The Tribune

BY DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

A parade of biblical characters will take place during the Christian culture march in Freeport on Good Friday, April 19, when churches, youth groups, civic organisations and the public are invited to join in by wearing costumes depicting figures from the Bible.

The parade will start at 3pm at the Seahorse Shopping Plaza parking lot and will culminate at Port Lucaya.

Minister Maria Levarity Greene, founder and president of the Whisper Intercessory Prayer Ministry, said the march will remind people to read their Bible.

“This is the first of many parades...where people will dress up as biblical characters; the Bible will come alive as we move through the streets,” she said.

Mrs Greene said the purpose of the event is to bring the Kingdom of God together, and to promote religious tourism to attract Christian visitors to the island.

She also stated that they will be praying as they march about the many issues plaguing the country such as murders, the struggling economy, for the country’s youth and for marriages.

“We need to pull down strongholds; we will be walking and praying and breaking yokes,” she said.

Mrs Greene noted that are Christian events are no allowed in certain areas in Freeport, and said that the presence of idolatry must be removed from those places.

Additionally, she said the nation needs protection at its borders from evil-doers.

“We need to protect the borders of our nation, and it is important that the kingdom culture is seen...because it’s as if we’ve lost our Christian values,” she said.

Bishop Sobig Kemp, of Freedom International Ministries, said that he is pleased to participate and support the parade.

“We believe in the commissioning of Jesus Christ to go out in the highways and byways and compel (people) to come, and to make His message known in our community. That is our responsibility as the Body of Christ,” he said.

Bishop Kemp said the Bible speaks of the last days. “The signs are all around us – in the news and the global conditions we see happening today; these all attest to the fact that Jesus is coming back again,” he said.

Pastor Eddie Victor, representing the National Pastors Alliance, believes the event really reflects the first culture in the Bahamas, which is the Christian culture.

“It is good to have an event like this that not only depicts our Christian culture, but also promotes our values in a parade. We think this can really become a religious tourism event, and we applaud Minister Greene for coming up with the idea,” he said.