Arthur Blessitt, who has died aged 84, was an American preacher who, between 1969 and 2008, wandered round every country in ...

Arthur Blessitt, a onetime street preacher in Los Angeles who set off on a cross-country trek on Christmas Day in 1969 hauling a 12-foot cross to begin what became a more than 43,000-mile pilgrimage ...

His “trek” there was largely symbolic: Authorities let him carry his cross from the front door of his hotel to the street and back. Image Mr. Blessitt and his son Arthur Joshua Blessitt ...

and pest-infested jungles Arthur Blessitt, who has died aged 84, was an American preacher who, between 1969 and 2008, wandered round every country in the world carrying a 45lb wooden cross ...

Blessitt was born on October 27, 1940, in Greenville, Mississippi, to Virginia and Arthur Blessitt ... you to take that cross that is hanging on the wall in His Place and carry it across America.” ...

Arthur Blessitt, whose fervent efforts to convert the hippies, freaks and addicts along Hollywood's Sunset Strip were just a prelude to his decision to carry a 110-pound wooden cross from Los ...