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ORLANDO, Dec. 12, 2019 /Christian Newswire/ -- On the 7th of December, 2019, Christ for All Nation’s founder and spiritual father, Reinhard Bonnke passed away. He was 79 years old. A memorial service was held at 11am on Satur-
day, January 4th, 2020 at Faith Assembly in Orlando, Florida. The service was open to the public. Perhaps best known for his work pioneering mass-evangelism throughout Africa, Evangelist Bonnke leaves behind a legacy of fearless faith in, and unrelenting passion for, Jesus. More than 79 million people have come to know Christ through Bonnke’s Gospel Outreach Campaigns which, from the beginning, have been marked by miraculous healings and other remarkable displays of God’s supernatural power. It is not an exaggeration to say that the continent was transformed through the life and service of Evangelist Bonnke. The scale of Bonnke’s ministry drew the attention of secular and church leaders alike many of whom will either attend in person or have sent touching video tributes. Like countless others, these participants were deeply influenced by Evangelist Bonnke’s unrelenting love for the Lord and his driving desire to see Him receive the full reward of His sacrifice. An outpouring of admiration has filled the popular press. Some notable quotes include: “Reinhard Bonnke was a powerful evangelist throughout the world, but particularly on the continent of Africa where his heart burned with compassion for people’s souls. Through the preaching of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, millions of lives will be in Heaven and we give praise and glory to God that His Word never returns void.” - Evangelist
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Franklin Graham, President of the Billy Graham Evangelical Association “I believe that honesty requires acknowledging that Reinhard Bonnke is the most far-reaching, most dynamically penetrating international evangelist in the world. The raw statistics, not only of millions of souls brought to Christ over the past quarter century, but the thousands of churches born or dramatically expanded with surging growth, testify to the viability of my assertion.” - Jack Hayford, Author, Speaker, and Founder of The King’s University “Strongly accentuated the message of Jesus Christ and his vision and zeal for the salvation of souls clearly helped the world in understanding the power of love and kindness as universal language.” - Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian President We are sad to hear of the passing of Reinhard Bonnke. He made such an impact on the Kingdom and millions of people now know Christ because of his willingness to serve. We are so thankful for his legacy and will be praying for his family during this difficult time! - Joyce Meyer, Author & Speaker “There’s nobody in the world who has won as many to the Lord as our dear friend, Reinhard Bonnke.” - Pat Robertson, Evangelist, Chancellor of Regent University & Chairman of CBN “Few people have made the lifetime commitment to the message of the Gospel that Reinhard Bonnke made. He was a role model worldwide for his unwavering belief in.. Continuation on Page:2
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(ANS-Jan 2020) She was molested her entire childhood by a girl – a best friend and church deacon’s daughter – who acted out her grandfather’s nasty secrets. A preacher’s kid from a small town, she grew into a role model for teens – a strong leader who was destined for ministry on a large scale, despite the painful secret she kept from everybody. Upon graduation from high school, people in her town suggested – only half jokingly – she might be the future leader of Focus on the Family. As a 23-year-old youth pastor with credentials from the Assemblies of God (AG), she was the featured speaker at a purity conference for teens who had gathered in the Rocky Mountains. On the eve of her talk about abstinence and saving oneself for marriage – Easter Sunday 2004 – she was violently and randomly raped in a small town with its world-renowned Christian retreat center. In her third year of fulltime teen ministry at a Denver church, Jessica Joy (Neely) spoke convincingly of God’s design for marriage and sexual purity at the conference, but inside she was seething with anger over her fate on the asphalt the previous night. “I was determined to be liberated from God,” says Joy. Those traumatic sexual experiences set the stage for Joy’s slide into eight years of bondage in the commercial sextrade, beginning as an escort in Denver. Her first journal entry as an escort included the words of Jesus recorded in Mark 8:36: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul.” (Berean Study Bible). Today, Joy fights legislatively against pornography, a vice that – with its seductive lure of cash – destroyed her soul.
Listen to Joy speak about her escape from the porn industry and sex trafficking here: https://youtu. be/119VA6Skuvg In 2008 the stock market crashed, and so did Joy’s relationship with her missionary parents who learned their daughter – at 27-years-old – was producing pornography, running a house of girls in Denver and cavorting with unscrupulous men. A year later, Joy moved to Hollywood after signing a contract “with the most glamorized sex-trafficking ring in the United States,” replete with drugs, cash and underage girls, she says. Having lost her soul in the sex trade, Joy ached for the life she enjoyed before that night on the asphalt. But “normal” eluded her and, after several attempts at suicide, Joy started a national escort service, employing girls in multiple states. In 2013, Joy found herself staring down the barrel of a 30-year prison sentence on felony sex-trafficking charges. With 5,000 cell-phone contacts at her disposal, Joy connected with a pastor who called her sanity back into order, insisting that she accept an offer of help into a Bible-based recovery program for victims of sex trafficking. “A church of 25 people stepped into my life, got me into a program, and became love that rolls up its sleeves and gets dirty,” says Joy. Refuge For Women, a non-profit, faith-based organization that provides long-term, specialized care for women who have escaped human trafficking or sexual exploitation, helped Joy return to the “normal” for which she longed. At a Refuge For Women location in Kentucky, Joy was also introduced to Celebrate Recovery, a Christian 12-step program. She also volunteered for a short time at the Atlanta Dream Cen-
This porn survivor remembers laughing with others in the industry over conversation about protecting minors from online content. ter, which referred many girls to Refuge For Women for recovery. For Joy, healing from childhood sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress through Refuge For Women and Celebrate Recovery led her to again consider ministry. She explored an organization that has a strong anti-porn message, and another that focuses on rescue and recovery from sexual exploitation. But finding two major ministries weren’t the Lord’s plans for her or them, Joy discovered instead the value and discipline of modeling Jesus’ servant-hood through something as “normal” as delivering pizzas. “It helped me to walk out my true identity in Christ as I happily delivered thousands of pizzas,” she said. In 2016, sought-out doors to speak opened for Joy, who devoted full-time to sharing with groups large and small her recovery from sexual exploitation. At the same time, she was introduced to law and legislation protecting minors from pornography through internet filters. Continuation on Page: 4