Evangelist Daniel Kolenda discusses how worship and prayer can change lives and move mountains.
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You know, I've seen
people over the years who
are in the ministry.
And one person to me
stands out above others.
He's a German.
He's been ministering
in Africa, Asia,
and other foreign countries.
His crowds are enormous.
The results are huge.
The numbers of people
finding the Lord
are in the multimillions.
And I count him a dear
friend, and a man who I love,
and admire tremendously.
That's Reinhard Bonnke.
Well, he's also the
started something,
Christ For All Nations.
And his successor is a
guy named Daniel Kolenda.
So in December of
2015, a gospel crusade
was held for over four
days in the nation of Ghana
by Reinhard's organization,
Christ For All Nations.
The results were phenomenal,
and they were captured live
in this praise and worship DVD
combo called "Holy Ground."
Take a look.
NARRATOR: Thousands
of miles away
in a neighborhood
in Ghana, known
for crime, violence,
and poverty,
there sits a city dump.
Crews from Christ For All
Nations with evangelist Daniel
Kolenda cleared the trash
and flattened the ground.
They built a stage, and set
up lights and sound towers.
Soon, more than 700,000
people filled the place
to overflowing for four
nights of praise and worship.
DANIEL KOLENDA: We preach the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
It's the same emphasis that
evangelist Reinhard Bonnke
had when he started
this ministry
more than 40 years ago.
NARRATOR: By the
end of the week,
the dump had a new
name, Holy Ground.
Well, this the DVD.
You really need to have this.
This is a DVD.
It's a little packet here.
It's got DVD and some pictures.
That was an incredible time.
Well, Daniel Kolenda
is here with us.
Daniel, it's so good to see you.
And this was your crusade?
Yeah, it was.
It's so good to be back
with you, brother Pat.
And it also warms my
heart to hear you talking
about pastor Bonnke like that.
PAT ROBERTSON: I love him.
I love him.
I love him too.
I love him too.
He's done so much
for our generation.
And in evangelism, there's
just nobody like him.
Well, he chose you as
his annointed successor.
Am I saying it right?
Yeah, Yeah.
You know, what he said was
that the Lord spoke to him,
and said the anointed
must be appointed.
Reinhard Bonnke
DANIEL KOLENDA: And
so, you know, we're
not related by blood.
PAT ROBERTSON: Uh-huh.
DANIEL KOLENDA: But we have the
same heart and the same desire
to see the lost come
into the Kingdom of God.
So that's what
binds us together.
PAT ROBERTSON: Well,
you're in Ghana.
And I'm familiar with Ghana.
It's a nice country.
And they have a gold in Ghana.
But they've got a lot of
people that need Jesus.
And you took over a dump and
made it into holy ground?
Tell us about it.
Yeah.
You know, it was interesting,
because the only place
in the region that
was big enough
to hold our massive
crowd was the city dump.
And so, most people would
give up and go somewhere else,
to another country.
But what makes Christ
For All Nations
unique is that we don't
take no for an answer.
We went in there with backhoes
and with land moving equipment.
We moved all of the
garbage to one side.
Leveled the field.
Brought in gravel.
Set up our stage.
And what you can't see from
this beautiful footage,
with all the thousands
of people there,
is that as I was preaching,
off to my left-hand side,
the piles of garbage
were still there.
They had been pushed over.
PAT ROBERTSON: I hate
to say, the smell
have been overwhelming.
DANIEL KOLENDA: Well, you
know, it was burning garbage.
It kind of looks
like a rock concert,
because you see
smoke and lights.
But it's not smoke machines.
It's literally burning garbage
as we preach the gospel.
And somehow I feel,
brother Pat, that's
exactly where Jesus
would want to be.
PAT ROBERTSON: He would.
Well, he talked about Ghana.
You know, there was a
dump outside of Jerusalem.
He mentioned it as part of Hell.
But you took Hell and
made it into Heaven.
Yeah.
Some people like to go
preach in beautiful cathedral
with stained glass windows.
We want to go, you
know, like CT Studstead.
And we want to preach a
mile from the gates of Hell.
We want to be right where
the lost people are.
And the interesting thing is
that where this crusade took
place, it was a Muslim area.
And in fact, the
Christians didn't
want to come, because
it was high crime,
it was high poverty,
it was Muslim.
So the vast majority of the
people that came, over 700,000
were Muslims.
We got to preach
the gospel to them.
