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Evangelical Churches of West Africa.

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh

 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

Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

 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

Collection 296 Oral History Interviews with Stanley Okoro

 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

Collection 347 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Long

 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

Collection 351 Oral History Interview with Burt E. Long

 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

World Evangelical Alliance Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description

Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF; 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 of the twenty-eight audiotapes are of addresses presented at the Eighth General Assembly in Singapore in 1986.

Dates: Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986

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Christian education. 5
Church and state -- Nigeria. 5
Evangelistic work. 5
Missions -- Nigeria. 5
Church work with women. 4
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Great Britain 4
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 4
Great Britain -- Colonies. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 4
Medical care 4
Medical care -- Nigeria. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Missionaries. 4
Missions to Muslims. 4
Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 4
Missions, Medical. 4
Muslims. 4
Tribes -- Nigeria. 4
Tribes. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Bible. 3
Christianity and other religions. 3
Conversion. 3
Evangelicalism. 3
Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 3
Hausa (African people) 3
International relief. 3
Missionaries -- Training of. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Missions to Muslims -- Nigeria. 3
Nigeria 3
Nigeria -- History 3
Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 3
Persecution. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
Bible colleges 2
Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 2
Catholic Church. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
Christian education -- Niger. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church and state -- Niger. 2
Church growth -- Niger. 2
Church growth -- Nigeria. 2
Church growth. 2
Church work with women -- Niger. 2
Culture shock. 2
Demoniac possession 2
Demoniac possession -- Nigeria. 2
Education 2
Education -- Nigeria. 2
Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- Niger. 2
France 2
France -- Colonies 2
France -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Fundamentalism. 2
Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 2
Hausa language. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 2
International relief -- Niger. 2
Medical care -- Niger. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missions -- Niger. 2
Missions to Muslims -- Niger. 2
Muslims -- Niger. 2
Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
Niger 2
Niger -- Economic conditions. 2
Niger -- Social conditions. 2
Nigeria -- Foreign relations 2
Nigeria -- Politics and government. 2
Persecution -- Nigeria. 2
Religion in the public schools 2
Religion in the public schools -- Nigeria. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Sex role -- Nigeria. 2
Sex role. 2
Theological seminaries. 2
Tribes -- Niger. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
Women missionaries. 2
Alcoholism -- United States 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
Animism -- Nigeria. 1
Animism. 1
Apartheid. 1
BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
Baptism. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Inspiration. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
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