Greetings Friends of the Lighthouse,
It is with sadness in our hearts that we pass on the news that leader and minister Myles Munroe and wife passed on into eternity yesterday in a tragic plane accident. Please keep their families and ministry partners in prayer. This is a great loss for the body of Christ.
Source:http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/small
Reposted Courtesy of the Lighthouse Church Inc.
A small plane crashed Sunday on approach to the island of Grand Bahama, killing all 9 people on board, the government of the Bahamas said. The Lear 36 Executive Jet had taken off from the Bahamian capital of Nassau and crashed while attempting to land around 5 p.m. local time in Freeport, according to a statement from the Ministry of Transport and Aviation.
“The Department of Civil Aviation has been advised unofficially that the aircraft was destroyed and that there were no survivors,” the ministry said. The crash occurred as people were gathering in Grand Bahama for the 2014 Global Leadership Forum. The Bahamas Tribune newspaper reported that Myles Munroe, a prominent Bahamian minister who organized the event, was killed along with several people in his entourage. Chief Supt. Clarence Reckley said he could not confirm the report and that authorities were still trying to determine the identities of the victims. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined though there had been heavy rain across the region. Police and fire authorities were on scene and a full investigation would begin at daylight on Monday. Grand Bahama is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Florida.
Myles Munroe was prepared for a week of speeches and seminars, mentorship and inspiration. The pastor and motivational speaker, 60, had organized a Global Leadership Forum for Nov. 10-13 in his native Bahamas. The event will continue–but under a cloud of sadness after a jet carrying Munroe and eight others crashed on approach near Grand Bahama International Airport Sunday, killing all on board. Munroe’s wife Ruth, who served as co-senior pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship, also was among the victims. The two had been married for three decades. Senior vice president and pastor Richard Pinder also died in the crash, ABC News has learned.
During his professional career, Munroe traveled to more than 100 countries and wrote dozens of books. His speeches addressed personal leadership, family structure, spiritual balance and principles. He discussed purpose in a 2003 speech. “You weren’t born just to live a life and to die, you were born to accomplish something specifically,” he said. “Matter of fact, success is making it to the end of your purpose, that is success. … Success is not just existing, success is making it to the end of why you were born.”He also discussed the human lifespan and making the most of one’s life. “The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective,” he said in 2003. “The people who have impacted the world didn’t live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world were not old people, but they lived so effectively that we cannot erase them from history.”Munroe and his wife had two children–Charisa and Myles Jr.,nicknamed “Chairo.”
With Deepest Sympathies,
The Lighthouse Church