvation mighty miracles took place:

• A father brought his two children to testify. His son was crippled for 9 years. His daughter was deaf for 18 years. Tonight both children were instantly healed.
   
• The mother of the former governor of Teraba state was there tonight sitting on the platform. She said she has suffered with severe chronic abdominal pain for many years that has often put her in the hospital. Last night during the prayer, the power of God came upon her and all of her pain instantly left. She has not experienced one ounce of pain from that moment to this.
   
• A woman testified that for 15 years she had suffered with a constant issue of blood. She heard that a Bonnke Crusade was coming to Bali, but her husband refused to give her money for the journey. So she sold some of her clothes and came on Wednesday night. That night at midnight, she said the issue of blood stopped and tonight she testified that it has not returned since…she is healed!

Tomorrow begins the live broadcast of the meetings here in Bali via our website. Don’t miss it! For more information please go to www.CfaN.org

Yours together in the Harvest,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke,
Together with the whole CfaN Team

 

Dear Mission-Partners,

This morning the Fire Conference started in Bali and I was preaching already at 7:30 AM. 25,000 registered delegates attended and were like fledglings in the nest – hungry for the things of God and the Holy Spirit. Then followed again the evening service: day two in Bali/Nigeria. The word of God was preached with authority. This is our part in God’s great plan. The Lord is the God of salvation – but he does not work on his own. He alone can save, but he does not save alone. He has us in “his team”. He saves us to save others. We are his auxiliaries. That was always the plan, and there is no plan B. It is our privilege to be invited to participate in what He is and is doing, to share his action and his joy. And this happens right here in the little town called Bali.

After a massive harvest of souls, the miracle-healings followed:

• A woman who was unable to lift her arm for many years received her healing last night and then tonight she received another miracle...the chronic pain in her breast suddenly left - two healings in two nights. "Now" she said, "It's someone else's turn for a miracle."
   
• A man unable to walk for 4 years was brought by his sister to the meeting tonight. He was lying on the ground when the power of God came over him and completely healed him. When he came up to testify, he was so excited that he ran from one end of the platform to the other.
   
• A girl blind for 2 years and a woman deaf for 3 years were instantly healed along with many others...Praise the Lord!

Please continue to pray for us – and thank you for helping us financially to make this crusade possible.

Yours in His love and service,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke,
Together with the whole CfaN Team

 

Dear Mission-Partners,

Tonight was the beginning of another glorious crusade here in Nigeria. We are in an extremely remote part of a northeastern city named Bali, close to the Cameroon border. I spoke with a Nigerian general a couple of days ago and he confessed that he had never even heard of this place...but Jesus certainly knows where Bali is.

Tonight salvation poured down on the people here as they received the Gospel with great joy. The response was unanimous and overwhelming "Jesus, son of David have mercy on me!" Then the miracles began to happen.

• One lady testified that she was dying from cancer and her arm was paralyzed. When she received her healing, she was not at the crusade...she was lying on her bed at home. But she could hear the preaching coming over the gigantic PA system and blanketing the entire area with the sound of the Gospel message. She said she heard me say, "If you are lying on a bed get up now!" She responded in faith and suddenly she said she felt as though two hands lifted her to her feet. That is when she realized, her arm was no longer paralyzed. Her cancer was gone. She was totally healed. She came right away to the crusade and up to the platform to give her testimony.
   
• One little girl named Joy who had been crippled suddenly received her healing and began to walk.
   
• One man who had been in a car accident was instantly healed. When he demonstrated his healing, everyone was astounded by how well he could walk. I threw his crutches to the crowd and said, "Give these to someone who needs them!"

Jesus has already outpoured his mercy in a remarkable way...and this is only the beginning. The best is yet to come.

Yours together in the harvest with the whole CfaN Team,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke

Bali, Nigeria

More information to come...

