Unaired news report from 1993 finally makes TV appearance as mysterious crosses begin appearing

Back in 1993, the CBS "Sunday Morning" show was supposed to air a Bill Geist report about Bernard Coffindaffer but was put into halt as he died two days before. Thinking that pursuing with the report in the scheduled show was inappropriate, his story was never aired until recently. Last Sunday was the Easter celebration and CBS had aired portions of Coffindaffer's report to help tell the story of how a woman dutifully continued the legacy Coffindaffer left - erecting crosses all over the country.

span style="line-height: 15.8599996566772px;">MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Coffindaffer was a West Virginian businessman who sold his properties to fulfill a mission of putting up crosses on America's roadsides as a devoted Evangelist, now his mission is being maintained and continued by the nonprofit organization Crosses Across America, Inc.

The organization was founded by Sara Abraham a decade after the death of Rev. Coffindaffer, whom she never met. Abraham, "a Mississippi mom and housewife" told Geist that she was inspired by the mission of the man who left 1,842 reminders of his legacy: the three-cross displays.


Abraham's organization now has about 1,400 volunteers working to "preserve, maintain, and construct roadside crosses across America," according to The Blaze.

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Their latest installation is the 110-foot tall cross near Mississippi's highway 20, with width of 64 feet and weighing about 25 tons. According to their website, the organization wishes to remind all Christians, and reaching non-Christians, the message of hope in Jesus Christ.

Bernard Coffindaffer died at the age of 68 due to heart attack. His personal mission though is still well and now espoused by the CAA, building three-cross displays every 50 miles in the roadsides of the United States.

The nonprofit organization he inspired is certified by the IRS and running without paid employees for 13 years now.

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