Billy Graham Statue
Ridgecrest, North Carolina
Unveiled in December 2006, when Billy was 88, this bronze statue was created by Wyoming pastor Terrell O'Brien and originally stood on the Nashville campus of LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.
It depicts a much-younger-than-88 Graham, in a three-piece suit (To experience an even younger Graham, you can visit the street corner where he began.) Bronze Graham is of Goliath-like proportions, standing 9 feet, 4 inches tall, with outstretched arms and a Bible in one hand, in front of a 17-foot-tall cross. At the foot of the cross are three nails and a stone inscribed with the favorite born-again shorthand, "John 3:16."
In 2016 LifeWay sold its Nashville property and moved the statue clear out of state to its Conference Center, which is only a few miles from Graham's home in North Carolina.