Appalachia Story of the Old Country Churches

[@urbancornbread5500]

It was a beautiful culture back then. Poverty erases an awful lot of the silliness of society we see today. And you're right Mr Donnie, color didnt matter back in the mountains. We were all just as poor as the next family up the holler scrapping for something to put on the table. Thank you sir for preserving yet another part of our nations bygone history.

[@donnielaws7020]

Well said! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend

[@johnkegley7762]

Yip

[@jan9659]

What a beautiful video from start to finish!

[@kesmarn]

"Poverty erases an awful lot of the silliness of society we see today." You got that right! Thank you!

[@sharonmccomas4173]

Donnie I loved this one so much. Thank you for sharing your baptism so amazing. I could listen to you all day. Thank you for all you do

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@CathyHendrix1]

I consider it one of my greatest blessings to be raised in the Bible Belt. Growing up in a little country church made me the person I am today. Sometimes I sit and think about all the members of that church that have passed on. I know they prayed for me from the time I was small until they left us. I am so very thankful for each prayer they said for me. I am thankful for the example they set...the things they taught me...but most of all for the love shown to me. Thanks for sharing this Donnie. It has touched my heart more than you could know. God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome, your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.

[@nolanpahmahmie8934]

My grandma still has an old country Potawatomi Pentecostal church in KS in Mayetta Kansas. 75 years old and still preaching.

[@donnielaws7020]

God has blessed him my friend. Thanks for sharing.

[@denane44]

Awesome video! What the world needs now is getting back to the importance of the church and worshipping our Lord! Not letting the church be a stage show like most are doing. It’s not about us but only HIM!! Thank you for this video. 🥰

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend

[@jasonrunyon2663]

Amen!!!!

[@larryduvall316]

I couldn't have said it any better thanks,,,

[@paulabrown5243]

truth

[@debluetailfly]

Yeah, I know of people who go to 'churches' for the entertainment, not because of a conviction to their Saviour.

[@Rangemaster362]

This brought back precious memories of the church I went to during the summer when I stayed with my grandparents. The church was founded by my paternal grandmothers father. Thank you.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@davidjordan6378]

I grew up in such a church as these. It was built in the 1850’s and torn down in the early 2000’s to make room for a new bigger brick church. I still have pictures and great memories of this church building.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

So many people accepted Jesus in these small churches and were baptized in these rivers and creeks...times were simpler, back then. I enjoyed your baptismal footage.. Thank you for sharing this, Donnie. God bless you.🙏💖

[@donnielaws7020]

Well said! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@terryfinley7760]

My son was baptized in the river near an old Methodist church in 2004 I believe it was. Right before he went in the Marines and went to Afghanistan. The whole congregation came down to the river even though most of them didn’t even know him. That really touched my heart that day. Thank God he made it through and made it back home! I now have four beautiful grandchildren and he is a preacher!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So enjoyed this one Donnie! I miss those old churches from my childhood. Those old photos brought back so many memories-even a few of getting took outside for some hickry tea 😀 I was baptized in a creek and am lucky to have a photo, but wow your video is something else. So glad you have it Donnie and thank you for sharing it!!

[@donnielaws7020]

That's awesome Tipper. Thank you so much for sharing that. Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@stephenoneill2931]

Hi Celebrating Appalachia , Hi Donnie Laws Both of y’all great channels, a great blessing to many. I am from Texas. I am 44 years old, single, and don’t have family in East TN. A few years ago, before Covid, I was struggling bigtime and decided to take a couple journeys driving to TN. I ended up near Newport TN and couldn’t believe the beauty on I40 between Hartford, TN and Asheville, NC. This may sound like a ridiculous question but I really would like to move out there, but the Appalachian area seems so hard to break into socially unless you have an already built in place family living in that area. People are so nice but family is everything. Is there any tips to recommend where might be the best place to try to move anywhere Knoxville or East of Knoxville. If you were in my position, what would you do?

[@sugadrops4998]

@@stephenoneill2931 go out and start by meeting the people of the area let them know who you are from inside your soul people don’t take kindly to out siders you have to show them who you really are as a person don’t be fake show the real side of you and if you are truly one of them you will fit in remember don’t be fake be who you really are I know from experience been there if you are true they will except you for who you are just don’t be fake best wishes to you.The power of prayer remember that if you show any thing different they will know who you are.That’s how God works.

