Tuesday, October 30, 2007

A Visit to Western Branch Baptist Church





The last of my church visits while in Suffolk was to the Western Branch Baptist Church (founded in 1777). We visited with current Pastor Steve Hills and took him to lunch. As the plaque indicates the current meeting house is the third for the congregation. Union troops burned down a previous building in 1863. The church has a wall with pictures of former Pastors and one is Benjamin Riddle (pictured) who served Western Branch c. 1948-56. He may be a long lost Riddle cousin.
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11:45 AM

    Jeff,

    Thanks for the tour! There's a lot of interesting history in Suffolk.

    TBH

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