By Ovie Okpare
At least one million persons are expected to attend the four-day gospel crusade being organized by the Late Evang. Reinhard Bonnke’s Christ For All Nations (CFAN) in collaboration with the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in the twin-cities of Warri and Effurun in Delta State.
The crusade which will hold between February 13 to 16, 2020 will takes place at
the popular Urhobo College, Effurun, near the commercial city of Warri.
Renowned international gospel preacher and Reinhard Bonnke’s successor, Evangelist Daniel Kolenda and other anointed men of God are billed to attend the power-pack crusade since the death and burial of the Bonnke.
CFAN was founded by the late world preacher, Bonnke, and was succeeded by Kolenda long before his death in December 2019.
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Delta State PFN chairman, Bishop Kingsley Enakirerhi, who doubled as the chairman of the planning committee, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference held at the Church of God Mission along Jakpa Road in Effurun to announce the crusade.
He said the crusade tagged ‘Great Gospel Crusade’ will be attended by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and other prominent Nigerians.
Bishop Enakirerhi said the crusade will afford Christian leaders in the country to join hands with Bonnke’s successor, Kolenda to pray for the Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and other challenges facing Nigerians.
The Delta PFN chairman flanked by CFAN’s Executive Director for Africa, Rev John Darko, Bishop Pius Odioko, Bishop Joshua Aiguehegbe, Rev Andrew Imadu (CFAN Board Member), Bishop Curtis Fianu, Bishop Dickson Ozah and Rev Ok Martins, said Warri and Effurun are “privileged to hold the first CFAN’s crusade after the death of Reinhard Bonnke.”
He added that the Bishops of the Catholic and Anglican Dioceses of Warri and other parts of the state will also attend the event.
According to him, “We are witnesses of the great testimonies of Bonnke’s ministry in Africa. Millions of souls were won to Christ. The dead were raised to life, thousands received healings and deliverance from diverse afflictions. Here in Warri, we shall not forget in hurry how Reinhard Bonnke came to hold a crusade in the 90s in the midst of the bitter Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri crisis and after his prayers, peace returned to Warri.
“It pleased God that before He called Reinhard Bonnke home, he put it in his heart that his ministry should hold a crusade in Warri. So, in his last days, the great Evangelist Daniel Kolenda and his crusade team to come to Warri. Delta State is therefore privileged to be first host of the great gospel crusade after the demise of Reinhard Bonnke,
“We, the church leaders in Delta State, received the message with great joy in our hearts as we believe God has divine agenda for us at this time. We all know the serious challenges facing the nation today.
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“We are aware of the increase in killing of Christians, particularly in the northern part of the country, insecurity is worsening. We are also contending with outbreak of disease. Suicide rate is on the increase. Unemployment is very high. Marriages are failing. The answer to all of these is the gospel.”
In their separate remarks, Rev John Darko and Bishop Pius Odioko called on the people of the state, particularly residents of the twin-cities of Warri and Effurun to attend the programme as the crusade will witness miracles and deliverance
They added that preparations ahead of the programme are near completion.