[@TennValleyGal]

Tipper, you may have to explain 'hickory tea' to outsiders. I've had a dose or two of that 'special' tea and it sure makes you dance. LOL! Love your channel as much as I love Donnie's.

[@TennValleyGal]

@@stephenoneill2931 Stephen, the chances are good that your ancestors left Tennessee for Texas. East Tennessee and Eastern Texas share the same mountain accent. So, come back home. Hope to see you soon.

[@caryglatczak4989]

I love all your videos and I'm so grateful you're are taking the time to tell these stories. We live in Maynardville and there are so many little old churches in these hills. I stop to gaze at their beauty every time I come across a new one I hadn't seen beore. My son Ezra started salvaging church pews from some of these old churches. He recently saved 14 pews from a 124years old church. The wood is so beautiful once refinished! Thank you again for all your hard work with these videos.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.

[@mrwilliams6626]

Started out in the ozarks of Missouri went to a Pentecost church my Uncle was a preacher I remember those well I remember the brush Harbor's preaching Thank you Donnie appreciate the memories God-bless you too and your family

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend

[@billmoore4984]

@@donnielaws7020 donnie i thank you for all ur videos i still live this way in southeast ok in kiamichi moutains wouldnt have it any other way

[@cjtn1746]

Oh Donnie, that was special! And really important for the times we are living in. God bless you Sir!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@topofthepalm]

how cool to have footage of your baptism, thanks for sharing!

[@donnielaws7020]

I got lucky on finding this. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend

[@WolfEggsWithSpikes]

I’m 33 with a wife and 7 kids. Got a business, 5 employees, can’t ever stop thinking about Wilkesboro, NC. Only lived there when I was a kid but visited twice a year until 10 years ago. I’ve seen all your videos because it reminds me so much of talking with family during visits. Shared them with my dad (y’all sound just alike) and he’s taken back just as much. I miss it so much but the people are gone and you, sir are the only person that keeps me feeling like I’m ‘home’. Besides my kids of course haha thanks for your videos man. Really.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing your story my friend. God bless you.

[@homesteadingpastor]

Mr. Donnie, I’ve watched a many of your videos my friend, but for me this one has to be one of my favorites. LOVED IT FROM START TO FINISH!! 🙏🏻👍🏻😇🙌🏻

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome, thank you! May god bless you my friend..

[@TennValleyGal]

Oh, Donnie, this one really speaks to the heart. I loved going to church and was baptized in the cold free-flowing waters of the Holston River. I'd like to return to those days when we loved our neighbors no matter what color they were; we respected other people's property, obeyed our parents; practiced our Christian faith and loved our country. God made America great. Bless you for this message.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@AppalaShane]

God Bless you Donnie sir. I remember the old wooden shack churches me and my fellow Presbyterians used to attend in West Virginia. I still go to one up here but the others are either si gogglin or in the dirt. Becoming a pastor of the Lord soon and I hope to build my own church. Grace and love of the Lord be with you sir.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless you.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Thank you for sharing Donnie. That was back when those churches were the center of life in the community. Back then, the farmers used to try to have their crop laid by before revival time.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that friend.

[@reginawilliams226]

This is such a beautiful video. My aunt and I were talking today how so many people used to believe in the Lord and now folks don't even take their families to church. God bless you and your family, sir!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@StarDreamMemories]

Thank you Donnie for the wonderful distraction from my busy life. I always enjoy your videos. They are very entertaining. I still go to Sunday school and Service at an old country church. A few years ago my oldest son was baptized in the River in our neighborhood. Those pictures and video are great memories.I just realized how lucky I am for our Church. I love living in the country.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend

[@iainmelville9411]

That was beautiful, Donnie. I teared up toward the end. Thanks for sharing this.

[@donnielaws7020]

Wow, thank you. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@accousticdecay]

I am a tuff old bird and I cried a lot at the end.

[@JanetWilham]

oh how I miss those days, so simple and pure.. where people had honor and respect and taught their children that way. God help us we have lost that.

