I realize this looks like the start of a CGI battle scene from Lord of the Rings, but it’s actually just the biggest crowd you’ve ever seen:
That would be the pastor Reinhard Bonnke, who does these sorts of massive faith-healing events across Africa. Have wanted to write something about him since I did this story in Nigeria in 2005.
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29 November | 9:49 | EricaLucci
OMG, that's mind blowing.
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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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