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Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Millions Hear The Gospel In Five Days
March 16, 2004

700,000 attend a single meeting in Port Harcourt!

Port Harcourt is a city in Nigeria situated in the region where the mighty Niger River spills into the ocean. As the capital of Rivers State it is a prosperous center for the whole oil rich area. It was in this city that the power of the Gospel was witnessed in an amazing way over a five-day period when the Christ for all Nations Gospel Crusade took place in January – CfaN’s third (1988, 1999, 2004). And it turned out to be more fruitful than ever.

When Reinhard Bonnke and the team arrived in the city, huge crowds lined the streets singing and dancing with jubilant enthusiasm as the visiting Evangelist drove through the streets. The citizens of Port Harcourt pulled no punches in showing their unabashed joy as a flotilla of motorcycles and cars paraded ahead of the visitors while horse-mounted riders adorned with crusade posters galloped alongside. The expectations of the population ran high and the next five days would more than meet those prospects.

Reinhard Bonnke and the team were greeted by the State Governor Sir Dr. Peter Odili and his deputy, at a grand audience in the State House chambers where the Governor stated his full support for the upcoming event. A customary visit to the local ruler followed with once again official and formal greetings.

On the evening of the first meeting, held on a massive flat field of reclaimed ground, the people streamed toward the crusade ground in droves until over two hundred thousand crowded around the platform. The gospel rang out over their heads and tens of thousands responded to the call of salvation in the first wave of what would become a huge flood of salvations by the end of the week.

Dancing in the Rain

The second evening held all the ingredients for disappointment as unseasonable rain clouds pulled up into dark threatening columns over the city, but to the amazement of everyone, the crowds were seen to be streaming toward the crusade in the pouring rain.

When Reinhard Bonnke arrived to preach, it was impossible to do so because of the strong and steady downpour that was taking place, but the spectacle that greeted him was absolutely incredible. There before our eyes we saw a vast crowd of over three hundred thousand people, all drenched to the skin, but dancing and singing in the rain. They continued doing this, singing and praying for over an hour until the rain began to subside, which it eventually did, and the great meeting continued on a note of such victory that resulted, once again, in tens of thousands receiving Jesus as their personal Savior. Each night, more and more people flocked to the crusade ground as the word went out across the region, until on the final night a vast crowd of seven hundred thousand people filled the place.

During the five days of the event, over 2,300,000 people came to hear the word of God! 1,416,684 people registered their decision to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and were entered into the church-based follow-up system.

By the end of the week, the talking point in Port Harcourt at every market stall and in every home was the power of God in action at the crusade. Every stratum of the society was impacted by the message of salvation. Thousands of spectacular healings took place as prayer was offered after the salvation message each evening and here are just a few of the wonderful testimonies that were given in public from the platform:

Literally hundreds of people pushed toward the side of the platform each evening after a public prayer for healing had been given. Many had the opportunity of testifying to the great crowd which responded with shouts of jubilation.

Mrs. Akiola, the wife of a well known leading pastor in the city, rejoiced and waved her walking frame in the air as she recounted the story of a fall that had broken her leg just weeks before. Now all pain had gone and she was able to walk unaided. The many thousands in the crowd, who knew her well, cheered, clapped and danced in praise to the Lord.
A woman by the name of Mrs. Odeleyi came with her five-year-old son and told us how, over four years ago, her baby had died and that she had brought his cold lifeless body to our CfaN crusade. She said that “suddenly his leg moved and he asked for water.” Now he stood next to her on the platform smiling and waving to the crowd, rejoicing in what God had done.

Fire from Heaven

This tremendous harvest of souls each evening was augmented in the mornings by the now well-known CfaN Fire Conference which was held in the large Liberation Stadium in the city center. Registered delegates gathered for two sessions each morning throughout the week, culminating in a wonderfully blessed final session on the Saturday morning at the end of which a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit was witnessed upon the thirty-two thousand strong gathering. Every minister and church worker was given a Bible and a book on evangelism as they left the stadium, the evangelism book being provided by CfaN as a gift and the Bible being donated by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. of the USA.

A comment made by Reverend Cily Akere summed up much of the feelings of those present at the Fire Conference during the week when he told a reporter that, “We have experienced the fire of God and we will never be the same again.”

These are indeed the days of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as together we are privileged to be witnessing historic events in the kingdom of God such as this amazing event in Port Harcourt.



Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Website: http://www.cfan.org/