On June 13, 2008, Arthur Blessitt walked his 38,102nd mile in Zanzibar, off of the coast of Tanzania, completing a journey that began in 1969. Arthur started walking with a twelve-foot cross on December 25, 1969, and has successfully carried a large wooden cross into every nation and major island group of the world. In this audio book you will follow Arthur’s journey from his initial call from God to carry a cross from Hollywood, where he was known as “the minister of Sunset Strip,” across America to its capital, Washington, DC. Then you will accompany Arthur as he hacks his way through the Darien Jungle from Panama to Colombia. You’ll join Arthur and his son, Joshua, as they take the cross to South Africa in 1986. You will be moved by the stories of how God used them to bring spiritual, physical, and relational healing to many during the final tumultuous days of racial apartheid. You will also trek with Arthur and his wife, Denise, as they cross desert sands to take the cross to Saudi Arabia when the nation was closed to tourists and into regions of the former USSR just weeks after its collapse. You’ll be amazed by how people in all cultures respond to the cross. As Arthur has traveled around the world, he has found the cross to be a universal symbol of God’s love that breaks down the barriers of language and culture. He writes, “Perhaps I’m the only person in history who has been physically shaped by the weight of a cross. But the changes the cross has brought to my physical body are not important.What is important is how the cross has changed my life, and the lives of so many others, from the inside out!”
Arthur Blessitt ( - )
Arthur Blessitt is a traveling Christian preacher, most known for carrying a cross through every nation of the world. On Christmas morning in 1969, Blessitt began his journey with the cross, walking from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. In August 1971, Blessitt made his first overseas crosswalk beginning in Northern Ireland. Blessitt is the subject of a 2009 documentary feature, The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story.The man who carried the cross around the world in every nation and is listed in the Guinness World Records for the world's longest walk over 40,698 miles in '321 countries, islands groups & territories' for 45 years. First carried the cross 1968. Story & photos of the cross in every nation. First day of the world crosswalk, Dec. 25, 1969 from Hollywood, CA “Jesus did it. All Glory to God!" and still walking carrying the cross around the world...
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