Youth for Christ International.
Organization
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
A Step Ahead of Time video about Youth for Christ (YFC).
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-009
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Advertizing postcards for Youth for Christ (YFC) and other religious events in Des Moines, Iowa.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2003-013
Dates:
1943-1951
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Andrew Wyzenbeek Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 040
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Chicago manufacturer and inventor, Andrew Wyzenbeek, who was very active as a layman in evangelistic work. Among other topics he discusses his early life in Holland, New York City, and Iowa at the turn of the century; his travels in Central and South America; his acquaintance with Billy Sunday, Paul Rader, and Peter Deyneka; the beginnings of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; and the beginning of Paul Rader's radio ministry. The collection also contains a folder with...
Dates:
Created: 1978
Bernard Holmquist papers.
Unprocessed Material — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 2022-025
Dates:
1945-1947
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Billy and Helen Sunday Papers Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 061
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of original documents held in Winona Lake, Indiana, including correspondence, sermons, reports, revival ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing mainly with the career of evangelist Billy Sunday from its beginning to his death and about the work of his wife Helen, who, besides acting as his general manager, was a fundamentalist leader in her own right, especially after his death. Persons featured include numerous fundamentalist figures and institutions; sermon topics cover a wide...
Dates:
Created: 1882-1974
Charles H. Troutman, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 111
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuals, and other records documenting Charles Troutman's career in Christian ministry among university students, first with Inter-Varsity in the United States and Australia and then with Latin America Mission. This collection also contains a great deal of information on evangelical Christianity in the United States, Australia and Latin America; Troutman's letters from his service in the Pacific in World War II; and reports and other information relative to...
Dates:
Created: 1924-1992
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 133
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle founded by Paul Rader in 1922. Mateterials include photographs, negatives, correspondence, financial reports, church bulletins, newspaper clippings, and form letters and span 1954-1979. Several folders contain financial records and reports of the congregation. Data may be obtained from accounting records (folders 1-1 to 1-8), bank ledgers and statements (folders 3-34 to 4-19), and receipts from mission organizations (folders...
Dates:
Created: 1952-1979
China Youth for Christ letters.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2015-008
Dates:
1981-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
China Youth for Christ (YFC) letters.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2014-052
Dates:
1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Cliff Barrows Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 463
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Clifford Burton Barrows (1923-2016), evangelist and long-time song-leader and choir director with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, in which he describes experiences which have influenced his work; the place of music in evangelism; trends in current Christian music; role of music in Billy Graham crusade services. Other topics discussed include: Barrow’s musical training; influence of Oliver Steiner and Homer Rodeheaver; and the commercialization of...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 225 - Baptista Film Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 225
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, newsletters, scripts, catalogs, films, and other material related to the work of the Baptista Film Mission. This collection contains much information on the beginnings of the Protestant evangelical Christian film industry. Included are films featured are evangelical and fundamentalist figures like V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Henry A. Ironside, Bob Jones Jr., Paul Rader, Oswald J. Smith, and Walter Wilson and nondenominational organizations. Subjects documented...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1977; Majority of material found in 1939-1963
Collection 285 - Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 285
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...
Dates:
Created: 1919 -2001
Collection 446: Jack Wyrtzen Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 446
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio tapes and video tapes relating to the ministry of Jack Wyrtzen.Series: Audio TapesTape 1 to Tape 7: Oral history interviews with Jack Wyrtzen in which he describes his parents, childhood, early influences, conversion, relations with other Christian leaders, development of the Word of Life Fellowship, radio and television work and youth work. The time period covered by the...
Dates:
Created: 1991
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 640
Brief Description
Predominantly correspondence and reports of the international Evangelical organization, most extensively between 1971 and 1998. IFES aims to provide staff leadership and coordinate with national staff of member movements to: witness, train and disciple students on university campuses, where student-led evangelism will have an impact on those institutions, churches, and society. The records document in detail the activities and influence of the global IFES student movement at both country and...
