Bonnke was born in 1940 in Königsberg, Germany. The city on the Baltic Sea is now called Kaliningrad, and is part of Russia. He became involved in missionary work in Africa at a very young age and in 1974 founded the Christ For All Nations mission organisation, which was headquartered in South Africa and later in Germany. Bonnke's held a farewell gospel campaign in 2017 in Nigeria, after which he stepped down as the organisation's leader due to health issues. His activities in Africa at times stirred controversy. In 1991, there were religious riots in the Nigerian city of Kaduna after police granted permission for Bonnke to hold a revival meeting and thousands of Muslims took to the streets in uproar. At least eight people were reported killed. In 1999, 16 people died in a stampede during a rally organised by Bonnke in Benin City, Nigeria. In 2014, the Associated Press reported that he was living in a $3m (£2.3m) apartment near Palm Beach, Florida.President Buhari affirms that Bonnke”™s crusades in Nigeria, across Africa and the globe strongly accentuated the message of Jesus Christ, & his vision and zeal for the salvation of souls clearly helped the world in understanding the power of love & kindness as universal language.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) December 7, 2019
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