Battle Ground Evangelical United Brethren Church (Tippecanoe County - Battle Ground, Indiana)
MC 150

ARCHIVES OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
AND INDIANA UNITED METHODISM

Size: 1 container; 0.4 linear feet
Restrictions: none
Accession: unknown
Provenance: donor
Processed by: Marian Schlotterbeck, August 2001

Historical Background

At the 1857 Northwest Indiana Conference in Lafayette, Indiana, a new town with a college and church were planned in the area where the Battle of Tippecanoe had taken place. Rev. Wilson Beckner was appointed preacher for the newly formed Battle Ground Circuit, which superseded the Harrisonville Circuit organized in 1845. The school house in Harrisonville was remodeled to house the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, and the first church building was erected on the present site in Battle Ground in 1859. In 1867, the Methodist Church withdrew its support from the institute, largely because of the rise of DePauw University, and the school closed as a Methodist institution. The Battle Ground Camp Meetings for Methodists and the Epworth League Institutes for young people were then organized.

In 1951, Battle Ground Methodist Episcopal Church became a station. On April 17, 1967, Liberty Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church was closed and the membership united with the Battle Ground EUB Congregation. As a result of the union of the EUB and Methodist Episcopal Church, Battle Ground EUB became the Main Street United Methodist Church on June 19, 1968. On June 1, 1969, Main Street UMC closed and merged with the Battle Ground ME Church to become the Battle Ground United Methodist Church. It is a member of Lafayette District and the North Indiana Conference.

Collection Description

Contained in this collection are records pertaining to Battle Ground EUB Church and Main Street United Methodist Church. These records include: local conference minutes, quarterly conference minutes, trustee minutes, pastor-parish relations committee, membership records and letters, reports to conference, stewardship and finance minutes, and adult work council minutes.

MC 150
Folder 1: Quarterly Conference Material 1909, 1912 (?)
Folder 2: Battle Ground Local Conference Minutes Dec. 11, 1962 - June 2, 1968
Folder 3: Trustee Minutes July 24, 1964 - August 17, 1966
Folder 4: Stewardship and Finance Minutes 1964
Folder 5: Pastor-Parish Relations Committee 1964 - 1969
Folder 6: Parsonage Trustees Duties and Minutes July 13, 1964 and May 3, 1965
Folder 7: Program Council - Miscellaneous Materials 1964
Folder 8: Adult Work Council Minutes July 27, 1964
Folder 9: Membership Record and Letters
Folder 10: Main Street - Membership Record Dec. 15, 1968-
                                      Membership Letters 1968 - 1969
Folder 11: The Every Parish Analysis
Folder 12: Main Street United Methodist Church (Closed June 1, 1969)
Folder 13: Reports to the Conference 1960 - 1964
Folder 14: Sunday School Minutes Jan. 3-7, 1965

v. 1144 Sunday School Minutes: May 16, 1926 - June 13, 1926

v. 1152 Youth Fellowship Treasurer's Record: Jan. - Apr. 1965, March 1966

Sunday School - Secretary's Record:
    v.1148 Jan. 5, 1964 - Dec. 27, 1964
    v.1149 Jan. 2, 1966 - Dec. 25, 1966
    v. 1150 Jan. 1, 1967 - Dec. 31, 1967
    v. 1151 Jan. 7, 1968 - Dec. 22, 1968

v. 463 Membership Record: 1920 - 1940
 

v. 461 Board of Temperance: 1951 - 1953

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