The Rev. Louis A. Chase is a retired United Methodist clergyperson in the California-Pacific Annual Conference and currently serves as Minister of Community Outreach at Holman United Methodist Church, Los Angeles.He is also a member of STAND-LA (Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling), an environmental justice coalition of community groups that seeks to protect the health and safety of Angelenos.
Rev, Chase graduated from Claremont School of Theology. He served in several capacities during his years in the local parish, including: Chairperson of Missions in the Long Beach District at the Conference level, Chair of Religion and Race and Chair of Peace with Justice ministries; Chairperson of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA), Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR); and Witness for Peace. During this time he visited Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Haiti during seasons of political instability.
He was a member of a Wednesday morning group engaged in opposition to the dictatorships, and violence in El Salvador and American foreign policy in Latin America. He has served as Vice-Chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC, LA), The Religious Committee Against War in the Persian Gulf, and was a founding member of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP). He served as a Board Member of the California Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
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