God's Ark of Safety

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God's Ark of Safety is a non-denominational Christian ministry in Frostburg, Maryland, United States, led by Pastor Everett Spence.{{Cite web|url=http://www.godsark.org/the-church/our-pastor/index.html|title=God's Ark of Safety – our pastor|website=godsark.org|access-date=2017-06-12|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707112241/http://www.godsark.org/the-church/our-pastor/index.html|url-status=dead}} 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!"{{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 September 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918074215/http://post-gazette.com/pg/06106/682602-85.stm |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite book | first=Timothy | last=Beal | title=Nowaday Noah| publisher=Beacon Press | year=2005 }}

As of April 2025, 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."