 

Dear Mission-Partners,

Last week 1,401,837 people received Jesus as their Saviour in our Mubi-Gospel Crusade, as per count of the Decision Cards! 2.4 Million persons attended in total (up to 630,000 in one service) and innumerable sick and suffering received their healing-miracles. We are blessedly shocked! The magnitude of what God did in this overlooked region of Northern Nigeria is just stunning. Even the Fire Conference was a total success with 65,000 attending church-workers in the last service, hungry for the Holy Spirit. Yes, we are just labourers, but David said ‘By my God I leap over a wall’. In the Kingdom of God we vault over our personal limitations “by my God”. Jesus, the Lord of the Harvest, wants the little people. We are constantly asked how to reach such level in ministry. Well, when I became a Christian I did what I could. But being a Christian is not the art of the possible, but of the impossible. Jesus said, “You shall receive power ... and be MY witnesses”. Witness to WHAT HE IS, not what we are, nor just to a doctrinal formula, and things begin to happen.

The preparations for the March Crusade are in full swing. We need God’s help to go and do the job. Please pray for the finance to come. HIS WILL SHALL BE DONE.

Yours together in the Harvest with the whole CfaN Team,
your two Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke.

Dear Mission-Partners,

One should call it THE MUBI-MIRACLE! It is beyond description. Tonight’s meeting was attended by 500,000 people – and that in North Nigeria! I can’t stop looking at these wonderful faces. The Holy Spirit brought us here. HE made us to seek the lost, look for the overlooked, and as we found them, in turn, they were found by JESUS. The total attendance over the 5 days of Gospel-Crusade here stands at 2,445,000 people. We call it the Mubi-Miracle 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 heaven quake! Tonight’s miracles were no exception, as you see the from the pictures: the blind saw and more cripples walked.

A big thank you to all of you who stood and stand with us. We cannot recline or retire. In a few weeks our “wheels of fire” will take us back to another such place, this time the town of Bali in Tabara State, Nigeria. Please continue to stand with us and pray for us.

Yours together in the Harvest with the whole CfaN Team,
your two Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke.

Dear Mission-Partners,

This morning began with the Fire Conference in Mubi-Town. 65,000 church-workers attended – have a look at the attached awesome photograph! Their hearts were as parched as the landscape around them, but the God who answers by fire did it again. Yes, the fire of the Holy Spirit really fell mightily. This Holy Spirit Baptism-experience is not for glory-fits on the carpet, but equipment for the task of the Gospel, to give it substance and reality.

And then the evening-meeting started with 630,000 people in attendance. The Gospel rang out as clear as a bell - and with glorious results. Daniel Kolenda was preaching. The messenger was marked by the message. The Word was “Thus says the Lord” and not “I am telling you...” Such Word penetrates and affects us, stops us in our tracks, spins us around, and gets us going for God, forever. How much we wished you could have personally witnessed it.

All throughout the sermon the crowd was spontaneously erupting as miracles were taking place - without anyone praying! Inumerable sufferers received healing and deliverance. The line of those waiting to testify was almost unending. It’s as if torrents of healing waters rushed through the massive gathering.

• One young lady was crippled for 20 years. During the prayer for the sick, she fell on the ground and said that a man surrounded by light wearing a white garment came to her and said, "What do you want?" She said, "I want to be healed". When she awoke she discovered that she had full use of her legs...she could even run!
• One little muslim boy who had crawled on the ground all of his life, stood upright for the first time tonight!
• A young girl's right foot was crippled. For four years she had walked on the side of her foot that was permanently twisted beneath her. I could see the thick callouses on the side of her foot. During the prayer she said that she fell to the ground. She heard a cracking sound and saw how her foot straightened. Jesus healed her!

Tomorrow, Sunday night, is already the last meeting of the crusade in Mubi – North Nigeria. Please keep praying for us. We need it so much.

Yours together in the Harvest with the whole CfaN Team,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke,
together with the whole CfaN Team.

Dear Mission-Partners,

The third day of the Gospel Crusade in Mubi has passed. The momentum is growing fast, because tonight 540,000 people attended the service. The message we preach? JESUS SAVES! What does it mean? A full definition is impossible. It covers all life and isn’t just insurance from hellfire and a passport to glory. ‘Jesus saves’ are perhaps the world’s most comprehensive two words needing all sixty-six Bible books to explain. It is simple but has awesome depths, like all God’s ideas, and inspires new explanations and applications every day. Multitudes responded and received! Oh, what a wonderful Saviour. And then came another deluge of healing miracles followed by powerful testimonies. Look at the incredible pictures attached: One lady, blind for three years, smiled ear to ear as she demonstrated her healing to the delight of the crowd. A young lady who was BLIND AND DEAF FOR 23 YEARS received her sight and hearing! 12 women came up at once testifying that they were healed of bareness one year ago at our Yola crusade...they brought the evidence of their healing; 12 beautiful bouncing babies!

