He said his wife proposed the Jesus figure as a beacon of hope and salvation and they spent about $250,000 to finance it. History from the front pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer from June 16 includes the burning of the Touchdown Jesus state at Stone Rock Church in Monroe. King of Kings (also referred to as Touchdown Jesus) was a 62-foot (19 m) tall. Bishop said in 2004 he was trying to help people, not impress them, with the statue. The 4,000-member, nondenominational church was founded by former horse trader Lawrence Bishop and his wife. So many people stopped at the church campus that church officials had to build a walkway to accommodate them. It got struck by lightning on June 14, 2010. Travelers on Interstate 75 often were startled to come upon the huge statue by the roadside, but many said America needs more symbols like it. The video shows what's left of the famous Touchdown Jesus statue by I-75 in Monroe, Ohio. The fire department would release a monetary damage estimate Tuesday, he said. The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained early Tuesday.

The sculpture, 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way his arms were raised, as though reaching out to catch a football. More on the statue and the horsetrader who built it: God strikes down the Ohio version… the video: 'It will be back, but this time we are going to try for something fireproof.We all know the one and only Touchdown Jesus is at Notre Dame, you guys. 'This meant a lot to a lot of people,' she said.īishop said the statue would be rebuilt. However, in June 2011 a late night severe thunderstorm hit the area. Originally called the 'King of Kings' statue, the landmark got the nickname 'Touchdown Jesus' due to the arms being stretched upward. Some people were scooping up pieces of the statue's foam from the nearby pond to take home with them, said Darlene Bishop, a church co-pastor. In 2004, Solid Rock Church erected a large statue of Jesus in front of their amphitheater worship space, which was next to Interstate 75. The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheatre but was confined to the attic, and no one was injured, police chief Mark Neu said.ĭamage from the fire was estimated at $700,000 (£474,000): $300,000 for the statue alone and $400,000 for the amphitheatre, fire station officer Richard Mascarella said. It was made of plastic foam and fibreglass over a steel frame, which was all that remained yesterday. King of Kings (also referred to as Touchdown Jesus) was a 62-foot (19 m) tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church. It was destroyed by a lightning strike and subsequent fire on June 14, 2010. The sculpture, about 19 metres (62 feet) tall and 12 metres wide at the base, showed the figure of Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signalling a touchdown in American football. King of Kings (also referred to as Touchdown Jesus) was a 62-foot (19 m) tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church, a 4000+ member Christian megachurch near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States. The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11.15 pm on Monday night, Monroe police said.

Touchdown jesus ohio