A Mississippi Pastor Broke a World Record by Preaching for 96 Hours Straight

Pastor Matthew Olson preached the entire Bible — Genesis to Revelation — in four days straight, setting a Guinness World Record for longest marathon speech in the process.Olson, who leads First Baptist Church of Sharon in Jones County, Miss., began the sermon on the evening of May 30 and completed the 96-hour mark on June 4, taking only minimal breaks throughout. Under the Guinness format, speakers earn five minutes of break time for every 60 minutes of completed speech.The attempt grew out of a