Arthur Blessitt

**Arthur Owen Blessitt** (27 ga Oktoba, 1940 - 14 ga Janairu, 2025) wani mai wa'azin Kirista ne ɗan Amurka wanda ya yi tafiya a duniya wanda aka san shi da ɗaukar giciye . 

## Bayani
An haifi Blessitt a Greenville, Mississippi, a ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1940, kuma ya girma a Louisiana, inda mahaifinsa ke kula da babban gonar auduga.  Lokacin da yake da shekaru bakwai, Blessitt ya zama Kirista .  Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Mississippi da Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, amma ya bar karatunsa don yin hidima a matsayin fasto a majami'un Baptist da dama a faɗin Amurka. 

A ƙarshen shekarun 1960, Blessitt ya fara wa'azi a Hollywood, California . A can aka san shi da "Ministan Sunset Strip ".  A watan Maris na 1968, ya buɗe gidan kofi mai suna *His Place* a wani gini da aka yi haya kusa da wani gidan rawa na go-go mara rufin gida. 

## Tafiya a ketare
Wataƙila Arthur Blessitt ya fi shahara da "tafiya a kan giciye" - yana tafiya da ƙafa, ya ja giciyen katako wanda ya gina a shekarar 1968 don rataye a bangon "His Place" a Sunset Strip, Hollywood.  Ya fara yin gajerun yawo a wannan yanki, wanda a bayyane yake ya motsa shi ta hanyar karanta kalmomin Yesu a cikin Luka 9:23 "Duk wanda zai bi ni, bari ya ƙi kansa ya **ɗauki gicciyensa kowace rana** ya bi ni."

Tafiye-tafiyen sun yi tsayi ba da daɗewa ba. A ranar Kirsimeti ta 1969, ya fara tafiyarsa ta farko mai tsawo da giciye, yana tafiya daga Los Angeles zuwa Washington, DC. Da yake magana game da wahayinsa ga tafiyar, ya ce "ya ji muryar Yesu yana kiransa ya yi tafiya zuwa kowace ƙasa."  Na ɗan lokaci, daga 1970 zuwa 1971,  ya kafa wani taron bishara a Times Square na New York, wanda yayi kama da gidan shayinsa na Hollywood.  A watan Mayu 1971, Blessitt ya yi tafiya ta farko a ƙasashen waje, wanda ya fara a Arewacin Ireland . 

Blessitt ya ɗauki giciyen zuwa dukkan sassan duniya. [1] A lokacin Yaƙin Cacar Baki, ya ɗauki giciyen sa zuwa Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria da sauran ƙasashe. [2] Ya ziyarci Tarayyar Soviet da giciyen sa a karon farko a shekarar 1988, inda ya ziyarci Moscow na tsawon kwanaki biyar. A shekarar 1992, bayan rugujewar Tarayyar Soviet, ya ziyarci sauran jamhuriyoyin bayan Soviet, ciki har da ƙasashen Baltic da Ukraine. [3] Ya ɗauki giciyen ta wurare kamar Iraq, Koriya ta Arewa, Iran, Afghanistan, Somaliya, Sudan, China, Afirka ta Kudu, Lebanon, Indiya, Antarctica, Falasdinu, Isra'ila, Cuba, Libya, Arewacin da Kudancin Yemen, Vietnam da Mongolia.

## Ra'ayoyin Addini
Blessitt ya yi aiki a cikin al'adar bishara ta Kiristanci na Furotesta kuma ya zauna a cikin reshen Charismatic na wannan al'adar.  Ya lissafa RT Kendall da Charles Spurgeon a matsayin wahayi. 

Blessitt ya yi takarar neman tsayawa takarar shugaban ƙasa a jam'iyyar Democrat a shekarar 1976. Ya janye daga takarar bayan ya fafata a zaɓen fidda gwani na New Hampshire da Florida. Ya yi nasara a karo na biyar a Florida da ƙuri'u 8,171.  Ya bayyana cewa shi "mai farin ciki ne" saboda "gyaran ruhaniya da ɗabi'a ya zama babban batu na kamfen ko ta yaya." 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Aurensa na farko shine da Sherry Anne Simmons, wacce ya aura cikin makonni uku bayan soyayya a shekarar 1963.   Tare suka haifi 'ya'ya shida: Gina, Arthur Joel, Joy, Arthur Joshua, Arthur Joseph da Arthur Jerusalem.  Blessitt da Simmons sun sake aure a shekarar 1990. 

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