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New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference B of the United Methodist Church

 Organization

Biography

The New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference B of the United Methodist Church originated through the 1968 merger of two denominations – the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Prior to 1968, the district was the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (Central Jurisdiction). From 1968 to 1971, Louisiana’s Conference A (for white churches) and Conference B (for black churches) existed as a temporary measure to work towards racial integration of the Louisiana Conference following the denomination’s 1968 dissolution of the Central Jurisdiction (a racially segregated unit for black Methodists).

In 1969, the district reported 6,424 members and 23 pastoral charges. The district consisted of congregations in southeast Louisiana stretching from Mandeville (north) to Gretna (south) and Hahnville (west) to Slidell (east).

Through the 1971 merger of Louisiana’s two Conferences – A and B – this district became the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 1971, the district reported 7,987 members.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference B of the United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-New Orleans District LAConfB UMC
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference B of the United Methodist Church. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include a roll of members, lay activities, resolutions, and reports from...
Dates: 1968 - 1970