The weekend is before us and we anticipate a glorious Holy Spirit crescendo. Thank you for standing with us and praying for us. The Lord will be your great rewarded.

Yours together in the Harvest with the whole CfaN Team,
Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke.

Dear Mission-Partners,

Today, the second day of the Mubi-Crusade saw an increase in attendance from 350,000 to 425,000 people. Evangelist Daniel Kolenda ministered tonight. It was pure and powerful Gospel and a great number of people received Jesus as their Saviour.

This afternoon we were on the gigantic Former Army Shooting Range field, our crusade-venue, and were overwhelmed: around 50,000 people were camping out there in the dust... waiting for the evening service. This is the way it must have been in Israel during the days of Jesus when the crowds followed him, except that the crowds here are much bigger. Yet the same Jesus was also here tonight and again a flood of miracles followed the prayer for the sick: A mother came with her blind child. In tears she told the story of how she had put the child on her shoulders during the prayer for the sick and said, “Look up to Jesus”. She laid her hands on the baby and instantly the child’s eyes were opened! (See picture). Once again many other blind people received their sight and many cripples walked. A paralytic testified to total healing and a woman with a swollen belly said that during the prayer she watched as the belly shrank to normal size right before her eyes!

This morning the people gathered already at 5 AM for the Fire Conference and Peter van den Berg and I preached. We want God’s people to swim in God’s river of living water! God never supplies anything lifeless. In the Bible, water is living water, fire is living fire, bread is living bread and joy is living joy - living happiness. God does not operate a production line. He is involved in a perpetual action of newness, renewing, creating every moment, just as every moment the sun generates new light and heat. He is our Sun, our burning light, filling all our horizons with His glorious light and strength. He shines in Mubi-Land!

The momentum here is increasing wonderfully. Please continue to pray for us. We love you and pray for you too.

Yours together in the Harvest with the whole CfaN Team,
Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke.

Dear Mission-Partners,

The first meeting of the Gospel Crusade in Mubi just finished and we returned to the Lodge. It was a glorious start. 350,000 people attended tonight! Have a look at the awesome picture. The Word of God and His presence penetrated each and everyone with multitudes repenting of their sins and receiving Jesus Christ as their Saviour. The field is the biggest we have ever had. It could hold 5 million people, which possibly is way above the population in this rural area. Nevertheless we want to harvest every soul available for Jesus. Miracles happened non-stop! So many blind received their sight. See the picture of the Muslim gentleman with the yellow hat. He was 8 years totally blind, but Jesus healed him!

It moves our hearts to see the mass of people that have arrived under their own steam from the surrounding towns and villages and now camp on the dusty field until the end of the last service on Sunday. Jesus loves each and every one of them. We read that the Lord had a special eye for the unwanted, like 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 recognised the courage of little people. He was the supreme champion of the needy, the Saviour of their souls and the healer of their sick bodies. How similar the situation is today. JESUS IS THE SAME TODAY. His ministry continues through us His servants.

Thank you for praying for us. We are very grateful indeed. We cannot do this work without you. Don’t forget to view the pictures please – you will be greatly blessed.

Yours together in Harvest with the whole CfaN Team
Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda.

Dear Friend,

What a welcome to Mubi/Adamawa State, Nigeria! IT WAS OUR HOSANNA-DAY! Multitudes upon multitudes welcomed us, lining the roads. We traveled from Yola by road. It was a drive of four hours through a dry and thirsty land. Dust everywhere. About 70 miles before Mubi people began to line the road, shouting “Bonnke! Kolenda!” Have a look at the attached picture. It was overwhelming!

