The Friendship CME Church is a Christian Methodist Episcopal church which is the focal point of a small African-American community of Friendship. It was built in 1933 after the previous church was lost in a tornado.

Friendship CME Church
Friendship CME Church is located in Louisiana
Friendship CME Church
Friendship CME Church is located in the United States
Friendship CME Church
Location1055 Friendship Road, about 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of Lisbon, Louisiana
Coordinates32°51′21″N 92°52′36″W / 32.855726°N 92.876731°W / 32.855726; -92.876731
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1933
NRHP reference No.16000297[1]
Added to NRHPMay 31, 2016

The church was one of two regular meeting places for the local civil rights organization, the Claiborne Parish Civic League, which met there during 1965 to 1973. It was the home church of Frederick Douglass Lewis, the league's president. The NRHP nomination document notes that "plans affecting growth and change in Claiborne Parish were envisioned, created, and put forth during the sessions held at the church."[2]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 2016.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Evelyn G. Lewis (April 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Friendship CME Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 9, 2016. with 22 photos and two maps[permanent dead link]. Also available here.