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Deep River Friends Meeting House: Deep River Friends Meeting House in Jamestown, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

African American Moravian log church: This small log church was built in Salem, North Carolina in 1823 as the Moravian church for African Americans. In 1861, the African American congregation moved to a larger brick church.; Format: image/photograph

St. Philip's Moravian church lot: This circa 1866 photograph shows Church Street in Salem, North Carolina. The old African American Moravian log church, built in 1823, can be seen near the center of the image -- it's a small building with two chimneys. The updated brick church, built in 1861,...; Format: image/photograph

The development of sacred singing: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.11; In the first half of the nineteenth century, the music of southern white churches expanded to express a broader range of emotions. To help singers, "shape-note" tunebooks were developed with easy-to-read notation. Includes audio of present-day shape-note singing.; Format: article; By Gavin James Campbell.

Life in the mill villages: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.3; By 1900, more than nine-tenths of textile workers lived in villages owned by the companies that employed them. Mill villages included stores, churches, and schools, but workers found ways to avoid too much dependence on their employers.; Format: article; By James Leloudis and Kathryn Walbert.

First Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, NC: This the First Prebyterian Church of Laurinburg, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Charleston Huguenot church: The French Protestant Church in Charleston, S.C., was built in 1845, and is the last remaining independent Huguenot church in the United States. The first Huguenots in Charleston arrived in 1681, after fleeing Protestant persecution in France.; Format: image/photograph

A church in Tarboro, NC: This is a church in Tarboro, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Exploring the church in the southern black community: Students explore the Documenting the American South Collection titled, the “Church in the Southern Black Community.” Beginning with a historian's interpretation of the primary sources that make up the collection, students search the collection for evidence to describe the experiences of African Americans living in the south during the Antebellum through the Reconstruction Period centering on their community churches. The activity culminates in student presentations of a digital scrap book.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

Sculpture on the church of the miners in Valencia, Mexico: Two sculpted figures stand in an alcove surrounded by floral patterns carved in stone. This church was dedicated to the silver miners who worked and died in the area during the colonial period. Much of Mexico's wealth emerged in the form of silver. Tens of...; Format: image/photograph

Church of the miners in Valencia, Mexico: The cross-topped spire of an ornately-carved stone church reaches up into a blue sky. This church was dedicated to the silver miners who worked and died in the area during the colonial period. Much of Mexico's wealth emerged in the form of silver. Tens of...; Format: image/photograph

Milton Presbyterian Church interior: Interior of Milton Presbyterian Church in Milton, North Carolina, built in 1837. The pews were made by the famous furniture maker Thomas Day, whose shop was located nearby. Day and his wife Aquilla, who were African American, were permitted to sit in the pews...; Format: image/photograph

A church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, NC: This is a church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, North Carolina. Wilson is host to a variety of interesting historic architecture.; Format: image/photograph

Cape Fear River Watch: Offer several opportunities for environmental education and community development which include hands-on experiences for field trip groups.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Grove Church in Kenansville, North Carolina: This is the Grove Church in Kenansville, North Carolina. The Grove Church, a Presbyterian church, was the first church established by the Scotch-Irish who settled there in about 1736. Kenansville is the seat of Duplin County.; Format: image/photograph

Lake Junaluska in Haywood County, North Carolina: This is Lake Junaluska in Haywood County, North Carolina. Lake Junaluska is known as the site of the headquarters of the World Methodist Council, a group linking most churches of the Methodist tradition.; Format: image/photograph

Port O'Plymouth Museum: This is primarily a Civil War museum revolving around the 1864 "Battle of Plymouth", the second largest Civil War battle fought in North Carolina. Impressive displays of cannon balls, bullets, buttons, buckles, guns, pictures, and thousands of battle artifacts can be found here.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Religions iconography in Cartagena, Colombia: A statue of a veiled Mary is surrounded by carvings and fresh flowers. Most likely, the statue is part of a shrine in a Catholic church off of the main aisle. Roman Catholicism is the main religion of Colombia. Many churches from the colonial period survive,...; Format: image/photograph

Into the wilderness: Circuit riders take religion to the people: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.2; In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, "circuit riders" preached to residents of the backcountry who were too scattered to be served by established churches.; Format: article; By N. Fred Jordan Jr. .

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