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'''Daniel Kolenda''' is an American [[missionary]], [[Evangelism|evangelist]], author, and pastor, currently serving as the president and CEO of [[Christ for all Nations]] (CfaN) and the lead pastor at Nations Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Leadership - Nations Church|url=https://wearenations.church/our-leadership/ |publisher=Nations Church|accessdate=April 17, 2024}}</ref> in [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref name="newman">{{cite web |title=Biography of Evangelist Daniel Kolenda|url=https://www.thenewman.org.ng/2022/09/biography-of-evangelist-daniel-kolenda.html |publisher=The New Man|date=November 3, 2023|accessdate=February 27, 2024}}</ref> He succeeded [[Reinhard Bonnke]] as head of CfAN |
'''Daniel Kolenda''' is an American [[missionary]], [[Evangelism|evangelist]], author, and pastor, currently serving as the president and CEO of [[Christ for all Nations]] (CfaN) and the lead pastor at Nations Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Leadership - Nations Church|url=https://wearenations.church/our-leadership/ |publisher=Nations Church|accessdate=April 17, 2024}}</ref> in [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref name="newman">{{cite web |title=Biography of Evangelist Daniel Kolenda|url=https://www.thenewman.org.ng/2022/09/biography-of-evangelist-daniel-kolenda.html |publisher=The New Man|date=November 3, 2023|accessdate=February 27, 2024}}</ref> He succeeded [[Reinhard Bonnke]] as head of CfAN in 2009 and worked side by side with Bonnke until his death in 2019. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Kolenda is a fifth-generation preacher who attended the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry in [[Pensacola]], and later graduated from the [[Southeastern University]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]]. He has led tens of millions of people to Christ through massive open-air evangelistic campaigns in some of the most difficult and remote locations on Earth.<ref name="campaigns">{{cite web |title=Daniel Kolenda's Evangelistic Campaigns|url=https://cfan.org/crusades |publisher=Christ for all Nations|date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> |
Kolenda is a fifth-generation preacher who attended the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry in [[Pensacola]], and later graduated from the [[Southeastern University]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]]. He has led tens of millions of people to Christ through massive open-air evangelistic campaigns in some of the most difficult and remote locations on Earth.<ref name="campaigns">{{cite web |title=Daniel Kolenda's Evangelistic Campaigns|url=https://cfan.org/crusades |publisher=Christ for all Nations|date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> |
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Kolenda was married with Rebekah Kolenda; in 2022, she filed a divorce lawsuit. The case is pending.<ref name="unicourt">{{cite web |title=KOLENDA, REBEKAH VS KOLENDA, DANIEL PAUL III|url=https://unicourt.com/case/fl-dix-kolenda-rebekah-vs-kolenda-daniel-paul-iii-13731 |publisher=UniCourt|date=April 6, 2022|accessdate=February 27, 2024}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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{{blockquote|God is raising up this generation to go out and be His hands and feet to spread the Gospel. The average age at all 3 stadiums was 24! #TheSend Brazil was a historical day for this country!<ref name="box"/>}} |
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==Kolenda and the pandemic== |
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Speaking in relation to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|pandemic]], in a [[YouTube]] live on May 29, 2020 ("COVID-19 Prophetic Panel with Daniel Kolenda"), Kolenda urged his viewers not to put "their eggs in one basket", whether these were self, government or doctors. That all these baskets had holes, and that the only basket with no holes was God's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uschristian.news/daniel-kolenda-combats-covid-19-fears-along-with-answers-from-a-prophetic-panel/|title=Daniel Kolenda combats Covid-19 fears along with answers from a prophetic panel |website=US Christian News|date=2020|accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> A few days earlier, on May 11, 2020, he had declared on the [[Christ for all Nations]] [[United Kingdom|UK]] Facebook page, that no sickness or disease could stand in the presence of God and called on his readers to be "a light in the darkness" and not "cower in fear like those in the world whose only hope is in science, medicine, politics and economics."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/cfanuk/photos/a.106826886169/10158323180801170/?type=3&_rdr|title=Immune to Fear|last=Kolenda|first=Daniel|website=Christ for all Nations UK|date=May 11, 2020|accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> |
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==The "little god" controversy== |
