New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference B of the United Methodist Church records
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 the following: Women’s Society of
Christian Service, Wesleyan Service Guild, District Director of Education, and District
Secretary of Social Concerns. District Conference minutes for 1969 and 1970 also include:
Charge Conference reports, Women’s Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guild
directories. District Conference minutes for 1970 include publications commemorating the
final meeting of New Orleans District B.
Dates
- 1968 - 1970
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
3 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1993 (acc. no. 1993-014).
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference B of the United Methodist Church records
- Author
- Chris Brown
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository