March for Jesus Attracts Millions in Brazil

(Be The Media) – March for Jesus began as City March in London in 1987. It emerged out of the friendship of three church groups: Pioneer, led by Gerald Coates; Ichthus led by Roger Forster; and Youth with a Mission led by Lynn Green. Together with the worship leader Graham Kendrick, they led a movement which over the next three years spread across the UK, Europe and North America, and finally across the world. Hundreds of smaller marches emerged in its wake.

In 1994 the first Global March for Jesus covered every time zone and involved 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 taken part in the March for Jesus.

Although the founding organisation disbanded after the 2000 march, March for Jesus continues in many countries in multiple and varied initiatives. In the USA, Jesus Day is the day that many thousands of people gather to pray and march in the name of Jesus.

This year’s theme is “Peace in families, peace in the streets through Jesus” emblazoned on hundreds of t-shirts worn by young people, such as the student Milena Oliveira Rosa. “I know, at my age, there are many lost people, thinking tread a path easier. So, I called all my friends to come here and feel the inspiration that comes from God. Guess they will be touched,” she says.