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Eros United Methodist Church (Eros, La.)

 Organization

Biography

Eros United Methodist Church was located at the northeast intersection of Louisiana Highway 34 and 2nd Avenue, Eros, Louisiana.

The church was organized in 1904 by Rev. Charles Bly. The first Board of Trustees consisted of Julian M. Collins, Dr. J.N. Hoad, and Sam M. Collins.

The second church was built in 1944 under the leadership of Rev. F.L. Hearne. Though it was replaced by the present church structure in 1980, the second church building still stands. The third church held its first service on Easter Sunday 1980 under the leadership of Rev. William B. Shaw.

Eros United Methodist Church was discontinued and abandoned in 2016.

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 MO-31.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Eros United Methodist Church (Eros, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2016-005
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Eros United Methodist Church (Eros, La.). It includes membership records, quarterly conference records, charge conference records, Administrative Board records, committee records, insurance records, photographs, bulletins, scholarship records, and printed items.The quarterly conference and charge conference records from the 1950s and 1960s include material from Frantom Chapel Methodist Church (Ouachita Parish, La.). The Administrative...
Dates: 1906 - 2015