The State Governor had welcomed us in the State Council Chambers at Yola, and now the Emir of Mubi embraced us with the words that they had waited for our coming for a long time. All is set for tomorrow, the first crusade-meeting. We don’t need to warm up, we are hot already!

Mubi is bordering on Cameroon and we expect huge numbers of people. The Gospel will be preached and Jesus will triumph in this highly remote part of the country! Please pray for us and a very special thank you to those who have helped us to make this Gospel Crusade happen.

Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda,

together with the whole CfaN Team.

Mubi, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria, which is by far the most densely populated country in Africa, is divided into 36 federal states. Owing to the large population, it will continue to be the focus of CfaN’s work in 2009. The north of the country, which gradually changes from steppe to desert, is predominantly Muslim, whereas the south has been superficially Christian since the colonial era. One of the country’s main problems is an unhealthy religious mix (syncretism) of Christianity and animism. A fair number of Nigerian “Christians” continue to make sacrifices to their ancestors, go to heathen festivals, wear talismans, worship totems, etc. A Bible-based, uncompromising proclamation with a call for a clear conversion and a sincere commitment of one’s life is urgently needed in many places, including those with an apparent Christian heritage. In fact, it is no different from Europe, where, despite a history of Christian influence, there are many places where Bible-based Christianity is not easy to find.

Mubi

The town of Mubi in the state of Adamawa in eastern Nigeria is on the border with Cameroon. It is situated in a mountainous region, the foothills of the Mandara Mountains, on the Yserdam River, which – unusually for Nigeria – does not flow to the sea but northwards to Lake Chad, 300 kilometres away.

Until the First World War the town was part of the German colony of Cameroon. One of the markets still has roofed market stalls which date from that time. From 1919 to 1961 the town was then part of the British mandate territory of British Cameroon. Mubi now has two markets, a state hospital and a polytechnic and has for some years also been the location of four faculties of Adamawa State University. Most people earn a living from handcrafts and agriculture and there is virtually no industry.

Mubi, which has a population of 250,000, is a regional centre and has become a melting pot for people from the many small surrounding tribal regions and particularly from the Mandara Mountains. Muslims make up 40% of the population and Christians account for roughly the same percentage. There are a considerable number of traditional animists in the surrounding area. An emir, a traditional Muslim ruler, resides in Uba, some 20 kilometres away. His palace and the main mosque form a single unit.

We are sure that God has prepared a mighty harvest in this region. The doors to Mubi are open and we are going there to proclaim the gospel of peace.

 

Dear Mission-Partners,

The counting of the completed Decision Cards from last week’s Gospel Crusade is 803,563. So many people heard the Gospel and decided to receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. The local churches follow them up immediately. “Gather up the fragments so that nothing be lost”, Jesus said. (John 6,12). NOTHING BE LOST! That is the will of God.

The ministry of Evangelist Daniel Kolenda and Peter van den Berg was outstanding. God is using young Daniel more and more. He is truly anointed for this work and I have learned one thing: the anointed must be appointed. By the grace of God we are a highly effective harvester-team.

The original Gospel comes with signs and wonders, and what we witnessed last week was absolutely glorious! Miracles upon miracles. Without the miraculous the Gospel would be an empty shell. But Jesus Christ is the same...TODAY. Miracles identify Him. If signs and wonders come from God alone, then we cannot be showmen. Christian services are not exhibitions of our religious stature. Christ gives us the victory that He won on the Cross. “From the fullness of his grace have we all received” – that is, “out of” his fullness we receive our supply. “We have this treasure (this power) in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” (2 Corinthians 4:7). That power flows out as it flows in, the overflowing of God through mortal lives. And this is what we witness.

This Gospel Crusade nearly did not happen because of lack of finance, but the God of Miracles performed another of His wonders and made it possible. A very big Thank You to those who helped us so spontaneously. Imagine we would not have gone! We love you and pray for you. In two weeks time begins our February-Crusade.

Yours in His love and service,
Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke and the whole CfaN Team.

