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Roanoke United Methodist Church (Roanoke, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-062

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Roanoke United Methodist Church (Roanoke, La.). The collection includes membership records, administrative board records, United Methodist Women records, a church history, and newspaper clippings. The majority of the material in this collection consists of photocopy facsimiles.

Dates

  • 1944 - 2023

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

Roanoke United Methodist Church was located at 1604 First Avenue, Roanoke, Louisiana.

The church was started at the community schoolhouse in 1895 by Rev. E.J. Church. They became known as the Roanoke Class of the United Brethren Church by 1897. After meeting in the Thomas hay barn by the railroad for several years, a church was built. It was dedicated by Rev. W. M. Bell on February 8, 1902. Rev. W.R. Wilgus was the pastor, but it was common for the Methodist and United Brethren ministers to preach on alternate Sundays. The first parsonage was built under the leadership of Rev. J. H. Patterson (1902-06). It was torn down in 1946 and replaced with the J. C. Barman house. Later, in 1976, a brick parsonage was built.

Although a building fund was started in 1955, construction of a new church began on March 26, 1975. The new facility was dedicated in 1976. Work on a new parsonage began right away. It was soon built, with the dedication of the parsonage held on February 22, 1981. A bell tower was added in 1979. While there were sixteen United Brethren churches at one time, the Roanoke church is the last remaining church in the Louisiana Conference to come from the United Brethren Church.

Roanoke United Methodist Church disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in May 2023.

Source: Timothy Hebert, “The Historical Register of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church,” (Louisiana: Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2004), page LC-45.

Extent

6 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged by subject, then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unknown person dropped off collection at Louisiana Conference Office of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, then transferred by Rhonda Whitley (Ministry Coordinator, Congregational Development and Transformation) in 2023.

Title
Finding Aid to the Roanoke United Methodist Church (Roanoke, La.) records
Author
Beth Vogler and Chris Brown
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport LA 71104 US
(318) 869-5462