Minden District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Minden District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. These
meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was
presided over by the district's presiding elder, R. M. Brown.
The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include the following
reports: religious and financial state of churches, Sunday School work, missions, and denominational
education and literature, and Woman’s Missionary Societies.
Dates
- 1925 - 1933
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 Minden District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South (MECS)
formed in 1924. Prior to 1924, many of the churches that made up the Minden District belonged to two
other districts – the Alexandria District and the Ruston District.
In 1925, the Minden District reported 6,484 members, 22 pastoral charges, 65 congregations, and 58
church buildings. The district consisted of congregations in northwest and central Louisiana stretching
from Springhill to Ferriday.
In 1933 – the final year of the Minden District – the district reported 6,570 members, 17 pastoral
charges, and 52 church buildings. The following year, the majority of the district’s churches had joined
the Alexandria District and the Shreveport District.
Extent
3 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by Ruston District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church records in 1996 (acc. no. 1996-016) and Alexandria District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church records in 2000 (acc. no. 2000-008).
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Minden District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South 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