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Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-Shreveport District ConfAUMC

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference A 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, Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, the Wesley Foundation, Board of Pensions, the Methodist Hospital, and the New Orleans Methodist Hospital.

Dates

  • 1968 - 1971

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 Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference A 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 Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South 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 22,487 members. The district consisted of congregations in northwest Louisiana stretching from Ida (north) to Many (south) and Greenwood (west) to Haughton (east).

Through the 1971 merger of Louisiana’s two Conferences – A and B – this district became the Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 1971, the district reported 20,956 members.

Extent

3 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was transferred by Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Title
Finding Aid to the Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference A 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

Contact:
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport LA 71104 US
(318) 869-5462