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Desegregation by Methodists Defeated in Louisiana Debate
A three hour Louisiana Methodist Conference debate at Brown Memorial Chapel, Centenary College campus, defeated a resolution to commit to desegregation and transferring Negro Central Jurisdiction churches to the South Central Jurisdiction by 215 to 249. The vote, secret if adopted, followed arguments from clergy and lay delegates across several states, with concerns about intermarriage and church unity shaping the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Louisiana Methodist Conference
Brown Memorial Chapel
Centenary College
Methodist Church
South Central Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
William FE. Trice
University Methodist Church of Baton
John A. Dixon
W. D. Cotton
Rayville
Louisiana Bar Association
Robert Roland
First Methodist Church of
Baton Rouge
C. Ebb Munden II
St. Matthew Methodist Church
Metairie
Tom Matheny
Hammond
Keith Mason
General Conference
Trice
Delhi Methodist Church
Matheny
Dudley Snow
Harold Carlisle
Coushatta
Willie Hartline
Vivian
James B Harris
Kenneth Rigby
W. P Roberts
Gerald Ross
J. Albert Trickett
C. B. Weekley
Thomas B. Wilson
Board of Education
South Central Jurisdiction Ministerial Education Fund
Perkins School of Theology
St Paul's School of Theology
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Board of Lay Activities
Board of Evangelism
Aubrey G Walton