Title: Arthur Blessitt
Content: the 50th year of Arthur carrying the cross (1968-2018). Over 42,279 miles (68,042km) through 324 countries (including Island Groups and Territories), of which 54 were in open war. This is about 84.5 million steps and about 19 billion pounds carried. He has crossed every ocean and walked on all seven continents (including Antarctica). He is known internationally as the "Pilgrim with the Cross." He is in the Guinness World Records Book 2015 on page 155 with a photo and story for Longest Around the World Ongoing Pilgrimage/Walk. His latest film documentary in 2014 is "The Cross Museum of Arthur and

Title: Arthur Blessitt
Content: South Africa, Lebanon, India, Antarctica, Palestine, Israel, Cuba, Libya, Northern and Southern Yemen, Vietnam and Mongolia. During his walk around the world, Blessitt has held audience with numerous world and religious leaders including, George W. Bush, Billy Graham, Pope John Paul II, Yasser Arafat and Muammar al-Gaddafi and was arrested 24 times. On part of the cross-walk through Beirut, Blessitt chose to bring his son Joshua. He completed every nation and major island group on June 7, 2008 but is still walking on. As of 2018 he is still carrying the cross in the U.S. and other nations. This is

Title: Arthur Blessitt
Content: walk to every nation. For a short while, he set up an evangelical outreach on New York's Times Square, which was similar to his Hollywood coffeehouse. In August 1971, Blessitt made his first overseas cross-walk beginning in Northern Ireland. He has carried the cross to all parts of the world including war-torn countries such as Lebanon and the world to share Jesus. During the Cold War, Blessitt carried his cross into the Soviet Union, through Russia, the Baltic States, Ukraine and other countries. He has carried the cross through such places as Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, China,

Title: The Cross (2009 film)
Content: The Cross (2009 film) The Cross (also known as The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story) is a 2009 documentary film directed by Matthew Crouch, in his directorial debut. The film chronicles Arthur Blessitt's Guinness World Record-setting journey of 38,102 miles of forty years "into every nation and major island group of the world" while carrying a twelve-foot wooden cross. In 2018 he has carried the cross over 42,279 miles in 324 nations, island groups and territories as he walks on. This is his 50th year carrying the cross (1968-2018) Over 84.5 million steps and over 19 billion pounds carried. Twenty

Title: Arthur Blessitt
Content: Arthur Blessitt Arthur Owen Blessitt (born October 27, 1940 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States) is a traveling Christian preacher, most known for carrying a cross through every nation of the world. Blessitt was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and grew up in northeast Louisiana, where his father managed a large cotton farm. At the age of 7 he accepted Christ at a revival meeting. He studied at Mississippi College and Golden Gate Baptist Seminary but abandoned his studies to serve as pastor in several Baptist churches across the US. In the late 1960s Blessitt began evangelizing to the youth of Hollywood,

Question: What did Arthur Blessitt carry with him on an around-the-world walk taking in 277 nations?
Answer: A wooden cross