Churches

I'm always interested in little churches that I see on the side of the road, and I think I'll begin a photo archive and post some of them here from time to time. Lots of little roadside churches look familiar, with steeples and such. Others are different.

Take this one, for example. The last time I remember noticing this building on Old Jonesborough Highway (or West Walnut Street), it was some kind of little consignment shop. Obviously in its past, it's been a convenience store and gas station. Notice the Pepsi sign that has survived from whenever it was a store.

So, I'm interested in these buildings. I'm interested in their names. This one is "Open Arms Full Gospel Church." I wonder how they pick their names and what they mean to the person or persons who establish the church. I'm interested in who attends on Sunday mornings (if they meet on Sunday morning). I wonder if the congregation came ready-made, trailing some preacher or other, and I wonder if anybody would drive by this place on, say, a Thursday afternoon and decide to visit it on the following Sunday.

From time to time, as I run across these, I'll post a picture and add whatever information I have about the place and whatever musings cross my mind.