Willow Hill Center unveils exhibit on Black Primitive Baptists

Visitors to the Willow Hill Heritage Festival look at items in the Primitive Baptist history exhibit, a classroom furnished like a century-old church. Laura Martin Travick, right, who grew up attending Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church near Statesboro, was one of many attendees who saw their own religious heritage reflected in the exhibit. She now lives in Dublin, Ga. - photo by Al Hackle/special

W Willow Hill Sanctuary - WIDE — Visitors to the Willow Hill Heritage Festival look at items in the Primitive Baptist history exhibit, a classroom furnished like a century-old church. Laura Martin Travick, right, who grew up attending Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church near Statesboro, was one of many attendees who saw their own religious heritage reflected in the exhibit. She now lives in Dublin, Ga. - photo by Al Hackle/special

In its second year, the Willow Hill Heritage Festival added a peek into the history of black Primitive Baptist churches to exhibits about the Willow Hill School and community. The festival Saturday served as a fundraiser for restoration of the Willow Hill School building and its development as a community center. One former classroom had been set up like a century-old Primitive Baptist sanctuary, complete with equipment for foot washing and communion.

Local

Local