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Saint Paul's United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2012-015

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Saint Paul's United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La.). It includes membership records, charge conference and audit records, trustee records, Administrative Board records, photographs, and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain photographs, clippings, meeting minutes, and printed items.

Dates

  • 1958 - 2012

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

Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church was located at 11828 Plank Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Saint Paul church began during the church planting movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The first service was held on February 2, 1958, at the Brownfields Elementary School. The 71 charter members were led by Rev. A.G. Taylor (of the Blackwater Church) and Rev. John Sewell (of the Baker Church). In June, Rev. John Winn became the church's first appointed pastor.

A parsonage was purchased at 5745 Guice Drive. By the end of January, 1960, a sanctuary, fellowship hall, pastor's study, and eleven classrooms had been built at 11828 Plank Road. The parsonage was sold in 1973, and a new one purchased on Saint Ann Street.

In 2012, the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church formally declared Saint Paul's UMC discontinued.

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-74.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged by subject, then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection consists of multiple accessions. The first (accession number 2012-015) was transferred by Lynette DeLaune (administrative assistant in the Baton Rouge District) in June 2012. The second was transferred by Lynette DeLaune in June 2014 (accession number 2014-015).

Title
Finding Aid to the Saint Paul's United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, 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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