Arthur Blessitt

Arthur Blessitt

Arthur Blessitt (born October 27, 1940 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States) is a travelling Christian preacher, most famous for being involved with George W. Bush's conversion to Jesus on April 3 1984. [cite web
url=http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/11/08/house_of_bush/index.html
title=How George Bush really found Jesus: The story Bush tells about how Billy Graham converted him is a fable, concocted during the 2000 presidential campaign. Here's the truth
first=Craig
last=Unger
date=2007-11-08
publisher=Salon
] He is also famous for traveling to war-torn countries such as Lebanon to pray for peace. When he travels he often carries a twelve-foot cross. He has carried a 12 foot cross in every nation on earth and in almost every island group and territory for a total of 308 nations, island groups and territories. He is in the Guinness World Records for the "world's longest walk" now one and a half times around the earth at the equator, 37,352 miles.,A 2-inch cross has been cut from his 12-foot cross and is planned to be launched into space. [http://blessitt.com/crossinspace/photoc2.html]

ee also

*Steven M. Newman

External links

* [http://www.blessitt.com Arthur Blessitt's homepage]
* [http://www.blessitt.com/bush.html Story of Bush's conversion]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2004/bush/cron.html PBS Frontline story mentioning Blessitt]

References

*"The Faith of George W. Bush" by Stephen Mansfield ISBN 1-58542-309-2


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