Opelousas 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
Opelousas 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.
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
- 1891 - 1895
Creator
- Opelousas District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South (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
The Opelousas District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South (MECS)
formed in 1847. Prior to 1847, it had been the Attakapas District of the Mississippi Conference
MECS.
In 1848, the Opelousas District reported 1,205 members (678 colored, 527 white) and 11 pastoral
charges. The district consisted of congregations in south Louisiana stretching from Opelousas to
Houma.
In 1900 – the final year of the Opelousas District – the district reported 4,233 members, 18 pastoral
charges, and 33 churches. The following year, the majority of the district’s churches formed the newly
created Crowley District.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by Alexandria District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2000 (acc. no. 2000-008).
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Opelousas 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