Methodist Desegregation and Inclusion: Polity vs. Policy

Dupree, Patricia C.

doi:10.5325/methodisthist.60.2.0236

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Research Article| October 17 2022

Methodist Desegregation and Inclusion: Polity vs. Policy

Patricia C. Dupree

PATRICIA C. “CARIE” DUPREE, a cradle Methodist and Louisiana native, is the coordinator of youth ministry at Epworth United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina. She holds a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Duke Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Her commitment to compassion and justice is driving her to pursue ordination as a deacon in the United Methodist Church. Carie has a love for writing and reading about history, especially Methodist history, because it is inspiring, convicting, and hopeful. Outside of Methodism, ministry, and history, Carie enjoys k-pop, baking, and spending quality time with her friends, family, and cat.

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Methodist History (2022) 60 (2): 236–251.

https://doi.org/10.5325/methodisthist.60.2.0236

ABSTRACT:

The United Methodist Church did not officially desegregate until the birth of the new denomination in 1968. For years, despite their own denominational segregation, the stances and policies for the denomination were centered on welcoming all people, from all places and races. This discrepancy between policy, polity, and reality is explored in through the United Methodist denomination’s struggle from 1939 to 1972 to end segregation and to welcome and celebrate the diversity of Black Methodists.

United Methodist inclusion, Black United Methodist history, Methodist desegregation, Methodist inclusion, polity vs. policy

2022

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