[@donnielaws7020]

AMEN! Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@Jetjetson]

Thank you mr Laws for a great tribute to our shared history. We also have some of those old churches here in Canada all up and down these old rural roads in southern Ontario. And just like you said across America. I love every one of your videos. 💚

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks my friend and Thanks for sharing God bless you.

[@michaelmauro9335]

I wish I could hear your stories everyday. They take me back to a better day . I'd rather live peacefully back then than have the evil technology we have today. Thank you donnie !

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing.

[@accousticdecay]

My grandfather was a Mauro, killed in a mine explosion, 1929.

[@donnielaws7020]

@@accousticdecay I'm so sorry my friend. God bless you.

[@michaelmauro9335]

@@accousticdecay oh wow! my grandparents came from Sicily just b4 ww1

[@ftc22]

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@judywhetsel8341]

Love those little country churches. All day singing and dinner on the ground...God Bless you Donnie and yes we will see them again in the sweet by and by

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks my friend. God bless you.

[@accousticdecay]

I never heard the hymn Precious Memories or had chicken & dumplings until I went to one of those all day homecomings. I was 30 at the time.

[@judywhetsel8341]

@@accousticdecay I'm glad you finally got the experience I was born and raised in one of them little country churches..

[@pilgrimm23]

Donnie: when I was a teen in the 60s my parents used to farm me out to my Grandad's ranch in Central Texas. While there I took a opportunity to make a little money bucking hay with a team in our county for the local ranchers.. All the rest of the team were black. We worked together, ate together, and one Sunday, I went to a Black Baptist church with the guys. That was an EXPERIENCE as a kid I will tell you. They were far more outgoing then what I was used to and all seemed to sing and dance. I was accepted and had some fine fine cooking after Church too. Hard hard work, but I made some good friends. Thanks sir.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@deborahfoster3928]

Donnie, I love listening to your wonderful stories. Your voice and way of talking reminds me of my elder family members who have gone on. I remember well them sitting around talking and us kids sitting and listening to every word. We revered our elders and loved their stories. I was blessed to have good christian family and upbringing. Please, keep bringing us your stories. Thank you. ☺️❤️

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@catherine4970]

Excellent video! God and country should be everyone’s priority.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend.

[@mollymae2005]

Thank you for sharing these memories with us. I recall scenes like these back in the 50's when I was a child. There was such a warm presence of The Holy Spirit. I have seen the Alter full of people praying and weeping out loud all at the same time. I was saved at an old time Revival Meeting . Jesus is such a wonderful Saviour Greenbrier, Arkansas

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome, Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless you.

[@deefreeman5478]

I appreciate so much the time you take with videos such as these….this one actually brought me peace…I grew up in a small church on a gravel road. I have nothing but precious memories from that place…thank you again for your time and this channel.😊❤️

[@donnielaws7020]

That's awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@joyceedwards9652]

Our church still sing the old hymns, those old folks knew where the power was from!!

[@donnielaws7020]

They still do my friend.

[@lyndareed563]

This was a time when people still truly loved each other in church I so miss this era 💕! This video is exceptional Donnie! People was there for each other everyone was family rather you were related or not ! America 🇺🇸 was God fearing back then and we were a Blessed nation ! God bless you Donnie for your testimony 💕

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless.

[@msw00]

Beautiful story. I love driving out in the countryside and seeing all the old stores, churches and one room schools...you have to look but they are not hard to find. Then reminisce of better times gone by. The tiny hamlet I grew up in had one church, two country stores, and one two room schoolhouse built around a grist mill and creamery. Lots of memories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you. Thanks for sharing my friend.

[@debroahisaacs2452]

Oh if the walls could talk, people got saved, they raised their hands in praise of our God and Jesus our Savior. There were happy tears and sad ones, babies born, funerals. Where I live there is a small old church where people have moved on, but memories are gently placed throughout and when we get to Glory we'll have some wonderful conversations.

[@chazbell754]

Another great video and lesson Mr. Laws! I treasure the memories and the feelings that you bring back to me. Hard to decribe,but can describe it with one word. "HOME" no more. No less. A person just had to live it to understand it. God bless you sir!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Well said! thank you friend. God bless you.

[@loridavis5582]

That was awesome. Our family was one of the few that started Davis Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Tazwell. Late 1700s. Such a great video you did. It means a lot to us.

