Reinhard Bonnke Ministries

One of the organizations supported by Merwe Viljoen is Christ for All Nations, the name given to an evangelistic organization founded by German-born Reinhard Bonnke in 1975. Reinhard, who was ordained after attending a bible college in Wales, started his preaching career in 1969 in the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa. He and his wife Anni spent seven years in the country as missionaries, and it was during this time that he heard the call of evangelism. The Christ for all Nations organization, or CfaN, began with just 100 attendees in Botswana’s national stadium in Gabarones. At this meeting five of those attending claimed to have been healed. The Word spread, and by the time the final scheduled meeting came along Reinhard Bonnke was preaching to a packed stadium. Twelve years later 80% of CfaN pastors were converts from that first crusade.


Reinhard Bonnke Ministry’s first tent held just 800 people, but the rapid growth of followers soon saw larger tents being commissioned, a yellow tent that held 10,000 people soon had to be replaced with a larger one capable of holding as many as 34,000. Reinhard soon expanded his crusades to include other African countries, and a record crowd of 1.6 million people attended a crusade on a single day in Lagos, Nigeria. Today Christ for all Nations ministries can be found all over the world.


Douw van der Merwe Viljoen, an active Christian, has long been an vigorous supporter of the Reinhard Bonnke Ministries. With the help of such active followers as Merwe, Christ for All Nations continues to go from strength to strength attracting a seemingly endless parade of nations eager to hear the Word of the Lord.