Converse United Methodist Church (Converse, La.)
Organization
Biography
Converse United Methodist Church (Converse, La.) appears to have originated in the 1920s. The earliest located mention of the church appears in the 1926 conference journal published by the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. At that time, the Converse congregation belonged to the Lake Charles District. After the church was damaged by a storm in 1962, the congregation constructed a new building. In 1997, the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church formally declared Converse United Methodist Church abandoned and discontinued.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Converse United Methodist Church (Converse, La.) records
Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-1999-008
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Converse United Methodist Church (Converse, La.). It includes financial records, property records, and church record books.
Dates:
1933 - 1997
Pelican United Methodist Church (Pelican, La.) records
Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2024-015
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Pelican United Methodist Church (Pelican, La.). The collection includes membership records, audit records, committee records, administrative board records, financial records, church histories, photographs, bulletins, directories, and Sunday School records.The collection also includes quarterly conference, charge conference, and church conference records. The quarterly conference books and records from the 1880s to 1960s contain...
Dates:
1887 - 2023