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signs and blunders
Do you have a picture of a church signboard, bumper sticker, weird statue or other church views that you'd like to send us? All painful examples gratefully received. Please send us your contribution by clicking here.
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Heather Costaras writes: I worked in Norwalk, Ohio, as a worship leader for a while (even though I'm from South Africa), and the signs posted outside churches never ceased to amuse me. This one, however, takes the cake...

Ilfracombe church clock sign
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Thanks be to Rhoda Cairns, for pointing us to this giant statue of Jesus outside Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio. Rhoda comments: My friend sees this as "receiver" Jesus, about to catch a pass, hopefully with more success than the local Bengals exhibit most years. For some reason, I'm reminded more of Tim Robbins experiencing his epiphanic moment of release in The Shawshank Redemption. Decide for yourself who this Jesus is for you...

Holy Spirit BBQ sign
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Mary Beth writes: I found this one in Manteo, North Carolina. Apparently, Jesus founded a University...

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Aged Fool spotted this sign outside Wooburn Green Methodist Church, near High Wycombe, UK, and couldn't resist stopping to take a picture...

Thinking Funeral? sign
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Bill sent us this sign seen outside the Baptist Church in College Station, Texas...

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Rob Young writes: This photo was taken on a sunny Sunday afternoon just outside Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The Gateway Community Church has a very sturdy gateway: padlocked and protected by security patrols...

Best hung ornament sign
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The Rightful King of Wessex writes: We saw this first aid kit in the bus that picked us up in Kampala to take us on safari. Considering that we might have encountered lions and hippos, I found the message more comforting than the size and age of the first aid kit! I suppose that was the point...

Healing service sign
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SP Rosenberg took this photo on a road south of Oxford, England (between Oxford and Nuneham Courtney, in case you're terminally curious)...

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Thanks to Catherine Pearse for sending us this Texan beauty...

Car registration plate
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John Aycock writes: Here is a sign from a church within a few blocks of my home. On the day I took the picture, the unfortunate person updating the sign misspelled the name "Jesus" as "Jusus." It was the same on both sides of the sign. It was amended to the correct spelling, "Jesus," the next day...

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