Cedar Grove United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.)
Biography
Cedar Grove United Methodist Church traces its origin to the summer of 1913 when Centenary College of Louisiana student Rev. Henry T. Young conducted revival services. The church moved several times throughout the neighborhood before constructing a permanent building in 1914 at the northwest intersection of East 66th Street and Lexington Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1942, the congregation dedicated a new church building at 6806 Southern Avenue. In 1989, a new congregation, Faith United Methodist Church, organized and simultaneously began sharing the Cedar Grove UMC facility. In 1995, the Cedar Grove congregation merged with and moved to Morningside United Methodist Church. Faith UMC continued using the Cedar Grove facility until closing in 2009.
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 SH-26.