Dear Mission-Partners,

Tonight was the climax of the Gospel Crusade here in Isokoland, Nigeria and what a glorious finale it was. The crowd was teaming with 425,000 people hungry to hear the Word of God! After the prayer for salvation we prayed for the crowd to receive the Baptism into the Holy Spirit and the Fire fell. As the deafening sound of the crowd speaking in tongues rose to heaven, I could hear the words of the prophet Joel resonating in my spirit, “In the last days, I will pour out my Spirit upon ALL FLESH.” What a glorious time we live in. These are the days that “many prophets and righteous men longed to see…”

After the prayer for the sick, the miracles began:

- A 35-year-old man deaf and dumb from birth could suddenly hear and pronounce words with astounding clarity.

- Another man, 32 years old was born crippled. All of his life he had crawled from place to place on his hands and knees which were visibly calloused and as worn as an old shoe. Tonight the power of God came upon him and he walked for the first time in his life!

- Several epileptics were also healed along with another deaf girl and many other various ailments and sicknesses. Jesus is so merciful. Tomorrow we will all be heading home, but not for long. Our next crusade here begins in two weeks in the city of Mubi. Thank you so much for helping us to bring the Gospel to this remote village in the one of the world’s “uttermost parts”. Your every investment will return to you in eternal dividends. We are asking ourselves, as we always do, “what if we had not come?”

Yours forever in Jesus,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke,
together with the whole CfaN Team.

Dear Mission-Partners,

The Fire Conference climaxed today. Peter van den Berg and Daniel Kolenda ministered – and the Holy Spirit fell as described in Acts 2. Tens of thousands of God’s people received the power that Jesus spoke about in Acts 1:8. What glorious reality!

In tonight’s service 300,000 people gathered with hungry hearts and again the Gospel was preached “with great assurance”, as Paul puts it. God majors in snatching brands from the fire of destruction. His heartbeat throbs in the gospel and sets the pulse-rate of those taking it to the lost world. This is what we feel inside. Passing years could have made us indifferent, but somehow the Lord makes us see the people as He sees them from the Cross. He said He had to do the work of the one who sent him (John 9:4). His imperative infects us! His Spirit imparts to us a little of the urgency of his all-embracing desire for the whole world to be saved. To be part of that work is our highest privilege. It brings each day to a close with a sense of the finest purpose and satisfaction available to us mortals.

Tonight the miracles and healings were flowing like a river:

- A young man testified that he was diagnosed with AIDS. Last night when the prayer was given, he received his healing by faith. Today he went to the doctor and asked to be re-tested. He brought the doctors report to the meeting tonight...HIV NEGATIVE!

- One pastor had been shot in the arm by robbers and the arm had died. He had spent a small fortune on doctors trying to save the arm, but they were unable to restore it and so he was scheduled to have it amputated. We saw him yesterday and his arm was withered and decaying...it was a gruesome sight. Today after the prayer, he received feeling in his hand again and use of 2 of his fingers and his hand was still improving in real time as he gave his testimony.

- A woman, crippled from an accident leaped for joy on the platform (see the attached picture), two deaf mutes were healed along with several epileptics and many other wonderful miracles.

There was no end in sight to the miracle testimonies and even as we left the crusade grounds the crowd was bursting into praise...miracles were still happening!

Thank you so very much for standing with us, praying and helping us to keep going for Jesus. The Lord Himself will reward you for your part in this great work in a special way.

Yours forever in Jesus,

Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda,
together with the whole CfaN Team.

Dear Mission-Partners,

As you may know, all our Gospel Crusades are paired with a Fire Conference, in which church-workers are prepared for a life of effective witness for Jesus and for evangelism in general. This culminates in a massive outpouring of the Holy Spirit, in fulfillment of the Promise of the Lord. This morning was glorious. Thousands upon thousands of wonderful Christians were soaking up the Word of God. Our Mission is power, not routine. Our role is that of power men, laying the power lines into powerless lives. Then Jesus does the rest.

Tonight’s Gospel Crusade was another glorious highlight: 225,000 people attended in this highly rural “village-setup”. Daniel Kolenda was the preacher and he ministered with authority. Many souls got saved, filling up the barns of God. When the prayer for the sick rung out, many wonderful miracles happened. A girl, deaf and dumb for 20 years heard and spoke clearly. Her brother saw her giving the testimony and ran onto the platform to embrace her and they rejoiced together (see attached picture). Another girl, crippled for years was brought to the meeting from the hospital. She told her mother to take her to the Gospel meeting where she believed Jesus would heal her. During the prayer the power of God came on her and she began to walk. There was no end to the miracles that continued to take place...even until the very last moment of the meeting.

