Watch as this 120-foot tall, $300,000 cross is raised in Priceville, Ala. The Cross of North Alabama is located off Ala. Highway 67. Pastor Johnny Maxwell of Nature’s Trail Church said he felt God had given him the vision for the cross 20 years ago. More:
Raising of Cross of North AlabamaThe Cross of North Alabama now stands, a glistening white symbol raised Thursday morning to its prominent perch near Decatur with one group’s mission of helping share the hope and love the Bible says is found in Jesus.
“We want all Christians and all people who care about Jesus to know that they can come here,” Maxwell said Thursday. “This is a good place to kneel and pray and have your time with God.” Rozier said this is the 16th cross his company has built and the first in Alabama. And such adorning of the inside of the crosses is not unusual, he said. But a while back, that adorning went to a new level.
For the Priceville cross, “This one has five Bibles at the bottom of the foundation,” Rozier said. “That’s special. What better place to put God’s word than at the foot of the cross? There ain’t no better place.”As the cross went up – a spectacle in itself with two teams of three men each guiding the cross into place with ropes along with the crane – Maxwell noted that the crowd remained quiet.
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