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<h2>Early life and evangelism: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Arthur Blessitt</a>'s childhood, accepting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus">Jesus Christ</a>, and starting his evangelistic work in the United States.</h2>

<p>Not many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christians</a> can claim to have expressed their faith as strongly as <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Arthur Blessitt</a> has. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, he accepted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus">Jesus Christ</a> as his Lord and personal savior at the age of seven. In the late 1960s, he began evangelizing to drug addicts and prostitutes in the United States, starting with a walk from Los Angeles, California to Washington, D.C. on Christmas Day, 1969. He then took the cross abroad, visiting war-torn countries such as Lebanon and meeting with many world leaders along the way. He eventually carried the cross to every nation and island group in the world.</p>

<h2>Taking the cross abroad: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s journeys with the cross, visiting war-torn countries and meeting world leaders.</h2>

<p>Despite trying to project a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> image with the cross-walks and evangelistic programs, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Arthur Blessitt</a>'s personal life might tell a different story. He married his then-girlfriend, Sherry Anne Simons, after only dating her for three weeks, which is a short courtship before deciding to get married. The marriage lasted for years and they had six children. <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> continued taking the cross to different countries and was portrayed as being well-received through videotaping. Despite his efforts to lead the world into the salvation promised by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus">Jesus Christ</a>, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> had an affair overseas with a model thirty years younger than him. This behavior has been seen by some as hypocritical.</p>

<h2>Personal life and controversies: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s marriages, affairs, and criticisms from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> community.</h2>

<p>Even a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">non-Christian</a> knows that the Bible prohibits extramarital relationships. Nevertheless, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> married Denise Irja in 1990 after he divorced his first wife, Sherry. They moved to Denver, Colorado, and later adopted a child. What made the situation worse in the eyes of proper <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christians</a> was <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s claim that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God">God</a> had supposedly told him to divorce his first wife and marry his newfound love.</p>

<p>One of <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s seven children was disabled, and she had to work to support the large family. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christianity</a> teaches strong family bonds and a life centered on the Bible. Even though <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Arthur Blessitt</a> continued taking the cross to different parts of the world, his priorities are debated among evangelical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christians</a> who feel his actions cannot be justified. However, his fervor and dedication as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> brought many souls to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christianity</a>, and there would have been more had it not been for the mistake he made in his youth.</p>

<h2>Minister of Sunset Strip: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s evangelism in Hollywood, creating "His Place" coffee house, and carrying the cross on Sunset Strip.</h2>

<p>During <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s time evangelizing to the young people of Hollywood in the late 1960s, he became lovingly known as the "Minister of Sunset Strip." <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> was known to preach to people of all different types, including runaways, hippies, flower children, prostitutes, drug-addicted individuals, actors, and singers. In March of 1968, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> created a coffee house called "His Place," which was in a rented building right next door to a topless dancing club. In "His Place," <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> hung his first cross, and he began carrying this cross on the Sunset Strip on various occasions.</p>

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<h2>Facts and figures about the cross: The cross's dimensions, redesign, and travel statistics.</h2>

<p>There are many fascinating facts and figures regarding <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> and his cross. As of 2018, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> has been carrying his cross for fifty years. The cross is twelve feet long and six feet wide, made of four-inch by four-inch wood and weighing forty-five pounds. It had to be redesigned with bolts to be taken apart and reassembled quickly to travel with the cross in flights. An inflatable rubber tire added to the bottom of the cross bore the burden of the weight and helped <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> continue to travel many miles a day.</p>

<h2><a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Arthur Blessitt</a>'s walking records: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s achievements in walking, including Guinness World Records recognition.</h2>

<p>In fifty years of carrying his cross, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> has walked over 42,279 miles (68,041 km). He is one of the few people in the world to have circumnavigated the world on foot. It is estimated that the cross has traveled about 20,000 miles by boat and has flown approximately 2,320,000 miles by airplane, and 435,000 miles by automobile. <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> has carried his cross across all seven continents. He needs to replace the soles in his shoes about every five hundred miles. The longest he ever walked in a day was forty-seven miles alone and seventy-two miles with help. He spent two years walking from West Africa to East Africa, and two years walking from Mexico to Colombia. The total number of different countries and island groups that <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> has carried his cross across is 324. He was arrested twenty-four times, mainly in Hollywood, California.</p>

<p><a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>, in fifty years of carrying a cross, has traveled between 15 and 16 percent of the distance to the moon. He was first accepted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1996 for the Longest Walk. On November 16, 2004, Guinness celebrated their 50th anniversary at a beautiful celebration in New York City, and <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> was <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">one</a> of the special guests.</p>

<h2>Meetings with world and religious leaders: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s encounters with notable figures during his travels.</h2>

<p>During his many walks around the world, <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> has held an audience with many world and religious leaders, including <a href="/biography/billy-graham">Billy Graham</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II">Pope John Paul II</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush">George W. Bush</a>, and <a href="/biography/muammar-gaddafi">Muammar al-Gaddafi</a>.</p>

<h2>Tips and advice for walking: <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a>'s website offering guidance on walking techniques, footwear, water, and food.</h2>

<p><a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Mr.</a> <a href="/biography/arthur-blessit">Blessitt</a> has a website that tells all about his travels and also provides many tips and advice for walking. He discusses the proper ways to walk, including the best way to point your toes. He discusses the best types of shoes and boots, including how your feet swell in the heat and shrink in the cold. He offers many tips about water, how to obtain safe water and what water to avoid. Finally, he outlines how various foods should be cooked and what foods to avoid at all costs.</p>

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