Joel Duncan McDavid papers, 1980-1984.

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Joel Duncan McDavid papers, 1980-1984.

The Joel McDavid papers consist of correspondence and official papers relating to the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1980-1984. The papers are divided into two series. Series 1 contains the correspondence between the Bishop, District Superintendents, and Pastors within the districts of the conference. The folders are arranged alphabetically by district and the letters chronologically within the folders. Series 2 contains subject files from the office of Bishop McDavid. All efforts have been made to preserve the original folder titles from these office files. Series 2 is divided into six subseries. Subseries 2.1 contains correspondence and other material relating to the annual meetings of the North Georgia Conference in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Subseries 2.2 concerns plans for the construction of a Methodist retreat and conference center at Simpsonwood between 1981 and 1984. Subseries 2.3 contains the files of the various committees of the North Georgia Conference from 1980-1984, arranged alphabetically. Subseries 2.4 includes the financial files of the Conference, also arranged alphabetically. Subseries 2.5 contains invitations and correspondence relating to the Bishop's speaking engagements from 1980 to 1981, arranged chronologically. Finally, Subseries 2.6 includes miscellaneous subject files of the North Georgia Conference, arranged alphabetically.

3 cubic ft. (5 legal archives boxes and 1 half-size legal box)

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United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Georgia Conference

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The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) was organized at the church's General Conference of 1830. The members met for the first time in Macon, Georgia, in 1831. Within a few years the church began to struggle with the issue of slavery. Unable to reach an agreement, the church divided in 1844 and the slave-holding states formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.,S.). In 1866 the Georgia Conference of the M.E.C.,S. was divided into the ...

McDavid, Joel Duncan.

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Bishop Joel Duncan McDavid served as bishop of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1980 to 1984. Previously he had been pastor of the Dauphin Way Church in Mobile, Alabama, and from 1968 to 1972 was secretary of the Committee on Restructure of Boards and Agencies for the Alabama-West Florida Conference. He was first elected Bishop of the United Methodist Church by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1972. During his tenure in Florida, Bishop McDavid was act...

United Methodist Church (U.S.)

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Although this collection contains records primarily from the N.C. and Western N.C. Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), and national records from both the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), this chronology is provided as an aid to understanding the context of the records contained in this collection. 1772 First Methodist preaching in North Carolina at Currituck Court House in northea...