They saw miracles of
healing and deliverance.
PAT ROBERTSON: As far as the
eye can see, what a thrill.
750,000?
DANIEL KOLENDA: Yeah.
PAT ROBERTSON: How
many came to the Lord?
DANIEL KOLENDA: Over 300,000.
PAT ROBERTSON: 300,000?
DANIEL KOLENDA: Yeah.
PAT ROBERTSON:
That'll change Ghana.
DANIEL KOLENDA: Yeah.
Well, especially in that region.
I mean, we began to hear
stories from all over the place.
Governors and leadership
that wanted to meet with us,
because they heard about
what happened there.
It was significant.
PAT ROBERTSON: Tell us some of
the miracles that took place.
Well as always, we see
the cripples walking.
We see blind eyes opening.
We see deaf ears.
There was a man that had been
paralyzed for most of his life.
He was in his 80s.
And for the past 60 years,
he had been crippled.
He suddenly got up
and began to walk.
Threw away his crutches.
I mean, just amazing things.
Every single night, Jesus
showing out with miracles.
PAT ROBERTSON: Did you have
to break the power of Satan?
I mean, there was
this demonic spirit.
And how did you handle it?
DANIEL KOLENDA:
Well, you know, one
of the things that I learned
from evangelist Bonnke
is that we encourage the
people that have received
charms, and fetishes,
and amulets,
and idols from the witchdoctor.
We say bring them,
and we'll burn them.
The people are afraid
sometimes to remove
these things from their bodies
or get them out of their homes.
But we say we're not afraid.
Bring it, we'll burn it.
And we'll declare
freedom over you,
and break those
curses in Jesus' name.
And at such a moment when
that happens, a freedom.
And the people begin to
dance, they begin to sing,
as they realize that Jesus
Christ has set them free.
PAT ROBERTSON: Man,
this is so thrilling.
This is the fire.
These are the amulets and the?
DANIEL KOLENDA: Yeah, that's
idols burning in there,
and fetishes, and charms.
You know, the witch doctors
will give the person a charm.
And they'll say, put
this around your neck.
And if you cut this
off, you will die.
So the people live in fear of
this thing their whole lives.
And many times, they come to me.
And they say, I'm afraid.
So I'll take scissors
and cut it off.
PAT ROBERTSON: And
you cut it off?
And say, in Jesus'
name, you don't
have to be afraid anymore.
PAT ROBERTSON: Tell
me about Reinhard.
He's had a little
bit of ill health.
Is he coming back on the field?
Yeah, he's doing really well.
He just turned 77
a couple days ago.
And yeah, he's had
some health challenges,
but he's on the mend now.
And everything is looking great.
We're believing for
a full recovery.
And he's planning to do the
biggest crusade of his life
in November in Lagos, Nigeria.
PAT ROBERTSON: Wow.
So he is full throttle,
looking forward to that.
I dare say he's a figure in
a crowd of two million or more.
Bigger than that?
I think more.
At this point, it's
about everything,
in terms of preparations,
is triple the size
that it was the last
time we were there.
And the last time
we were there, we
had 1.6 million people
in a single service.
So it could very well
be the largest gathering
of human beings in history.
Good heaven's.
Well, look.
If somebody wants this DVD,
wants to help you guys,
what do they do?
Yeah.
They can just go to
HolyGroundWorship.com.
And it's anywhere
music is found.
By the way, I led
worship on this album.
I'm an evangelist--
PAT ROBERTSON: You sing?
I do sing.
Worship and evangelism
go together really well.
And this album will
transport the listener right
into the epicenter of
the greatest move of God
happening in our generation.
It's dripping with
the anointing.
And I would encourage you to
get anywhere music can be found.
PAT ROBERTSON:
Anywhere music can be--
OK.
And it's Holy Ground
and Daniel Kolenda.
Daniel, this is exciting.
I'm so glad that Reinhard
has a worthy successor.
Thank you.
Please give him my love.
I love him in the Lord.
We've been dear friends.
DANIEL KOLENDA:
He loves you too.
Well, I'm a little
older than he is.
He's about 10 years behind me.
[CHUCKLING] Keep going, brother.
We'll both hit 100 together.
Well, to hear more
from Daniel, just log
on to CBN.com at noon today.
And we will be live
streaming our prayer meeting.
And he will be leading the
prayer meeting of our staff
at Regent University.
Daniel Kolenda, God
bless you, my brother.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.