Around the World: March for Jesus in Paris
March for Jesus (034) – 24May08, Paris (France)
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I wonder if you can remember March for Jesus? It used to be an annual event which first started in London in 1987. When I was just a wee toddler my parents used to take me as we lived in London. I can remembering being carried on the top of my dad’s shoulders and riding in the cab of one of the truck floats he drove once. It was great fun. Singing, colours, noise and people wondering “what on earth is going on?” “who are all these people and why are they so happy?”
In 1994 the first Global March for Jesus covered every time zone and united over ten million Christians from over 170 nations. It is estimated that, by the final Global March for Jesus on 10 June 2000, over 60 million people in 180 nations had marched for Jesus.
Although the founding organisation disbanded after the 2000 march, March for Jesus continues in many countries in multiple and varied initiatives. Including France, here is a March for Jesus that happened last May in Paris.
