Reinhard was born in Austria as the son of a pastor. When he was only eight years old, he clearly felt God speak to his heart to become a preacher. He completed his theological degree in 1983 in England. Immediately after his studies he began to work in Christian ministry. He worked as a church planter, bible teacher, and traveling prophet and evangelist in many different countries of the world. He lived in Austria, England, the USA and currently he lives in Brazil, where is is training church planters and building orphanages. He has been used frequently in miracles and has seen thousands of supernatural healings, including eye sights restored, deaf ears open, cripples walk, cancers healed.... He is a well sought after conference speaker and author of ten books. He travels extensively around the world, challenging and inspiring people to forsake all and follow Jesus. He has been married to Debi since 1986 and has two grown sons. Their website about their work with poor children in Brazil can be seen at www.braziliankidskare.org