'Millennial Tribute to Jesus' is planned The Layman Online Monday, July 12, 1999 "A Millennial Tribute to Jesus" is being planned for Christmas Day 1999. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ and Paul Eshelman of the Jesus Film Project are behind the effort to honor Christ in a worldwide telecast to an estimated 500 million people, the Network for Strategic Missions said. The evangelistic feature-length movie depicts the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. A special edition of the film will be aired. World leaders and heads of state will be asked to tape 30-second messages about Jesus Christ and the influence of His life, and people of various faiths will be asked to comment on the character and teachings of Christ. A video of the program will be made available for worldwide distribution. Distributors of the Jesus film want to show it to everyone in the world by the end of 2000. They passed the 2 billion mark earlier this year, the Jesus Film Project said.

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