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{{notability|date=February 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2013}}{{Refimprove|date=July 2007}}{{coord|39.633952|N|78.929622|W|display=title}}God's Ark of Safety is a non-denominational Christian ministry in Frostburg, Maryland, led by Pastor Everett Spence.[1] On Easter, 1976, former Pastor Richard Greene began building a replica of Noah's Ark atop a prominent hillside along what is now Interstate 68 featuring a sign that announces to passing travelers: "Noah's Ark Being Rebuilt Here!"[2] Ground was broken for the ark in September 1976 with over 3,000 tons of concrete. The foundation and earthwork were built to biblical proportions, around 450 by 75 by 45 feet, which is about one and a half football fields long.[3]{{As of|2019}}, the structure is still just a frame.The Ark is featured on the front cover and chapter 4 of Timothy Beal's book Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith. In the book Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by Frostburg writer Brad Barkley, there is a reference to the Ark in the pre-chapter section listing places that one should see when traveling across the country. It is also mentioned in Barkley's story "The Way It's Lasted." See also- Flood myth and List of flood myths
- Noah's Ark replicas and derivatives
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.godsark.org/the-church/our-pastor/index.html|title=God's Ark of Safety - our pastor|website=www.godsark.org|access-date=2017-06-12}}
2. ^{{cite news|first=Caitlin |last=Cleary |url=http://post-gazette.com/pg/06106/682602-85.stm |title=If the flood comes too soon, this ark won't be quite ready |work=Local News |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2006-04-16 |accessdate=2006-04-16 |archivedate=18 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5duTmkYZv?url=http://post-gazette.com/pg/06106/682602-85.stm |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
3. ^{{cite book | first=Timothy | last=Beal | title=Nowaday Noah| publisher=Beacon Press | year=2005 }}
Further reading- {{citation |title=Hope Floats |date=7 August 2007 |first=Rob |last=Hiaasen |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-08-07/features/0708070103_1_noah-ark-richard-greene-frostburg |accessdate=29 June 2010}}
- {{citation |title=Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith |chapter=Nowaday Noah |pages=88–101 |first=Timothy K. |last=Beal |authorlink=Timothy Beal |publisher=Beacon Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-8070-1063-4}}
- {{citation |title='As God Provides, We Build': Modern-day Noah fills ark with hope |first=Rick |last=Steelhammer |date=7 November 1999 |page=P01A |work=The Charleston Gazette |id={{Factiva|cgaz000020010826dvb7014u3}}}}
- {{citation |title=Roll Over, Noah |first=Marc |last=Fisher |work=The Washington Post |date=6 September 1987 |page=w24 |id={{Factiva|wp00000020011118dj9602gix}}}}
External links- God's Ark of Safety website
- God's Ark of Safety Model
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