My grandmother tells a story of a woman who lamented her daughter was going with a boy of another religion. The daughter was Baptist and the boy Missionary Baptist.
Driving through southeast Arkansas on a Sunday taking note of the churches to pass time.
Melbourne Baptist
Transylvania Baptist
Delta Mennonite Church
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
China Grove Missionary Baptist
Mount Olive Baptist
Grace Episcopal
Evergreen Missionary Baptist
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist
King Solomon Missionary Baptist
Bloomy Shade Missionary Baptist
New Zion Missionary Baptist
North Star Missionary Baptist
Zion Chapel Missionary Baptist
Holly Ridge Missionary Baptist
Jennie Baptist
Woodson Temple Missionary Baptist
etc.
Look a little homogeneous? Look again. Baptist and Missionary Baptist.
1 comment:
Is that like country and western?
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