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Tributes to “Touchdown Jesus” can also be found on MySpace and Facebook, where He has legions of fans, who happily spread the “Word of Life” with their love for Touchdown Jesus. By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor An Ohio church that once had a large statue of Jesus known as 'Touchdown Jesus' has completed construction of its equally large replacement. Educators and students alike at Notre Dame revere the mural, and some say it has a “kaleidoscope of personalities,” that include images of “saints and scholars” from throughout the ages. It was created in 1964 and is located outside Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library. The mural is 134 feet high and is comprised of over 33,000 colors. And at the University of Notre Dame, there is another Touchdown Jesus, which is a mural of a similar image, conceived by the artist Millard Sheets. The singer Heywood Banks has written a clever song about this Touchdown Jesus and he also names Him “Sweet Cream Jesus” and “Imperial Jesus,” among other names. One rendition is located in Butler County, Ohio, near the Solid Rock Church, where Touchdown Jesus is a 60 feet high statue of Jesus. The church’s electronic sign had a simple message flashing Tuesday: “He’ll Be Back.There are a few renditions of a figure affectionately known as “Touchdown Jesus,” images of Jesus with His arms outstretched and high in the air, much like a referee signaling a touchdown in a football game.

Giant Jesus Statue: The congregation of the Solid Rock megachurch in Monroe, Ohio, will have difficulty explaining it: a lightning bolt from heaven - favorite weapon of a wrathful god - has destroyed the church's 'Touchdown Jesus.' Complete Story.

No, they would have seen God’s work through that church serving them with that money.”Īpparently, the church hasn’t learned its lesson: 'Touchdown Jesus' Destroyed by Fire 3,644 views 14 Dislike Share Save cincinnatidotcom 6.84K subscribers The landmark 'King of Kings' statue at Solid Rock Church in Monroe Ohio, often. The new full-body statue, designed with a slightly different hand gesture, has been given the nicknames 'Hug Me Jesus' and '5 Dollar Footlong Jesus,' but most Ohio residents will always remember. Monroe, Ohio - Lightning Destroys Touchdown Jesus. People are not going to believe in Jesus because of a statue. That was God’s way of telling them that too. Still needing forearms, hands, some touch-ups and paint, the Jesus sculpture under construction at the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio, is nearing completion Wednesday, Aug. ”… they could have spent that money on the community or some other good cause. Others, like commenter “Jenna,” who lives in Touchdown Jesus’ neighborhood, had a different take on the demise of the $250,000 structure: News of Jesus’ demise brought the usual comments from posters at the Yahoo! News site - many speculating that the destruction was caused because of how the United States has turned her back on Jesus and doesn’t deserve to have his huge likeness around anymore - so he’s outta here. The statue, called “King of Kings,” was built by a local 4,000 member non-denominational congregation called Solid Rock Church back in 2004 and had attracted so much attention the church built a walkway for people to come and gawk at the giant Jesus. Well, the 62-foot-tall statue of Jesus known as Touchdown Jesus (because of how his arms were raised up like a football referee) that sits along I-75 in Monroe, Ohio was struck by lightning – reducing the famous figure to ashes. I wonder what Jesus did? Because Monday night, Jesus was struck by lightning.

The usual joke is that if you say something that can be construed as blasphemous, you hope that lightning doesn’t strike you.