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@robbsmith1560]

Another great video.went to a small church it was called a farmers church.almost all the people were farmers.i worked on the family farm went to church as soon as the milking and the chores were done.what wonderful memories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.

[@robbsmith1560]

Thank you so much for replying back.

[@johnkegley7762]

Donnie once again you've brought back precious memories of a time we so much miss

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless.

[@larryduvall316]

I loved seeing old church's back through out the years of drivinh an 18 wheeler,,, I went on many many pig trails in Tn, Ky, WV, VA,,, I loved it then and I really miss thoughs times,,,, we had church in peoples homes back in the day too,,, Thanks again Mr Donnie for these video's !!!! Evertbody I knew that were baptised was done at a river or like me,,,, was in the number 6 mine,,,, it was an old iron ore mine,, it had been raing the day before and the water was muddy,,, but when I came out of the water,,,, I felt so clean,,, Thank you Lord !!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome story my friend. God bless you.

[@matthewh117]

Hey Donnie. What a beautiful video. How plain, simple, and pure those churches are. Just like God's love for us through Christ Jesus. It brought a huge smile to my face and tear to my eye watchin you get baptized. Thank you so much friend, and God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

[@jerrybee98]

What a precious episode. Makes me so grateful for my raising. The best thing my folks passed on to me was their faith, and they got it right in those little mountain churches. I’ll have to watch this one every little bit.❤️. Thank you!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your welcome my friend. God bless.

[@melmore1405]

One of my favorite videos.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@reginabell475]

Me and My Husband had our pic taken in the lil church in Cades Cove Easter weekend.... We sang Amazing Grace in there.... Thank God for me being raised back then when people feared the Lord and kept his commandments..... Awww those Revivals that lasted a month at a time.... Makes me want to go back to those days of my Childhood..... Being in church with my Daddy and Momma and Grandparents..... Makes me homesick for Heaven.... God Bless u Mr. Donnie

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@cgarrand78]

Some great history and beautiful pictures Donnie. Thank you,and God Bless you too!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@bettydavis9519]

Howdy Donnie. Thank you so much for this recorded history! This is my second time watching this one. Brings me peace and settles my soul. Praise Jesus! Thank you for including your dear father.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@johnhughes6074]

Amen Brother Donnie, AMEN.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@CabinGirl]

This special video so warms my heart. Thank you brother Donnie; surely you were gifted with many spiritual talents that day. I am a cradle-to-grave Christian and the Church is our second home. I have fond childhood memories of our 11 family members lining up outside our one bathroom every Saturday night to take baths, lay out our clothes, and polish our shoes for Church the next day. We needed to take two car loads and we took up an entire church pew. My fondest memory is of my parents rustling the pages of the Bible as they read from it at home. Thank you for these sweet, heartfelt memories. ❤️🙏 God Bless You.

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so nice to hear my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your persious memories .God bless you 🙏

[@tammyevans7333]

I lo v e Old Country Churches, they were the best, bless you for this, love it😃Great memories

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@williamenright1129]

So beautiful

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Thank you for another video. You always find the most interesting photos. I loved the one of ladies in their pretty Sunday hats. 👒

[@charlieporch3181]

I remember that well. Great times.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend

[@isaacprince2344]

“Precious memories, how they linger How they ever flood my soul. In the stillness, of the midnight , Precious sacred scenes unfold”

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. God bless you.

[@sugadrops4998]

Great video Donnie I have one of these churches in southern Ohio last friday me and my son drove past that little church he said what is all of these cars doing parked in the lot. I told him it’s friday night prayer meeting so now he is going to take his daughters to that little church.It’s just out side of our screen doors. A way of life lost just out the screen door. God bless you and yours Donnie.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@dwayneoliver1659]

Great video Donnie. Thank you so much for creating this video. And thank you so much for talking about being baptized. I’m so glad that you was baptized. Our society now is scared and shamed to even speak of baptism. Its Gods own words and instructions all we got too do is obey is commands and do what he tells us to do and have faith. Baptism is a burial cleansing of one’s sins. My God bless you for being a brave solider in Christ.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@sonnyjordan1911]

Loved it Donnie it gave me joy in my heart thank you very much

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend

[@richgouge4960]

Thank you. Eternal blessings are truly on "all those who call upon the name of the Lord."

