Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction) records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the
Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central
Jurisdiction). 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: Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home,
Istrouma Methodist Camp, the Wesley Foundation, Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation,
Methodist Home-Hospital, and New Orleans Methodist Hospital.
Dates
- 1964 - 1967
Creator
- Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction (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 Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central
Jurisdiction) originated through the multi-denominational Methodist merger in 1939. Prior to
1939, the district was the Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
In 1940, the district reported 10,753 “total full members – active,” 26 pastoral charges, and 72
church buildings. The district consisted of congregations in southeast Louisiana stretching
from Kentwood (north) to Gonzales (south) and Lottie (west) to Bogalusa (east).
Through the 1968 merger of two denominations – the Methodist Church and the Evangelical
United Brethren Church – the Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction) became the Baton Rouge District of the
Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction). In 1968,
the district reported 23,258 “full members” and 77 “organized churches.”
Extent
4 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by the Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2011 (acc. no. 2011-017).
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction) 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