Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the
Monroe 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 - 1969
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 Monroe 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 Monroe 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 14,676 members. The district consisted of congregations in north-
central Louisiana stretching from Kilbourne (north) to Vidalia (south) and Monroe (west) to Tallulah (east).
Through the 1971 merger of Louisiana’s two Conferences – A and B – this district became the Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 1971, the
district reported 14,490 members.
Extent
2 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1988 (acc. no. 1988-059).
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Monroe 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