Evangelical Churches of West Africa.
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Burt E. Long Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.
Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1986
E.J. Cummins Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 511
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Dr. Erwin Jephthah Cummins, Jr. (1918-1997), SIM International medical missionary to Nigeria from 1952 to 1983. Topics discussed include Cummins's Christian background and education; early medical training and practice in Chicago, involvement in Christian Medical and Dental Society; transition to the mission field in Nigeria; medical work building and directing leprosaria in the Nigerian interior; indigenous church administration; Evangelical Church of West...
Dates:
Created: 1995
H. Wilbert Norton papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2022-007
Dates:
1940-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
H. Wilbert Norton Papers
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-0009
Dates:
ca. 1960-1990
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Harry L. Cox Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 512
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Harry Luther Cox (1906-2004) in which he describes his youth and family, conversion and spiritual growth, call to missionary work, service with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, relations with and evangelism among Muslims, tribal characteristics, Kano, language study, establishing a leprosy station, medical missions, the Magazawa and Fulani peoples, raising a family on the mission field, furloughs, death of his sons, World War II, animists, children of...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Ian M. Hay Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 503
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ian M. Hay in which he describes his childhood; missionary parents and their work in Nigeria; Hay's spiritual growth and call to missions; education and training for missionary work; Sudan Interior Mission (later renamed SIM International) for which he worked (as a missionary, administrative executive and director); missionary work in Nigeria; indigenous church administration (particularly in the Evangelical Church of West Africa or ECWA); Other topics discussed...
Dates:
Created: 1994
M. Douglas Hursh Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 186
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews, manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia relatingn to Marion Douglas Hursh's work with Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano in Nigeria from 1942-1962. Topics covered concern Hursh's education and work as a medical missionary at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, as well as various aspects of church life and mission activity in Nigeria. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1904 to...
Dates:
Created: 1904-1982
Mark Larson Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 207
Scope and Contents
One oral history interview with Mark Richard Larson concerning his experiences as a missionary under Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, 1979-1981. Centers on agricultural mission work in the Kano area of northern Nigeria. Also included in the collection are prayer letters dated from October 1982 to August 1984 and an Sudan Interior Mission Prayer Guide (folder 1-2), and a scrapbook (folder 1-1). The scrapbook was used as a point of reference throughout the interview and should be used by...
Dates:
Created: 1981-1984
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Mark Larson Papers
Merle A. Steely Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Ruth M. Long Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 347
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Stanley Okoro Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 296
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Stanley Okoro in which he discusses his childhood in Nigeria, education participation as a soldier in the 1967-1970 Nigerian civil war, conversion to Christianity, theological training, youth ministry in Nigeria and Liberia, Christian cults in Nigeria, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Nigerian churches. The time period covered by the interviews is from 1951 to 1985.Stanley Okoro was interviewed by Robert Shuster on February 25, 1985 at the Billy...
Dates:
Created: 1985
World Evangelical Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF in 1951 to foster fellowship, cooperation, and communication between evangelical national and regional associations around the world; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many...
Dates:
Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 10
- Unprocessed Material 2
- Subject
- Missions -- Nigeria. 9
- Conversion -- Christianity. 7
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 6
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 6
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 5
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 5
- Missions to Muslims -- Nigeria. 5
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 5
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 4
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Muslims -- Nigeria. 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Animism -- Nigeria. 3
- Christian education -- Nigeria. 3
- Christianity and other religions. 3
- Education -- Nigeria. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Niger. 3
- Fula (African people) 3
- Hausa language. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 3
- Sex role -- Nigeria. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 2
- Christian education -- Niger. 2
- Church and state -- Niger. 2
- Church growth -- Niger. 2
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 2
- Church work with women -- Niger. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Demoniac possession -- Nigeria. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Families. 2
- France -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Nigeria. 2
- Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 2
- International relief -- Niger. 2
- Kano (Nigeria) 2
- Maguzawa (African people) 2
- Medical care -- Niger. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Africa. 2
- Missions -- Niger. 2
- Missions to Muslims -- Niger. 2
- Muslims -- Niger. 2
- Nationalism -- Nigeria. 2
- Niger -- Economic conditions. 2
- Niger -- Social conditions. 2
- Nigeria -- Economic conditions. 2
- Nigeria -- History -- 1900-1960. 2
- Nigeria -- Politics and government -- To 1960. 2
- Nigeria -- Religion. 2
- Persecution -- Nigeria. 2
- Religion in the public schools -- Nigeria. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes -- Niger. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1950s 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Agricultural development projects -- Nigeria. 1
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects. 1
- Apartheid -- South Africa. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Inspiration. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible. 1
- Billy Graham South Africa Tour (1960) 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions -- Niger. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
- Children -- Niger -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- Niger -- Societies and clubs. 1
- Children -- Niger. 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian literature -- Publishing. 1
- Christian sects -- Nigeria. 1
- Christian stewardship. 1 ∧ less
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