Ruston 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
Ruston 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, the Wesley Foundation, Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, Centenary College of
Louisiana, and the Methodist Home Hospital.
Dates
- 1972 - 1984
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 Ruston District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church originated
through the 1971 merger of Louisiana’s two racially segregated conferences. 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 1972, the district reported 9,708 members. The district consisted of congregations in north-
central Louisiana stretching from Springhill (north) to Zoar (south) and Doyline (west) to Calhoun (east).
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by Ruston District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1994 (acc. no. 1994-015).
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Ruston 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