Prominent minister dies in small plane crash in Bahamas

Myles Munroe, a prominent Christian minister from the Bahamas, and his wife, Ruth Munroe, were among nine people killed when a small plane crashed while attempting to land Sunday on the island of Grand Bahama, Prime Minister Perry Christie said Monday.

Munroe, 60, was president and founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries International and was traveling to Grand Bahamas to attend the 2014 Global Leadership Forum, according to Christie. Several members of the minister's entourage were among those killed.

"It is utterly impossible to measure the magnitude of the Dr. Munroe's loss to the Bahamas and to the world," Christie said in a statement, The Nassau Guardian reports.

Calling Munroe his "personal friend and spiritual mentor," Christie said he was "indisputably one of the most globally recognizable religious figures our nation has ever produced."