More than 25,000 people marched on the streets of Paris as part of the March for Jesus in France. “If we want to touch the world, there is one condition: it is to love each other as Christ loved us,” Pastor Jean Luc Trachsel said in a message near the Eiffel Tower.
The event, reportedly broke record participation as attendees came together to “bear witness publicly and in unity” about their faith in Jesus Christ. According to CBN News, the event was organized by a coalition of ministries and took place in Paris and four other cities, including Lille, Nantes, Metz, and Strasbourg.
The organizers told EvangelicalFocus.com that the event “allowed Christians of all denominations to raise the name of Jesus above their theological differences.”
“We opened ourselves to the entire evangelical Protestant spectrum thanks to the participation of several churches such as MLK, Hillsong, ICC, but also Baptist, charismatic, and more traditional Protestant churches. This is my role, as coordinator, to keep unity and unite around Jesus,” Gilbert Léonian, the pastor overseeing the Paris march told the French outlet, InfoChretienne.com.
According to the “March for Jesus France” website, the first march took place in 1991, and then in other cities later on. The attendance for the march broke records, with more than 25,000 participants
in France and thousands in four other cities, according to French authorities.
“If we are here, it is not for a religion or to promote our church, but because there is someone who has touched us deeply – Jesus,” Trachsel said.