How did the Statue of Liberation Through Christ get here?
Driving down I-40 to Nashville, I passed by Bellevue Baptist Church’s crosses, and I saw those crosses as a witness to the world. We’re sitting on the best corner in Memphis [Winchester Road and Kirby Parkway], and I asked myself what I could do that wouldn’t duplicate what Bellevue had done. One night, watching TV, if you notice when Letterman comes on there’s a big picture of the Statue of Liberty that rolls by. For a flash second I saw a cross in the Statue of Liberty’s hand. The thing that finally pushed me to do it was the Buddha statue on Mendenhall. If you go look out in that area at Winchester and Goodlett, behind that Wendy’s is a big field, and there are several Hindu statues that have been put up. People actually go and worship those things. I see these things that honor other gods, and I wanted to do something that would give God glory and minister a message about America not leaving its Christian heritage. The concept of the end-time is one of your church’s core beliefs. A
