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I grew up in a little Church like this one...

It looks like a beautiful and tranquil setting.  Thanks for posting.

Anthony.

Same here.  I grew up in a tiny country church but now my church is large.  I like churches both ways as long as they are God-filled.

Barbarian, that's a lovely little church.  I really like small churches.  I must look up the little one that my husband Jack was a pastor at when we first got married.  It was just a little one room building and if he pounded the pulpit,  skunks living under it would spray their terrible perfume! 

Maybe not the same odor as brimstone, but neat special effects, just the same.   

HAHAHA!  Guess you could say that! 

Looks very peaceful.

What a beautiful little church! 

Do you have any more of little churches?  I like this one.

Unfortunately, I don't have any more.   I have a friend on Steve's Forums, who is starting a collection of steeple pictures.   Because little wooden churches are going the way of the dodo, I hope she travels a lot.   

But I think a portfolio if little country churches would be really nice.   I was up in Nashua, Iowa not long ago, and passed by the original "Little Brown Church", the one for which the song was written.   No camera with me, darn it.

I think it would be nice too to have a topic just for "Little Churches".  I might have some somewhere as well.  It would be nice to know the history of them and I would pray that the gospel would still be proclaimed from them.

Had a little time today, so I went out for a bit...

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This is Hebron Baptist Church, in Denton Co., Texas.  The congregation dates from 1860, and this builidng was built in 1920.   Still going strong.

There are a lot more like this, but alarmingly, they are now being demolished for new and larger buildings.   I guess I better get going, if I'm going to record them.

Hope you like this one, Pat.

I do like that one.

We should change the title of this and just make it "Little Country Churches" or something and then maybe we could all add to it.

My husband preached in the tiniest little chapel when we first got married.  The skunks lived under it and if he pounded the pulpit, they let him know that they didn't like that! 

Another crisp shot!  Very nice.

Ebenezer Worship Center.   A small, predominately black, nondenominational church.
North Dallas grew up around this one, but the church refuses to sell the now-quite valuable land.

The music minister was suspicious of me when I stopped to take pictures, but when I promised to email him a copy, he relaxed considerably.



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May I add a photo to your topic?



This church, many years ago, used to be seen from all around the area for a great distance but now, due to the trees growing, it isn't seen and this is the furthest away I could get without falling down the hill! This is where I took piano and pipe organ lessons at one time.

I love the sound of the music in such old places.  Wish you had recorded it.

I do as well, Al.  The organist of this little church was my teacher for both piano and organ until he passed away.

The Iglesia de San Miguel is a well-kept little Catholic church in a tiny community formed by a loop in the Rio Grande River just west of Mission, Texas.   The town looks just like a typical Mexican town, with a maze of tiny narrow streets and all sorts of structures.   

We might think of the area as depressed, but the kids were clean and neatly dressed, and the adults waved to as as we went by.   Unfortunately the Church was locked and we couldn't get in to see the interior.

Larger size:
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This little mission church was built by the French Oblate Fathers about 1849, and was moved to this spot about 1899.   It is still a church, and periodically holds services.   

A good number of people still come to pray and leave votive candles.

Church of Our Lady of Guadelupe, dating from 1899.   Partially burned by a fire in 1925 (arson, suspected activity by KKK) and rebuilt to original plans.

Interior of the church:

Some really interesting buildings there.  I really like the look of the second one that is run down. 

I bet it has many stories to tell.

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This little mission church was built by the French Oblate Fathers about 1849, and was moved to this spot about 1899.   It is still a church, and periodically holds services.   

Hope we get more photos of churches in here.

The last 2 pictures you posted didn't come up for me.  With dial up I miss much.

I love that picture at the start.  It would be awesome on a card, so a person could write a brief note inside. 

Keep the pictures coming I really have enjoyed the tour!

Judy, if yoiu like, you can go here to see them:

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They are beautiful. 

I love the quiet, peacefulness of them.

I really enjoy looking at your pictures.  They give a glimpse into your personality.

Keep them coming!

Barb, great pictures!  I might have to go by the church in Denton County.  Where exactly is that one?  I love to shoot interiors of beuatiuful churches.  I always ask permission before I do.  I have found that Preists, Pastors, or church staff love to show off the interiors of their churches.  They will even show you where light switches, stairwells, etc are located.  That really helps!

That church in on Hebron parkway.   Look here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Dallas+&ie=UTF8&ll=33.021618,-96.846199&spn=0.029146,0.053301&t=h&z=14&om=1

The church is precisely where it says "Hebron."    The site is accessible from the Dallas North Tollway or Highway 121.

Enjoy.

You know I've seen that one before!  I didn't realize thats the one down the street from Prestonwood Baptist!

BTW, you might want to see this, by Lewisville:

What an interesting picture.  The detail is amazing. 

Is ther a plaque or anything to give details of its building? 

Very nice.  I like the black and white, it seems to add to the age of the structures.

This is one of the first buildings in Denton County, and perhaps the oldest surviving one.   It is a log cabin and a corn crib dating from the 1800s, found on a private holding, disassembled, and moved to a federal reservation to be reassembled and restored.   Archaelogists, historians, and others spent a long time making this as realistic as possible.  Old tools and other artifacts were assembled to complete the display.