On May 17, 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. This book reads like a travelogue as you journey with Arthur in country after country. You'll begin with Arthur's 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. You'll go with 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'll be moved by the stories of how God used them to bring people spiritual, physical and relational healing during the final tumultuous days of racial apartheid. You'll 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 as they walk with the cross in the various regions of the former USSR just weeks after its collapse. As Arthur has traveled around the world, he has found the cross to be a universal symbol of God's love that can be understood in spite of language and cultural barriers. 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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