The March for Jesus in city itaguai-rio.from brazil
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HISTORY
The March for Jesus is an international and interdenominational&nbsp;occurs annually in thousands of cities worldwide.&nbsp;A peaceful demonstration,&nbsp;conscious and exciting move of God in our day.
The Church has the opportunity to prove it is not restricted to temples,&nbsp;but alive and open to the whole society, and unite the Christian churches in a&nbsp;act of public expression of faith, love, gratitude and exaltation of the name&nbsp;of Jesus Christ.
The picture you see on a march - anywhere in the world - are&nbsp;Thousands of Christians marched through the streets of all ages, races,&nbsp;nationalities and ethnic cultures.&nbsp;Colored clothing, flags, banners,&nbsp;pennants and other props only add to the principal: the radiant&nbsp;face of the participants with the joy of knowing that God loves them and is alive&nbsp;in them!&nbsp;As part of the official calendar of various cities, the march to&nbsp;Jesus has the participation of diverse communities of electric trios&nbsp;and Christian churches, denominations and involving all manner of capturing&nbsp;sweeping the minds and hearts of its participants.

WORLDWIDE
The first March for Jesus took place in 1987 in London&nbsp;(England), and was founded by Pastor Roger Forster, by singer-&nbsp;composer Graham Kendrick, Gerald Coates and Lynn Green.&nbsp;In the beginning,&nbsp;intention was to take the church's four walls and show that she was&nbsp;alive and present in society.&nbsp;The result of this event was very&nbsp;productive.
In 1989, more than 45 locations marched together across the UK,&nbsp;including in Belfast (the capital of Ireland), where Catholics and 6000&nbsp;Protestants gathered in a visible sign of unity.&nbsp;On this day, 200 000&nbsp;Christians were united across the nation, a fact that was again in&nbsp;1990 and 1991.&nbsp;Beginning the 90's, the march had become an event of&nbsp;Continental, occurring throughout Europe.&nbsp;In 1992 the March for Jesus has already&nbsp;grew into a worldwide movement of praise and worship to God, reaching&nbsp;other countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia.&nbsp;In 1993 comes the turn of&nbsp;Brazil to hold its inaugural edition.
In 1998, more than 10 million people in over 170 nations, meeting&nbsp;Christians of all faiths, ages and races marched to celebrate&nbsp;Jesus.&nbsp;Countries such as Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados,&nbsp;Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,&nbsp;Denmark, USA, Ecuador, Philippines, Finland, France, Ghana,&nbsp;Guinea Bissau, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, New&nbsp;Zealand, Paraguay, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Singapore, and&nbsp;many others go every year to the streets to march for Jesus.

LAW - NATIONAL DAY OF MARCH FOR JESUS
The Law No. 3234/08, establishing the National Day of March for&nbsp;Jesus authored by Senator Marcelo Crivella, was approved by the Commission&nbsp;and Justice (CCJ) and sanctioned by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in&nbsp;September 03, 2009.
The Act aims to formalize the event, which is already happening&nbsp;regularly in several Brazilian cities, with the backing of laws&nbsp;municipal.
According to the law, the National Day March for Jesus, will be&nbsp;celebrated annually on the first Saturday subsequent to sixty days&nbsp;after Easter Sunday.

Law No. 12025 of September 3, 2009
Establishing the National Day March for Jesus.
THE PRESIDENT&nbsp;I know that the Congress decrees and I sanction the following Law:
Article 1 is hereby established the National Day March for Jesus, to be&nbsp;celebrated annually on the first Saturday subsequent to sixty (60)&nbsp;days after Easter Sunday.
Article 2 This Law shall enter into force upon its publication.
Brasilia, September 3, 2009, 188 of the Independence and 121 of&nbsp;Republic.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&nbsp;Genro
Publication: Official Gazette - Section 1 - 04/09/2009, page 2&nbsp;(Published)&nbsp;Posted by Daniel Barbosa Program at 00:45&nbsp;1 comments: