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Reinhard Bonnke, evangelist who ‘won 77 million souls’, dies at 79

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and renowned German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke (left) unfasten a ribbon during the dedication ceremony for the Faith Evangelistic Ministry's Family Church in Karen in August 2016. [File, Standard]

Celebrated German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke is dead, his family has announced.

His wife Anni Bonnke, in a statement shared on the preacher’s Facebook page, said he died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 7, 2019.

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