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Antioch United Methodist Church (Antioch, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-009

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Antioch United Methodist Church (Antioch, La.). The collection includes membership records (baptisms 1993-2017, church register 1917-2021) and board minutes.

Dates

  • 1917 - 2022

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

Antioch United Methodist Church (Antioch, La.) is located at 3406 Louisiana Highway 544, Antioch, Louisiana.

Services began in Antioch by holding services in a log schoolhouse. By 1872, a Union Church held services for the Methodist, Baptists, and Camelites. After that church burned down in 1882, another was built. In 1891, the congregations divided and the ninety-seven Methodists were led by Rev. J. D. Harper. The cornerstone says the church was organized in 1885.

When the church burned down in 1904, a new one was built two years later under the leadership of Rev. G.W. Hivley.

In 1950, work began on a new church. Services were held at the school next door during construction. The new church was dedicated on January 18, 1953.

A wing of classrooms and restrooms was built in the fall of 1984. The addition was dedicated at a Homecoming in October 1986.

Antioch United Methodist Church disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in 2022.

Source: Timothy Hebert, “The Historical Register of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church,” (Louisiana: Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2004), page MO-3.

Extent

3 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged by subject, then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection transferred by Sue Price in 2023. Prior accrual from Simsboro United Methodist Church (Simsboro, La.): Antioch Methodist Church official board minutes 1953-1954 (acc. no. 1997-030).

Title
Finding Aid to the Antioch United Methodist Church (Antioch, La.) records
Author
Jasmine Jones and Chris Brown
Date
2023
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