A statue of Jesus on U.S. Forest Service land in the mountains over a Montana ski resort faces potential eviction amid an argument over the separation of church and state.

It's known as the Big Mountain Jesus. It's been there since 1955, erected by the Roman Catholic organization the Knights of Columbus, and it stands on a small parcel of federal land.

Big Mountain Jesus statue. Credit: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. A Ninth Circuit panel has just rejected a Freedom from Religion Foundation challenge to the Montana “Big Mountain Jesus ...

Big Mountain Jesus has spent the last 60 years at the Whitefish Mountain Resort in northwestern Montana. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday it did not violate the Constitution.

Big Mountain Jesus Statue Supported. An attorney who is involved in defending the Jesus statue on Big Mountain says she is confident that legal precedents aimed at discouraging the government from ...

In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.

WHITEFISH – “Big Mountain Jesus” is staying put. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that a 12-foot statue of Jesus at Whitefish Mountain Resort “did not sprout ...

HELENA, Mont. - A 6-foot tall statue of Jesus that has spent the last 60 years overlooking a northwestern Montana ski hill may stay there, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

Lyle Burke of Alberta, Canada, poses with a statue of Jesus Christ near the top of Chair 2 at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Sunday afternoon. Passersby have visited and had their photos taken with ...