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SIGNIFICANT
DATES
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|
1784 |
Methodist Episcopal Church organized in the United States. |
|
1806 |
First Methodist circuit rider visited Morehouse Parish. |
|
1807 |
First itinerant preacher assigned to Washita Circuit. |
|
1812 |
Louisiana moved from Western Conference to Tennessee Conference. |
|
1813 |
Louisiana transferred to newly organized Mississippi Conference. |
|
1826 |
John G. Jones preached in Bastrop. He was the earliest documented pastor at the Bastrop First Methodist Church. |
|
1835 |
Washita Circuit
officially took name Monroe Circuit. Louisiana transferred from Mississippi to Arkansas Conference. |
|
1838 |
Monroe District established. |
|
1840 |
Louisiana returned to Mississippi Conference from Arkansas. |
|
1844 |
Name changed to Bastrop Methodist Episcopal Church, South. |
|
1847 |
Louisiana Conference organized with Bastrop in Monroe District. |
|
1848 |
The first "open door" conference. |
|
1853 |
Each charge was encouraged to send a lay delegate to conference. |
|
1855 |
Bastrop congregation moved from old log structure on North Washington St. to new frame church on South Washington Street. Louisiana Annual Conference met in Bastrop Dec. 12, 1855. |
|
1856 |
Bastrop Episcopal Church, South incorporated for 25 years. |
|
1862 |
Louisiana Annual Conference met in Bastrop, Dec. 1 - 13. |
|
1872 |
Bastrop transferred from Monroe District to Delhi District. |
|
1884 |
Bastrop congregation built their first brick Church. |
|
1889 |
Old parsonage next door to the church sold and new parsonage acquired on South Washington Street. |
| 1924 | Second brick (present) building constructed. |
|
1928 |
Pipe organ purchased. |
|
1936 |
Women's
Society of Christian Service replaced W.M.S. |
|
1939 |
Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South, and Methodist Protestant merged and became the Methodist Church. |
|
1940 |
The title "Presiding
Elder" changed to "District Superintendent". Wesleyan Service Guild organized. |
|
1943 |
Name of Epworth League changed to Methodist Youth Fellowship. |
|
1948 |
Educational
Annex to second brick (present) building completed. Conference year changed to begin and end in June. |
|
1964 |
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1968 |
Methodist Church merged
with Evangelical United Brethren to become the United Methodist
Church. |
|
1972 |
|
|
1982 |
Retired Minister's Home purchased. |
|
1984 |
|
|
1988 |
Parking lot north of the Activities Center was completed. |
| 1992 | Historical room established to preserve church records and significant papers. |
| PASTORAL APPOINTMENTS | |
|---|---|
|
Year
|
Pastor
|
| 1807 | Learner Blackman |
|
1808 |
Anthony Houston |
|
1809 |
Isaac McKowen |
|
1810 |
Hezekiah Shaw |
|
1811 |
John Jennings |
|
1812 |
Thomas Griffin |
|
1813 |
Miles Harper |
|
1814-1815 |
Thomas Griffin |
|
1816 |
N/A |
|
1817 |
Ashley Hewit |
|
1818-1819 |
John Booth |
|
1820 |
Thomas Owen, Jr. |
|
1821-1822 |
Ashley Hewit |
|
1823 |
William Alexander |
|
1824 |
Elijah McKay |
|
1825 |
Thomas Brown |
|
1826 |
John G. Jones |
|
1827 |
John Cotton |
| 1828 | Richard Herbert |
|
1829 |
F. A. McWilliams |
|
1830 |
Jephthah Hughes |
|
1831 |
Isaac Enochs |
|
1832 |
William Leggett |
|
1833 |
Samuel
Walker John Bilbo |
|
1834 |
J. P. Stephenson |
|
1835 |
David Sears |
|
1836 |
Benjsmin Jones |
|
1837 |
|
|
1838 |
Sidney
Squires E. B. Duncan |
|
1839 |
|
|
1840 |
Cotman Methvin |
| 1841 | Cotman
Methvin Alexander Whitney |
| 1842 | Edwin
Phillips John B. Eddins |
|
1843 |
Alex Sutherland |
|
1844 |
Cyprian Gridley |
|
1845 |
R. M. Crowson |
|
1846 |
Malachi DuBose |
|
1847 |
T.
C. Tinder James L. Wright |
|
1848-1849 |
John B. Eddins |
|
1850 |
A. E. Goodwyn |
|
1851 |
James L. Wright |
|
1852 |
R. Trippett |
|
1853-1854 |
Daniel Watkins |
|
1855 |
George W. Evans |
|
1856 |
Jack S. Hewitt |
|
1856-1857 |
John Pipes |
|
1858 |
Thomas
J. Lacey Edwin Earhardt |
|
1859-1860 |
James L. Wright |
|
1861 |
William C. Young |
|
1862 |
Marshall Wells |
|
1863 |
Joseph Stone |
| 1864-1866 | C. W. Carter |
|
1867 |
J. F. Scurlock |
|
1868-1869 |
Joel T. Daves |
|
1870-1871 |
C. W. Carter |
|
1872-1874 |
M. C. Manly |
|
1875-1876 |
W. P. Owens |
|
1877-1878 |
H. O. White |
|
1879 |
C. W. Carter |
|
1880-1881 |
|
|
1882-1883 |
J. E. Bradley |
|
1884 |
|
|
1885-1886 |
J. A. Parker |
| 1887 | J. J. Billingsly |
| 1888-1890 | John M. Brown |
|
1891 |
H. Armstrong |
|
1892-1894 |
H. Knickerbocker |
|
1895-1896 |
M. G. Jenkins |
|
1897-1900 |
William Schuhle |
|
1901-1902 |
Perry O. Lowery |
|
1903 |
H. B. Thomason |
|
1904 |
H.
E. Carter W. J. Porter |
|
1905 |
John R. Roy |
|
1906-1907 |
Daniel C. Barr |
|
1908 |
Howard Roberts |
|
1909-1910 |
S. J. Davies |
|
1910-1913 |
George A. Fox |
|
1914 |
E. C. Grice |
|
1915-1918 |
Ollie Tucker |
|
1919-1921 |
A. S. J. Neill |
|
1922-1925 |
G. A. Morgan |
|
1926-1927 |
Alonzo Early |
|
1928-1932 |
Ellis Smith |
|
1932-1934 |
W. R. Harvell |
|
1935-1939 |
William H. Giles |
|
1940 |
Marion S. Monk |
|
1941-1943 |
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1943-1948 |
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| 1948-1953 | Jack H. Midyett |
| 1953-1958 | Howard Staples |
| 1958-1962 | Luther L. Booth |
| 1962-1969 | Robert Peyton |
| 1969-1972 | Cleburne Quaid |
| 1972-1976 | E. J. Barksdale |
| 1976 | Edward Pickens |
| 1976-1980 | Ira M. Robinson |
| 1980-1985 | William D. Peeples |
| 1985-1991 | Ray R. Spiller |
| 1991 | John M. Braden |
| 1992-1995 | Larry D. Robertson |
| 1995-1999 | Edison E. Morgan |
| 1999-2001 | Frank M. Jones |
| 2001-2006 | Roy B. Moore |
| 2006-Present | Mark B. Benge, Sr. |
