Pine Grove United Methodist Church (Pine Grove, La.) records
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Pine Grove United Methodist Church (Pine Grove, La.). It includes membership records, charge conference records, Administrative Board records, administrative records, insurance records, printed items, and photographs.
Charge conference and administrative records from the 2010s include material from Darlington United Methodist Church (Chipola, La.) and Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church (Greensburg, La.).
Dates
- 1943 - 2022
Creator
- Pine Grove United Methodist Church (Pine Grove, La.) (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
Pine Grove United Methodist Church was located at 3335 Louisiana Highway 449, Pine Grove, Louisiana.
The church dates its history back to the acquisition of land. On March 13, 1861, Thomas and Nancy Bennett sold the church two acres of land. A church was built on the property. The earliest grave in the cemetery dates back to 1868. Though once surrounded by pine trees in rural St. Helena Parish, the church now sits along a highway.
The earliest record of a pastor assigned to the church is in 1894. Like most Methodist churches in the Florida parishes, they were in the Mississippi Conference until the 1890s. Sometime around 1940, the church became a full-time charge. Services were held at eleven on Sunday mornings and later that evening. In 1963, plans began for a new sanctuary. It was soon completed, and the first services held in the new structure were on September 6, 1964. The dedication service was the following year, on November 7, 1965. Though a parsonage was maintained for many years, changes resulted in the elimination of the parsonage in 1978. In 2002, the church had a vision to add more room for activities and fellowship. The existing fellowship hall was expanded. Work was completed and the new facility was consecrated on April 27, 2003.
Pine Grove United Methodist Church disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in November 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 BR-57.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by subject, then chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown person dropped off collection at Louisiana Conference Office of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La.), then transferred by Tom Dolph (Shreveport District Superintendent) in May 2023.
- Administrative records
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Saint Helena Parish
- Correspondence
- Darlington United Methodist Church (Chipola, La.)
- Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (South Central Jurisdiction)
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Photographs
- United Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference
- Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church (Greensburg, La.)
Creator
- Pine Grove United Methodist Church (Pine Grove, La.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Pine Grove United Methodist Church (Pine Grove, La.) records
- Author
- Beth Vogler and Chris Brown
- Date
- 2025
- 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