The Bahamas government will hold a memorial service in Florida next month for internationally acclaimed pastor Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth Ann, who were killed in a plane crash on November 9, along with seven others.
According to a statement from the Bahamas Consulate General Office in Miami, the special service will be held on December 11 at 7 p.m. at Faith Center in Sunrise, Florida.
"Under the auspices of the Bahamas Consulate General Miami, the celebration is the official memorial service given by the government of The Bahamas in the United States of America for Dr. Munroe and his wife," the statement said.
Government officials from The Bahamas and the United States are expected to be in attendance as well as members of the clergy, family and friends.
The death of Munroe, who travelled extensively sharing his message of leadership and the Kingdom, came as a shock locally and globally.
International leaders and celebrities from several countries across the world have expressed condolences and sent messages of encouragement.
Officials said Munroe's plane left New Providence around 4:07 p.m. and crashed into a crane and at the Grand Bahama Shipyard while making an approach for landing at Grand Bahama International Airport at 5:10 p.m.
Also on board the doomed flight were BFMI Senior Vice-President Dr. Richard Pinder; BFMI Youth Pastors Lavard and Radel Parks and their son, Johannan; pilots Stanley Thurston and Frakhan Cooper and Diego De Santiago.
The group was traveling to Grand Bahama for the Global Leadership Forum.
A preliminary report into the crash revealed that weather conditions played a part in the accident.
According to the report, released by the Air Accident Investigation and Prevention Unit (AAIPU), the pilot attempted to land the aircraft twice amid deteriorating weather conditions.
Accident Investigator Delvin Major, who prepared the report, said as the pilot attempted to find the runway visually, the aircraft struck a crane in the Grand Bahama Shipyard, lost a portion of the right wing and fuel tank and "continued its downward, uncontrolled descent" before it crashed into a mound of garbage.
When the aircraft crashed, it was only 1.9 miles away from Grand Bahama International Airport.
The local memorial service for Dr. Munroe and his wife will take place at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium on December 3.
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