Here's an interesting story and I wonder what this church congregation is thinking is the message here. My take on it is that the church should've spent the $250,000 to help people instead of buying a statue. Think of how much a QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS would do for charities! Homeless people, animal shelters, soup kitchens... I think THAT is the message.
Lightning Destroys 6-story-tall Ohio Jesus Statue MONROE, Ohio - A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said. It was 62 feet high and weighs 16,000 pounds.
The "King of Kings" statue, one of southwest Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.
The 4,000-member, nondenominational church was founded by former horse trader Lawrence Bishop and his wife. Bishop said in 2004 he was trying to help people, not impress them, with the statue. He said his wife proposed the Jesus figure as a beacon of hope and salvation and they spent about $250,000 to finance it.
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