Saturday, September 11, 2004
40,000 MARCH THROUGH BERLIN
SINGING AND PRAYING
Remembering the Victims of 9/11 and Other Terrorist
Attacks
By Wolfgang
Polzer
BERLIN (ANS) -- On
the third anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks more than 40,000
Christians marched through the German capital Berlin singing and
praying. They took part in a Jesus Day organized by evangelical
Christians, mainly from charismatic and Pentecostal backgrounds.
The march started and ended at the Brandenburg gate. On their way
through the city participants stopped at six political, financial,
commercial and cultural centers to offer prayers. Near the US-embassy
they not only prayed for the 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks, but
also for those killed in other acts of terrorism, such as the school
siege in Beslan, South Russia.
The Jesus Day is an antidote against terrorism, violence and
separation, said Rev Axel Nehlsen, chairman of the organizing
committee. 500 participants also took part in a rally of solidarity
with Israel and Messianic Jews. They voiced their concern over the
escalating anti-Semitism in Europe.
Participants also took part in 50 evangelistic and social projects
during the Jesus Day. The first Jesus Day took place in the year 2000
with approximately 50,000 participants.
Wolfgang Polzer (54), is senior news
editor of the Evangelical News Agency idea, Wetzlar (Germany), which he
joined in 1981. His previous work included four years in the editorial
department of the Salvation Army in Germany. In all, he has spent 27
years in Christian media. Wolfgang can be contacted by e-mail at: Wolfgang.Polzer@idea.de.
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