Story: Diverse Christian churches

Baptist Sunday-school procession

A wave of banners, bonnets and best suits flows up Brooklyn hill, above Wellington, in a Baptist Sunday-school procession in the early 20th century. Many parents in this period regarded Sunday school, which combined religious education with social activities, as an essential part of childhood.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)
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Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith

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Mark Derby, 'Diverse Christian churches - Baptists and Congregationalists', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/31095/baptist-sunday-school-procession (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Mark Derby, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 20 Apr 2018