[@cdeshields9631]

Donnie I sure do LOVE 💕 your videos they bring back such good memories of my childhood 😊😊😊😊😊

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend

[@janeanepesantes2375]

I love seeing the churches and Thank-you and God bless you too 🙏❤❤🙏

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@johnkelley6278]

I attended one of these small country churches as a child where the music was great and 70 year old church members would roll around on the floor like they were kids not having pain or a care in the world. I long to go back to one of those services . Thanks Donnie !

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW,, your welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing.

[@steemerxaxon1643]

Thank you my friend for sharing this.. it brings back memories of when I was growing up and going to a little church called Providence

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend

[@bobbybaldeagle702]

I sure miss the old time camp meetings where at 6:30 we all started to gather at the church. If you wanted a good seat you had to get there early. Church started right at 7pm. If you showed up at 6:55 unless you were an old timer there was a good chance your seat was the floor. Many times us kids had to give yup our seats so an older person could set have our seat and we sat on the floor and hoped we didn't get step on when the spirit of God broke loose. Many nights the service went past midnight. Most of the younger kids fell asleep under the church pews. But us older kids stayed awake it was fun watching people praising and shouting and they were even dancing in the spirit. But best not let your folks catch you dancing outside of church. You could only dance when the Spirit of God moved you to it. They called it dancing us kids called it spinning... LOL... But let me say we seen blind eyes opened every night we seen people being healed of many things. Even seen demons come out of people. As a kid that was scary. We seen one lady vomit up her stomach cancer. next day she went to the doctor and they could not find any cancer in her body. She past away 31 years latter she was 92 and went to sleep one night and never woke up they said at her funeral. Yepper them were the days. Up here in Wisconsin they never had meeting like that.... I miss just having church where people didn't worry about what time service ended or how many songs you sung that took up time. 2 songs and 3 courses is the limit. Preach could only preach 20 minutes. Most churches don't even have and alter call for the sinners and the sick. They have them raise their hands then they repeat a little prayer. I best shut up now.... Y'all be blessed in Jesus name... BBE..

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome story my friend. Amen! Thanks for sharing that friend. God bless you.

[@robinhaupt9119]

Wonderful, thank you Donnie. Yes, I remember those country churches and river baptisms.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.

[@donnacarnes9673]

Ahh! Makes me " homesick" for Rogersville, and Kingsport, Tennessee. Thanks Donnie!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Love the story

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you Dave.

[@cadeevans4623]

wow very interesting Donnie thanks for sharing your stories times were simpler back then I love these old country churches going inside singing the hymns with the old timers love that little old country church next to the creek and woods cozy little spot love it sadly it's not like this anymore wish it was a lot of things have changed over the years wish it was still like this thanks for sharing man love hearing your stories very interesting great video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW, Thank you. Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.

[@cadeevans4623]

Your very welcome buddy thanks again for the stories my pleasure Donnie your most welcome happy to be sharing God bless you as well man

[@peggyhill7283]

CONGRATULATIONS, Mr. Laws. Glad to know you're going to Heaven. Thank you for showing this. Went to a Church like this growing up. God needs to be seen, heard, & felt more in our Country. You're a blessing!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen! Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@renebrock4147]

Mr. Laws, I was 9 when I was baptized into our little church. This brings back so many memories. thank you.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you.

[@mikefannon6994]

What a lovely and loving video! Brought back so many memories. My paternal grandparents' church near Duffield VA didn't have a regular preacher, one came about every six weeks and would always eat Sunday dinner with us afterwards. Other Sundays they just had Sunday School. My Aunt June always taught the kids. At the end all would sing hymns together and one by one stand and recite a bible verse. Little ones would each say "Jesus wept" - the Bible's shortest verse. My maternal Grandfather donated land across the road for their church and helped buIld it. Both of these churches still stand today. Thank you Donnie.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your so very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@Highlander9740]

God bless you too. I live next door to my little Methodist church that is from way back in the 1800s. We have our weekly service and what a blessing to able to walk next door to it. I am so grateful to have been able to raise my kids next door to the church. I even found an arrowhead in the church yard last December.