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Kolenda has been denounced as an [[Apostasy|apostate]] and [[Heresy|heretic]] by [[Conservatism|conservative]] currents of [[evangelicalism]].<ref name="Little">{{cite web|url=https://disntr.com/2022/07/29/false-teacher-of-the-day-48-daniel-kolenda/|title=False Teacher of the Day #48: Daniel Kolenda|website=The Dissenter|date=July 29, 2022|accessdate=April 24, 2024}}</ref> This is due to his defense of the "little-god theology", which presupposes that Christians have the potential to become divine (or God-like) creatures,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arcapologetics.org/are-christians-little-gods/|title=Are Christians “Little gods”?|last=Hux|first=Clete|website=Apologetics Resource Center|date=March 21, 2018|accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> something that is implicitly defended by [[Mormonism]] and also by the [[Catholic Church]].<ref name="Little"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1J.HTM|title=Why Did The Word Become Flesh?|website=[[Holy See]]|accessdate=April 24, 2024}}</ref> |
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==Selected publications== |
==Selected publications== |
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Revision as of 19:31, 30 May 2024
Daniel Kolenda | |
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| Education | Southeastern University (Lakeland, Florida), Brownsville Revival School of Ministry (Pensacola, Florida) |
| Occupation(s) | Missionary, evangelist, author, and pastor |
| Employer | Christ for all Nations (CfaN) |
| Known for | President/CEO of Christ for all Nations,[1] massive evangelistic campaigns |
| Title | President and CEO of CfaN, Lead Pastor at Nations Church |
| Website | danielkolenda |
Daniel Kolenda is an American missionary, evangelist, author, and pastor, currently serving as the president and CEO of Christ for all Nations (CfaN) and the lead pastor at Nations Church[2] in Orlando, Florida.[3] He succeeded Reinhard Bonnke as head of CfAN in 2009 and worked side by side with Bonnke until his death in 2019.
Biography
Kolenda is a fifth-generation preacher who attended the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry in Pensacola, and later graduated from the Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. He has led tens of millions of people to Christ through massive open-air evangelistic campaigns in some of the most difficult and remote locations on Earth.[4]
Career
Kolenda's work includes hosting two internationally syndicated television programs and authoring eight books, with bestsellers such as LIVE Before You Die and Slaying Dragons.[5] He founded the CfaN Evangelism Bootcamp, aiming to "multiply labourers for the sake of the harvest," leading to the launch of hundreds of ministers and ministries.[6]
"Trump, 2019 and Beyond"
On July 6, 2019, Kolenda interviewed the prophet Jeremiah Johnson on his Christ for All Nations Facebook channel. Johnson, author of the book "Trump, 2019 and Beyond", reported that he had received a vision in which Donald Trump emerged as the biblical Nebuchadnezzar, and that the church should play the role of Daniel, supporting the leader chosen by God for a new global stage of spiritual revival. During the interview, Kolenda tried to present himself impartially, denying that he was a Trump enthusiast, and that the prophecy should be understood from a spiritual point of view.[7]
Kolenda in The Send Brazil
In February 2020, Kolenda, with other The Send cofounders (Lou Engle, Michael Koulianos, Todd White, Brian Brennt, Teo Hayashi and Andy Byrd), was in Brazil for the first edition of The Send outside the United States. The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, made a surprise appearance and declared at the stage that he "is a believer in Jesus and that Brazil belongs to God."[8]
About the event, Kolenda posted in his Facebook page:[8]
Selected publications
- Live Before You Die: Wake Up to God’s Will for Your Life (2012)
- The Judgment Seat of Christ (2016)
- Unlocking the Miraculous: Through Faith and Prayer (2016)
- Freedom from Debt. Biblical Keys to Financial Abundance (2017)
- Slaying Dragons: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Warfare (2019)
- Conquering Fear: A 60-Day Devotional (2020)
References
- ^ Christ for all Nations
- ^ "Our Leadership - Nations Church". Nations Church. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Biography of Evangelist Daniel Kolenda". The New Man. November 3, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Kolenda's Evangelistic Campaigns". Christ for all Nations. April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Kolenda's Media Presence and Publications". CfaN. April 17, 2024.
- ^ "CfaN Evangelism Bootcamp". CfaN. April 17, 2024.
- ^ Kolenda, Daniel (July 6, 2019). "Trump, 2019 and Beyond". Facebook. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "A Historic Event Marks a Generation Hungry for God — The Send Brazil". MB. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
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- Evangelical missionaries
- Evangelical pastors
- People from Orlando, Florida
- Southeastern University (Florida) alumni