Showing posts with label Coffindaffer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coffindaffer. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Three Crosses

There are 1864 of them. Have you seen any in your state?

Fairplain,WV


When I see them along the roadway, if I have my camera ready, I snap quick pictures of them.

According to this article on the internet, WV has 352 of them. Check it out and see how many are in your state.

Here is the history of the man who erected them.

Mr. Coffindaffer was born in Craigsville, WV. He had a vision where the Holy Spirit instructed, blessed, and dealt with him and told him how to go about installing the crosses.

For the final years of his life he spent approximately 3 million dollars planting the 3 clusters of crosses in 29 states, Washington DC, Zambia and the Philippines. He started the project on Sept. 28, 1984 and he died on October 8, 1993.

I watch for them when driving through our state.


I didn't snap this picture quite soon enough,
the third cross on the left is hidden by the brush.


I took this picture on our way back from Pipestem in January.


This picture was taken in West Charleston.
I'm not sure if these were erected by him or not since it is in the middle of town.
But the colors are right with the yellow one in the middle and blue ones on each side.


I think they add beauty to the landscape and they are an inspiration.

You can go here and see other pictures of the crosses from across the country.

Have you seen any?