It’s not hard to imagine the sanctuary at Pilgrim Baptist Church in its heyday — pews packed with generations of family members crowded together, a 40-person choir rising up in their red and gold robes, sunlight pouring in from the row of south-facing windows, their voices joining together for Sunday morning's opening hymn. It’s not hard to imagine the sanctuary at Pilgrim Baptist Church in its heyday — pews packed with generations of family members crowded together, a 40-person choir rising up in their red and gold robes, sunlight pouring in from the row of south-facing windows, their voices joining together for Sunday morning's opening hymn.