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Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South (Minden, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2025-030

Scope and Contents

This collection document the activities of Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South (Minden, La.). It consists of a church register. The church register contains pastors (1900-1904), marriages (1901-1914), and members (1901-1904).

Dates

  • 1900 - 1904

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

Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South was located on Louisiana Highway 518, Minden, Louisiana near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 518 and United States Highway 79. The cemetery created by the church remains located here.

Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South seem to have begun at some point in the 1880s, and was a part of the Ruston District and Ouchita District. The congregation stopped services when the church building burned in 1922. It was discontinued and abandoned, before being closed by order of the conference in 1967. The congregation's members joined other nearby congregations.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This item is organized by subject, then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Originally found within First United Methodist Church (Minden, La.) records (accession number 2023-036).

Title
Finding Aid to Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South (Minden, 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

Contact:
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