Bound for the X Roads

By David Taylor | July 21, 2016

Following the Civil War, the church had enjoyed a time of rebuilding. By 1893 the people decided to move the church site to Russell Crossroads known as Threet Crossroads today. This location is our present site, 14 miles west on Savannah Highway and two miles north on the Natchez Trace.

The new building had two doors, one for women to enter, the other for men. The sexes were seated on separate sides of the church. An ‘Amen” corner was set aside near the front of the sanctuary for the Senior Deacons. It is said, “they would not only give many healthy amens, but they sure could sing good.

It was also during this year that Liberty withdrew from the Indian Creek Association and joined the Florence Baptist Association. Liberty was the seventh church to join.

By the end of the century, Liberty had also joined the Southern Baptist Convention. It was recorded that pastor C. C. Winters attended the Convention meeting in Savannah, Georgia. The church collected $5.50 to cover his traveling expenses. My, how inflation has hit us.

Today, one good catfish dinner would cost more than Bro. Winters’ travel expenses to Savannah, Georgia.

Forty-Eight years in the life of our church had passed by the close of the 19th Century. God’s precious grace had sustained every minute of her life and growth.