The Cross Movie is a film that was made in 2008 and released the next year. It was Matthew Crouch's debut as a documentary director. It follows the 38,000 miles Arthur Blessitt covered on foot. His efforts landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. The goal of his journey was to take the gospel to every country and primary island group in the world.
Matthew Crouch had met Arthur Blessitt 20 years before. The two men met again by chance in the summer of 2008, during Blessitt's trip to Zanzibar, Africa. It was then that Crouch had the idea to create a documentary that would tell the complete story, including the timeline of each facet of the journey.
Blessitt's tale essentially begins with what he calls simple obedience to God: He felt as if God was leading him to fashion a huge cross which he then placed on the wall of his Hollywood, California Christian coffee house called "His Place". This was done in the mid-nineteen sixties, and by nineteen sixty-eight he had begun taking short walks to Hollywood's Sunset Strip in order to feed homeless individuals and share the gospel.
Blessitt soon began to feel that God was calling him to make similar walk, but across the entire country. Shortly after, he left Hollywood and began a journey that would take him all the way to Washington DC and New York City. It began on Christmas day in 1969.
The following year, Arthur carried his cross through then war-torn Northern Ireland. This was the trip that began what was soon to become a walk throughout the entire world. In 1988, he felt led by God to continue his journey until he had reached every country possible with the gospel. A decade later, he completed this mission, even gaining access to North Korea through a chain of extraordinary circumstances.
In summer of 2008, the aforementioned documentary film was completed. His wife assisted director Matthew Crouch, as she had been with her husband in over 290 of the countries he visited during the walk. To this day, the journey is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The longest walk in the world".
A personal glimpse of Blessitt's trip through three hundred and fifteen countries, island groups, and territories is chronicled in the documentary. The specific distance he covered was 38,102 miles, which is equivalent to walking the circumference of the earth at the equator level one and a half times. The film has been received well by both non-Christians and those who embrace the Christian faith, as it truly highlights the beliefs and dedication of Blessitt and his family.
The movie also highlights many conversations Blessitt had with the individuals with whom he stopped to speak during his journey. Many times he walked in complete solitude, while other times large groups of people were waiting to greet him in certain areas. The journey led him into many troubled and war torn areas of the world. However, no circumstances he was forced to meet ever tempted him to abandon his journey. The Cross Movie played in select theaters, and is now available on DVD from a variety of retail outlets, as well as online.
Matthew Crouch had met Arthur Blessitt 20 years before. The two men met again by chance in the summer of 2008, during Blessitt's trip to Zanzibar, Africa. It was then that Crouch had the idea to create a documentary that would tell the complete story, including the timeline of each facet of the journey.
Blessitt's tale essentially begins with what he calls simple obedience to God: He felt as if God was leading him to fashion a huge cross which he then placed on the wall of his Hollywood, California Christian coffee house called "His Place". This was done in the mid-nineteen sixties, and by nineteen sixty-eight he had begun taking short walks to Hollywood's Sunset Strip in order to feed homeless individuals and share the gospel.
Blessitt soon began to feel that God was calling him to make similar walk, but across the entire country. Shortly after, he left Hollywood and began a journey that would take him all the way to Washington DC and New York City. It began on Christmas day in 1969.
The following year, Arthur carried his cross through then war-torn Northern Ireland. This was the trip that began what was soon to become a walk throughout the entire world. In 1988, he felt led by God to continue his journey until he had reached every country possible with the gospel. A decade later, he completed this mission, even gaining access to North Korea through a chain of extraordinary circumstances.
In summer of 2008, the aforementioned documentary film was completed. His wife assisted director Matthew Crouch, as she had been with her husband in over 290 of the countries he visited during the walk. To this day, the journey is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The longest walk in the world".
A personal glimpse of Blessitt's trip through three hundred and fifteen countries, island groups, and territories is chronicled in the documentary. The specific distance he covered was 38,102 miles, which is equivalent to walking the circumference of the earth at the equator level one and a half times. The film has been received well by both non-Christians and those who embrace the Christian faith, as it truly highlights the beliefs and dedication of Blessitt and his family.
The movie also highlights many conversations Blessitt had with the individuals with whom he stopped to speak during his journey. Many times he walked in complete solitude, while other times large groups of people were waiting to greet him in certain areas. The journey led him into many troubled and war torn areas of the world. However, no circumstances he was forced to meet ever tempted him to abandon his journey. The Cross Movie played in select theaters, and is now available on DVD from a variety of retail outlets, as well as online.
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Watch the cross movie showing how Arthur Blessitt carried the cross around the world by visiting his official website www.blessitt.com. Online visitors can also order his book directly from http://www.blessitt.com.
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