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW! Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@deborahmusgrove90]

What a beautiful tribute to a time gone by and to our elders. We still go to a little country church just 3 miles outside our town. We can see the Poteau and Sugarloaf Mountain range so clearly. Thank you Mr. law for a beautiful tribute to churches in the, "Wildwoods."

[@donnielaws7020]

Your so very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.

[@Benjamin-bq7tc]

Beautiful video. It makes me think that financial prosperity and industrialization took a real toll on American's spiritual values. How I wish I could go back in time and sit in some of these old country churches and sing with the congregation and listen to the preaching.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you.

[@louparry7721]

Such humble and gracious people. God fearing and God revereing souls would gather every week faithfully. God bless each and everyone of them. This was a very nice testimony to these precious little churches.Thank you for this, Donnie. Your friend, Louise

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@raymondbradley6788]

Thank you Donnie God bless you sir🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@garyglanville1158]

Thank you again Donnie for this video. My grandfather build the Kelly Holler Baptist Church in Dayton, Tennessee back in the 1930s. I used to love going to these small country churches when we would go to Tennessee in 1950s to this day. Donnie the Lord has taught you well how to pull at our heart strings. All of these videos are such a blessing. Thank you again from and old Baptist pastor.God Bless you

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you my brother.

[@TBoss3313]

😭😭😭OMG! Tears streaming down my face! One of the most beautifully filmed and narrated ever!!! Sharing your baptism!! Put me over the edge! It was so beautiful Thank You!🥰😘💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@donnielaws7020]

Your so very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@corablue5569]

Yes, my friend, you will be with those loved ones again ❤️ I was baptized in the Jordan Lake, in NC. Somehow, knowing my precious Jesus was baptized in the river Jordan made the moment all the more sweet. I haven’t thought about that day in years. Thank you for the sweet walk down memory lane☺️

[@donnielaws7020]

So true! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@tracicomstock6525]

Donnie, I was very touched by your baptism.

[@denverbevins4052]

Thank you so much, Mr. Laws. My Daddy is buried in those hills too, on the border of KY & WV. They cannot come to us, but someday we may go to them. Amen.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen. Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing that.

[@audramatney1148]

Luv those little churches friend wish our country would go back to them days God bless America thanks for the memories⁰

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen, Thanks for sharing my friend

[@claymack1109]

I remember going to vacation Bible school it was a good time to

[@donnielaws7020]

Me to. Thanks for sharing.

[@josieowl5094]

Thank you for sharing this video,I really appreciate you telling all your stories

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@cliffmesser9307]

Thank you 💕 Donnie I am sixty four years old and I can remember all the old time way of these things. We use to set up with people who had passed away. And neighbor looked after neighbor. I sure miss the old time way of doing things

[@donnielaws7020]

Well put. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@accousticdecay]

Loved this very special video, and wept, especially at the end. I belong to an old country church that had 2 front doors until 1947, and nobody seems to remember why, but you have shed the light on this old tradition! We are Cumberland Presbyterian and sit in families nowadays. And we had a cross that said Jesus Saves on one side, and Get Right with God on the other, and a big tent revival. But it went the way of everything, as well as our 170 year old pine trees that were threatening to fall on the church house that is almost that old. I was a pall bearer for a neighbor from Speedwell, and had to help fill in his grave out there. The graves were all aligned to face east, which made them off-angle to the roadways. I thought that was strange until I asked the preacher. As a child I watched my Daddy and Grampa baptize people in the river, and also watched years later as their caskets were carried to the cemetery, not too many years apart. I was saved when I was 8 but they made me wait until I was 12 to be baptized. I wish that more people would realize how important that the Lord and the Church are to the very fabric of our beloved country. I am sending this video to my family members. It may be the best of all of your videos.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@howardsiebel5229]

Thanks Mr Laws.God Bless You too. I think it's so special that You have that home movie of You getting Baptized.It looks like Your Daddy had one Beautiful last ride through the Gap.About a month ago I went back up the mountains where I got Baptized. An old wooden church from the 1820s. I was very sad to see it closed. They even took the Cross down.I think they should have left the Cross up. Still, that will always be a Special Sacred spot to me forever. It's the place where God let me be His child.God Bless You Mr.Laws.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that friend. God bless you.

