Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church: I'm Going Home (lining hymn) (1983)

[Jwright6196]

Papaw looks so awsome in this video. I remember it so well attending church with him and Mamaw! Which by the way has the best lap in the world!!!

[kentuckykid62]

This is my papaw John Wright lining the song!!!!!! I have been to many of his services and there is nothin in the whole wide world like it!!!! It does my heart such good to see and hear him sing again and he looks so wonderful to me!!!!! Thank You GOD for being able to see him again till i join him!!!!!

[peihong33]

What's with all the crazy, annoying camera work in these old videos? Allright already, we know your camera has a zoom lense - stop fvcking with it constantly.

[eastky74]

@alexmacdonald01 agree with you 100 percent... One of the most beautiful sounds one will ever hear is hear old regular baptist singing from a distance. some of my fondess childhood memories is the sound of old regular baptist singing on a mountian top during a Sunday cemetary church service. Line singing echoing across the mountains is beautiful

[pixelator99]

That's my grandpa, Bill Sparks with the curly white hair and red tie.

[Cuddles19651]

@pixelator99 Hey Pixe...that's mine behind him! lol (John Wright).

[forsythga1988]

why is there a graven image on the wall? i have never heard of having the catholic image of christ in an old school baptist church and i've been in the church for awhile.

[aslewis72]

@forsythga1988 That is a very familiar picture in old regular baptist churches in Eastern KY.

[oldtimeway1]

Simply lovely. This makes me cry. The Amish and Hutterites line their singing too though they sing in German. But someone please tell me what's the little "StarWars" creature a doing there on the sacred desk at point 2:24 in the film??????

[mom2brittandjess]

Yes, there are many churches that still do this and still hold true to the old ways. I am afraid to say that so many are moving away from this and doing more ballad type songs. Oh and it has nothing to do with people not being able to read. There is a spirit about it. The ORB's that I go to don't have music.

[deenaoreilly1]

This was made to save the old ways of folk music, in 1983. I have tapes of earlier services, some of the members were unhappy when music came into the church. Benny and Creed Franklin are in the collection and they are my Mom's sister and brother in law. There is nothing more precious that I have than the rich heritage of my Appalachian mother.

[dbadagna]

@deenaoreilly1

When you say "music came into the church" do you mean musical instruments? Which church did this happen to? I've never heard of an ORB church that used musical instruments.

[docsavage98]

I grew up in a "lined out" singing church but that faded pretty fast when the old song leader died and the new one didn't line since we had lots of song books and most could read by then...kinda miss it...especially on "Amazing Grace"

[Handymanherb]

See a lot of people I knew from there including my Pappy, Nat Polly, the video was from 1983, but I went to that chuch a lot growing up the few years I was around there

[TheBellaTenenbaum]

This is beautiful!

[dvcrocco]

Does anyone know the history of this video...who took it and when? My neighbor's father is at the pulpit and this was her family's church. Any information will be appreciated.  Thank-you. Vicki Crocco dvcrocco@comcast.net

[Cumberlandcotons]

Both of my great grandparents are in this!! My sweet Maw and Paw will always be greatly missed.

[valkour22]

its good to see some people keep the old traditions alive.

[valkour22]

omg are there churches that still do this? This practice is hundreds of yrs old !!

[dbadagna]

@valkour22

The Old Regular Baptist denomination has a lot of churches, which are mostly in the coalfields of southeast Kentucky (Letcher County, Knott County, Floyd County, etc.) and the Wise area of southwest Virginia, but as Appalachian folks have moved into the Midwest there are also churches in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, etc., and even at least one in Florida. Read "The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters in Hope" by Howard Dorgan for more.

[STProductionFilms]

@dbadagna My dad was a preacher here in Knott County. These songs bring back a lot of memories.

[dbadagna]

@STProductionFilms

No kidding, you make films there in Hindman?

[STProductionFilms]

@dbadagna Yea, I lived in quicksand for 10 years. Then moved all around knott county. Now I'm living in beaver.

[dbadagna]

@valkour22

In Scotland, the Free Church of Scotland and some Presbyterian churches still sing in this way, more often in Gaelic than in English.

[valkour22]

@dbadagna sweet

[beccs03]

My great great pap is in this!! I love it!