Biography

The Hammond District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church was created in 1969. Prior to 1969, the congregations that constituted the district were assigned to other districts: Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church and the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church. Note: 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 1970, the district reported 8,083 members. The district consisted of congregations in southeast Louisiana stretching from Kentwood (north) to LaPlace (south) and Walker (west) to Pearl River (east).

Through the 1971 merger of Louisiana’s two Conferences – A and B – this district became the Hammond District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 1971, the district reported 10,044 members.

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