As I was looking for this week’s North Carolina Thursdays post, I was thinking in the area of Smithfield, North Carolina. As I was sniffing around the Smithfield area, I came across this unusual item – Church Cruise Missile – https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/54199 in nearby Pikeville. From the description on Roadside America, the missile used to be part of a local airport display. It’s now next to a church, Blended Fellowship – https://www.blendedfellowship.com/. This isn’t my first time seeing a church with a missile connection – https://arizonaoddities.com/2012/12/titan-missles-once-housed-at-catalina-church-site/.
Official website (for the church): https://www.blendedfellowship.com/
Atlas Obscura: No listing located https://www.atlasobscura.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedfellowship/
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Pikeville%20Cruise%20Missile&epa=SEARCH_BOX
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Pikeville%20Cruise%20Missile
Foursquare: No listing located https://foursquare.com/
Google Maps: Google Maps Pikeville Location
Historical Marker DataBase (HMDB): No listing located https://www.hmdb.org/
Inspirock: No listing located https://www.inspirock.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blendedfellowship/
Linkedin: No listing located http://www.linkedin.com/
Only In Your State: No listing located https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/,
Roadside America: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/54199 (same as link above)
RoadTrippers: No listing located https://www.roadtrippers.com/
Silly America: No listing located https://sillyamerica.com/
Snapchat: No listing located https://www.snapchat.com/
Strange Carolinas: https://www.strangecarolinas.com/ (No listing located)
This is my South: No listing located https://www.thisismysouth.com/
Trip Advisor: No listing located https://www.tripadvisor.com/
Tumblr: No listing located https://www.tumblr.com/
Twitch channel or search: No listing located – https://www.twitch.tv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bfministry
Vimeo channel or search: https://vimeo.com/ (No listing located)
VisitNC: No listing located https://www.visitnc.com/
Waymarking: http://www.waymarking.com/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matador_missile (type of missile)
not mentioned on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_North_Carolina
Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=blended+fellowship&find_loc=Pikeville%2C+NC+27863
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pikeville+Matador+Missile (more about the missile than the Pikeville location)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pikeville+Blended+Fellowship
Past North Carolina Thursdays posts: https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/north-carolina-thursdays/
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