Hate long sermons? Well what about this one…

Friday, November 28th, 2014

A Florida Pastor recently broke the Guinness world record for the Longest Speech Marathon by preaching a sermon that lasted 53 hours and 18 minutes from Friday to Sunday.

Zach Zehnder, the 31-year-old pastor of the Cross Mount Dora in Florida set out to break the previous record of 48 hours and 31 minutes in an effort to raise money for a nonprofit that offers free alcohol and drug-addiction treatment services.

He combined around 45 sermons and preached them sequentially which allowed him to surpass the record.

Zehnder prepared 50, but skipped a few in the middle. Read more

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