Myles Munroe, (20 April 1954 – 9 November 2014) was a Bahamian
Evangelical Christian evangelist and ordained
Pentecostal minister who founded and led the Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI) and Myles Munroe International (MMI).
He was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the International Third World Leaders Association and president of the International Leadership Training Institute as well as the author of numerous books.
Munroe died with his wife and 7 others in a private plane crash on 9 November 2014.
Born Myles Egbert Munroe in 1954 in
Nassau, Bahamas, Munroe grew up poor in a family of eleven children. Raised in the Nassau suburb of Bain Town, he was a life-long resident of the
Commonwealth.
Munroe became a Christian during his teenage years, later attending
Oral Roberts University (ORU) where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts, Education, and
Theology in 1978
and a
Master’s degree in administration from the
University of Tulsa in 1980.
Munroe was also the recipient of honorary doctoral degrees from various schools of higher education
and served as an adjunct professor of the Graduate School of Theology at ORU.
His wife, Ruth Munroe, served as co-pastor with him at BFMI. Together, the couple had two children, Myles, Jr. (known as Chairo), and a daughter, Charisa
Dr. Myles and Mrs. Ruth Munroe
Dr. Myles Munroe with the son Chairo Myles Munroe Jr. and daughter Charisa Myles Munroe.
Munroe and his wife were reportedly killed in a private plane crash during airport approach on 9 November 2014. Bahamian officials stated their aircraft struck a crane at a ship yard near Grand Bahama International Airport. Munroe and the other passengers were en route to Freeport, Grand Bahama for a conference.
the team of those who died on the plane crash with Dr. Munroe
THEY ARE ALL REMEMBERED FOR THE IMPACT THE LEFT TO THIER GENERATION.
"The greatest trrgedy in life is not death, but life without a purpose"~ Dr. Myles Munroe.