[@chrismmmm7776]

Another great video.. God bless you friend

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks so much my friend. God bless.

[@robertmoore2049]

Oh, if the walls of those churches could talk, what tales they would tell! Oh, all the sermons preached, the hymns sang, the testimonies shared, the prayers prayed, and people getting saved. I’d rather much go to a church like these featured on this video when will those huge mega churches I see on TV. Thank you, Mr. Laws for sharing this with us. It is a very moving and touching video about the churches in Appalachia. Blessings…

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@sueyoung8697]

This reminded me so much of home where I grew up in a mining town of widen wva, we had a post office, a grill, a church, schools, and just lot of houses, there nothing left there hardly now, I miss it still today. Thanks for the memories

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.

[@andreamills5852]

Thank you Mr. Donnie.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend

[@markdiulio2245]

Great story brings back so many memories of my younger days

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@regina805]

My Deepest Sympathy to You Concerning Your ❤️🕊️❤️ Beloved Father ❤️🕊️❤️ One Glorious Day. 🙏 You are going to See Him Again. Plus All Your Loved Ones. I Really Enjoyed The Little Rebel of the Gap Stories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you. Thank you so much.

[@regina805]

@@donnielaws7020 You're Welcome, I'm looking forward to meeting Your Stellar Father in Heaven. God Bless You and Yours Everyday.

[@beverlyrobertson6796]

GOD BLESS YOU, YES WE WILL SEE THEM SOON ,AND A BIG AMEN AMEN THANK YOU.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen! Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless you.

[@p.t.815]

God bless you sir shalom.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks my friend. God bless you.

[@ginamacdougall9012]

Thank you for sharing your baptism with us and thank you again for taking me back to a time When despite the struggles we cared about others.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@JBDRLSOARK]

This video brings back so many childhood memories of the worship services and the dinners afterwards and the men would set around out side and tell stories of hunting & fishing and chew their tobacco. And sometimes if mama wasn’t watching they would cut me off a chew. Thanks for the video.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@ftc22]

Oh Donnie. What memories! Growing up we would have all day singing and dinner on the ground next to our little church. The singers were the likes of The Statler Brothers., The Oak Ridge Boys, The Jordanaires and Gold City. All of the best would come and sing all day. The food galore outside under the big trees. Man what a time. I miss that so very much. Where did that go? What happened to those kind if fellowships? Thank you Donnie for bringing back such wonderful memories AGAIN! I have said it before, you are home to me. Thanks for the memories. I love your channel more than ANY on KZbin.

[@donnielaws7020]

That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.

[@arthurpeterson246]

Thank you Donny for these wonderful pictures, them old churches man the power of God was all in them buildings because those people were real true heart praying folks I miss those old buildings these big brick churches make me sad in a way we grew up when it was different.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend. God bless.

[@flourpower7417]

Tears won't stop rolling Mr Donnie. I am alone with no family. Watching this made me feel like I was sitting next to Mamaw and Papaw in church. I was already homesick for Heaven before I started watching . Now can't stop crying 'n snottin'. Thank you so much for your videos. I stay home and don't do much but work. You just carried me home. God bless you , and much love. From Sevierville Tennessee. You know , just spittin' distance from you . Lol

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend. May God bless you and keep you!

[@flourpower7417]

@@donnielaws7020 Thanks Mr Donnie. And if you don't mind will you keep me in your prayers and for a angel on earth named Tink. God Bless you.

[@bradlane3662]

This one sure hit home Donnie! I was 8 years old when they baptized my Mom and Dad together about two miles from where I live here in southern WV. There's a color picture of it somewhere. You can't count the crowd in that picture! My Mom's dad had been under conviction but was fighting it. You can see him squatted on the creek bank like the old men used to do. He was in a car hit by a train a few months later! There were three of them killed. We never know! Great video!

[@donnielaws7020]

I am so sorry my friend. God bless you! You never know. We have no promise of tomorrow. This so sad!

[@bradlane3662]

@@donnielaws7020 Thanks Donnie!

[@davidbass7593]

I loved these old small country churches I remember the older people that attended I remember them like yesterday they are all long gone now but the memories go on and on and I miss all of them dearly💕

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing that my friend.

[@tracicomstock6525]

Brought back sooo many memories.