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the great depression and how it affected rural communities-union primitive baptist church
Photograph-"The Heritage of Paulding County Georgia, 1832-1999"
The Great Depression not only greatly affected the urban communities and middle class families, but it also affected small, rural, farming families. Living through the Great Depression changed the way many people approached religion. When the reality of the Great Depression began sinking in for these families, many of them felt like they had no where to turn and no one to help them. People were filled with hopelessness and loneliness. These feelings became too hard to live with so many people turned to God. These families lost the majority of their processions and their businesses. Most of them ran farms and made their money from selling their crops. When there was no one to buy their crops, they had nothing. Having a relationship with God helped the families deal with their losses. They began to find comfort in knowing that even when they felt like they had nothing, they had God. People began going to church regularly and there was also an increase in people who wanted to be pastors, or deacons, etc. Although some of the religious views were different, many people began to believe in something. This gave them the strength to get through this extremely difficult time and also gave them hope and faith for the future.
Loudermilk, Dale. The Heritage of Paulding County, Georgia, 1832-1999. Missouri: Walsworth Publishing, 1999.
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the great depression and how it affected rural communities-union primitive baptist church
Photograph-"The Heritage of Paulding County Georgia, 1832-1999"
The Great Depression not only greatly affected the urban communities and middle class families, but it also affected small, rural, farming families. Living through the Great Depression changed the way many people approached religion. When the reality of the Great Depression began sinking in for these families, many of them felt like they had no where to turn and no one to help them. People were filled with hopelessness and loneliness. These feelings became too hard to live with so many people turned to God. These families lost the majority of their processions and their businesses. Most of them ran farms and made their money from selling their crops. When there was no one to buy their crops, they had nothing. Having a relationship with God helped the families deal with their losses. They began to find comfort in knowing that even when they felt like they had nothing, they had God. People began going to church regularly and there was also an increase in people who wanted to be pastors, or deacons, etc. Although some of the religious views were different, many people began to believe in something. This gave them the strength to get through this extremely difficult time and also gave them hope and faith for the future.
Loudermilk, Dale. The Heritage of Paulding County, Georgia, 1832-1999. Missouri: Walsworth Publishing, 1999.
For more information visit: