On Saturday, the death of popular evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke, was announced by his wife Anni via his official Facebook page.
Below are a few things to know about the late evangelist:
# Reinhard Bonnke was a German-American preacher, who focused on Africa a lot during his lifetime.
# According to Wikipedia, he was born on April 19, 1940.
# He began his ministry in Africa by preaching in Lesotho in 1967. He went on to hold meetings in different countries across the continent.
# According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Bonnke, in 1984 commissioned the construction of what was the world’s largest mobile structure as of that time– a tent capable of seating 34,000 persons.
# Bonnke was married to Anni Suelze, whom he met at a gospel music festival. They married in 1964 and have three children.
# Bonnke held his farewell Gospel crusade in Nigeria in November 2017 and handed over to Daniel Kolenda.
# He died at the age of 79.