Jesus says “GO YE...” and here we are in Isokoland! Faith is not just waiting for God to move. Faith is to move for God. Any doctrine or philosophy that does not lend itself as conductor of the power of God is a waste of time. We have no time to waste, because the world is desperately waiting for the Good News of Salvation. Thank you for agreeing with us – and helping us to go.

Yours forever in Jesus,

Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda,
together with the whole CfaN Team.

Dear Mission-Partners,

Today is DAY TWO in Isokoland/Nigeria. The venue is between two villages and people from both sides have to walk for many miles. When Chief Solomon Ogba, State Secretary of the PDP, Delta State, saw the huge crowd, he was thunderstruck. “This happens on a village-level”, he said, “it’s beyond belief.”

Tonight again the Gospel was powerfully proclaimed, with masses of people receiving Jesus as their personal Saviour. Have a look at tonight’s crowd-picture. The Bible presents the gospel as the wisdom of God, the only saving truth. No man made it up, just as no man invented water. No philosopher ever conceived equal hope. Preaching the Gospel releases the saving power of God. Those who are dead in trespasses and sins hear it and are raised to new life – glory to God!

After the prayer for the sick numerous miracles happened. One young man, mute for 26 years suddenly discovered he could speak. A mad woman was instantly healed and testified with astounding clarity of mind. Many cripples were also healed including the one in the attached picture who fell in a well and broke his leg 2 years ago. Since that time he had been unable to walk until Jesus healed him tonight. Like the lame man in Acts 3:8 he went walking and leaping and praising God.

When looking at these dear people, compassion grips us. Compassion must be preached with compassion and love with love – “sincere love,” as set out in the evangelists’ charter in 2 Corinthians 6. We are determined to continue this ministry alongside the Lord of the Harvest, our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, and together with you. Please continue to pray for a Blood-Washed Africa.

Yours forever in Jesus,

Evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke
With the whole CfaN Crusade-Team.

Dear Mission-Partners,

Our Gospel Crusade in Delta State/Nigeria, an obscure little place called ISOKOLAND, began tonight (Wednesday). 85,000 people showed up this very first meeting and God's power of mercy and love exploded gloriously. A huge number of people received Jesus as their Saviour! And then the miracles of healing followed. Take a look at the picture of the young man whose sister was delivered from madness of mind. The cripples walked and blind eyes saw. We ought to have a blazing neon sign in every church with the words: “THIS SAME JESUS”. The Jesus we point to is the Jesus of saving grace, miracle power and healing mercy. What He was in the past He still is today. What He did in days gone by He still does in our day. When we preach Jesus as He is, He reveals Himself in confirmation of what is said.

We continue tomorrow. Please pray for us. It all looks as if this Crusade is going to shake everything this area has ever heard or seen.

Yours forever in Jesus,

Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda,
together with the whole CfaN Team.

Ole/Ozoro, Nigeria

Although there isn't a definitive population for Ozoro, it is believed to be the largest single community in Isokoland, both in land mass and population. Ozoro is made up of five Quarters: Uruto, Erovie, Etevie, Urude and Oruamudhu. Erovie quarters is the seat of the traditional ruler called "Ovie." The region is divided into two Local Government Areas, Isoko North (headquartered at Ozoro) and Isoko South (headquartered at Ole).

 

Isoko region is in the tropical rain forest area of the Niger-delta. The region experiences high rainfall and high humidity most of the year. The climate is equatorial and is marked by two distinct seasons. The Dry and Rainy seasons. The Dry season lasts from about November to April and is significantly marked by the cool "harmarttan" dusty haze from the north-east winds. The Rainy season spans May to October with a brief dry spell in August.

Many natives still worship idols...This is evident in the many ancestral shrines that still dot the Ozoro landscape. A critical appraisal of the belief system of the average Ozoro citizen will reveal a combination of both Christian practices and traditional leanings.