New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference 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 - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference 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
information about lay activities, resolutions, and reports from the following: United Methodist
Women, District Board of Church Locations and Buildings, and Board of Global Ministries.
Dates
- 1977 - 1983
Creator
- New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church (Organization)
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 - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church
was formed in 1977. In 1977, the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the
United Methodist Church was dissolved through the creation of two new districts: New
Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church and the
New Orleans - Slidell District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church.
In 1978, the district reported 16,277 members. The district consisted of congregations in
southeast Louisiana stretching from Donaldsonville (north) to Grand Isle (south) and Patterson
(west) to Buras (east).
In 1989, the New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist
Church was dissolved. The congregations that constituted the district were assigned to other
districts: Acadiana District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, North Shore District of
the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
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 - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference 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