Coffindaffer erected a number of crosses in Calhoun County, in-
cluding on a high knoll near the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church,
with a far away view of Mule Knob, the highest peak in the county
West Virginia's man of the crosses erected a number of crosses in Calhoun County.
The Roadside Cross Ministry began in 1984 when the late Reverend Bernard Coffindaffer erected the first trio of gold and blue Crosses in Flatwoods, West Virginia, about 65 miles north of Charleston.
The former businessman-turned-evangelist was called by the Lord on a trip to Israel to build the Crosses. He liquidated his business and, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Coffindaffer spent nearly $3,000,000 planting Crosses in 29 states, the District of Columbia, Zambia and the Philippines until his death in 1993.
"The Crosses stand to remind people that Jesus was crucified on a Cross at Calvary for our sins; there is hope in Jesus Christ; and, that He is soon coming again," he said. | 
