Cades Cove Primitive Baptist ChurchEstablished 1827
This structure built 1887
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Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church----
Cades Cove Primitive Baptist ChurchThis church building is a bit unusual because
there are pews facing the pullpit on each side
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Cades Cove Primitive Baptist ChurchA closer look at the pew arrangement
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Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church was organized in 1827. This is the oldest established church in Cades Cove and was originally in a log building until 1887. Names from most of the families who first settled in the cove can be found in The graveyard behind the church; Oliver, Gregory's, Shields and more. Noticing the dates infants deaths were not uncommon reminding us of some of the difficulties of living in those times.
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All photos were made with the camera handheld and at ISO 100
Flash was not used
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All photos were made with the camera handheld and at ISO 100
Flash was not used
2 comments:
Severe, wooden walls without pictures and sculptures, rather small windows and pews fencing the pulpit. It is totally different than in my Catholic church. But I think about these people gathering in this place in past; and I hope that they took Communion and as in my church also for them it was the most important reason of being there together.
Church is church.
It’s very interesting.Wonderful photos, Ken. As I were there in person.
Thanks, my friend.
The interior is very austere, just like the lives of the people whom founded the church. Most churches here take communion; some every Sunday morning, and others only once a year at Easter. You mentioned the white color of the American churches; it signifies the purity of Christ.
The Primitive Baptist sect of today does not believe in having instrumental music in church, and the building houses no other function except for services, marriages, and funerals. These days, most Primitive Baptists meet in the homes of church members because the congregations are very small. They usually don't have a pastor as such, and a church elder does the ministering.
I hope to get back to Cades Cove on a weekday when it is not crowded and get some better photos of the churches.
Thanks, Jola. :-)
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