Dates:
1934-2000
Collection 656 Oral History Interviews with Cynthia L. Judge
Collection
Identifier: CN 656
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Cynthia L. Judge, a volunteer leader in the Short-Term Missions movement (STM). Topics discussed: Judge’s childhood in Rockford, Illinois; development of her Christian faith; attendance at Moody Bible Institute; Chicago in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King; work as a staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ in Tennessee and West Virginia; marriage to James Judge; short-term mission trips to Ecuador and Kenya; Africa Inland Mission and Africa...
Dates:
2010
Collection 693 Papers of Jim Vaus
Collection
Identifier: CN 693
Scope and Contents
Newsletters, oral history transcripts, manuscripts, correspondence, slides, photographs, audio recordings, and films relating to Jim Vaus’ youth ministry work in East Harlem, NY and later youth camp ministries in New York and California and internationally with the Missionary Communication Service. The collection also contains material on Jim Vaus’ work as a wiretapper for the Los Angeles mob prior to his conversion to Christianity at the 1949 Los Angeles Billy Graham Crusade, and the 1955...
Dates:
Created: 1950-2001
Dan D. Crawford Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 604
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Dan Duvall Crawford in which he discusses his parents, Percy and Ruth (Duvall) Crawford; Percy Crawford’s evangelistic ministry at meetings, through radio and television programming; and the camps his father founded. Other topics discussed include Crawford’s experiences at Pine Brook Camp as a child; Pine Brook Praises and Young People’s Church of the Air; Percy Crawford’s relationship with Billy...
Dates:
Created: 2004
David E. Morken sermons transcripts and autobiographical manuscript.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1995-122
Dates:
1951-1993
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Earl Schultz papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 13
Identifier: 1982-161
Dates:
1947-1972
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Earl W. Schultz, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 181
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newsletters, promotional material, phonograph record, photographs, reports, financial records and other documents related to Earl W. Schultz's ministry with Youth For Christ.Topics covered include evangelistic work with youth, in the eastern U.S. primarily, and Hamstead, Maryland, particularly; also various YFC and other organizations' programs for young people, including rallies, conventions, contests and Bible quizzes, etc. Persons featured include various YFC...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1971
Evangelical speakers audio tapes.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 2005-027
Dates:
1959-1967
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Evangelistic phonograph records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1994-086
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Frances Rader Longino Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 139
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Frances Rader Longino (1909-1996) in which she recounts memories of evangelists Billy Sunday, Mel Trotter, Homer Rodeheaver, and her uncle, Paul Rader. Other topics include: city mission work and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Pacific Garden Mission, Winona Lake, and Cedar Lake Conference Grounds. Also included are reminiscences of Rader's reaction to Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, the formation of Scripture Press, Billy Graham's early preaching and crusades, and some...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Franklin Spotts papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 4
Identifier: 2002-036
Dates:
1962-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Franklin Spotts papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 2012-013
Dates:
1963-2012
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Franklin Spotts papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2017-020
Dates:
1974-2016
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
George Beverly Shea Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 541
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, sheet music, business records, phonograph records, programs, songbooks, and other materials from Shea’s career as a soloist, radio personality, and composer. Most of the material is from the last decades of his life, especially his work with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), but the entire range of his life from the 1930s on is covered. Though representing only a fraction of Shea’s papers, it includes a rich collection of source material that Shea used in his...
Dates:
1931-2010
George F. Spotts Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 090
Scope and Contents
An oral history interview, correspondence, reports and clippings relating to George Spotts’ work as a Youth for Christ staff member in France and the United States involved in evangelistic work among teenagers.
Dates:
Created: 1960-1979
Herbert J. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 020
Brief Description
Correspondence, photographs, reports, publications, posters, minutes of meetings, and other documentation of Herbert J. Taylor's long involvement in the leadership of such organizations as Child Evangelism, Youth for Christ, Christian Service Brigade, Pioneer Girls, Young Life, National Association of Evangelicals, Fuller Seminary, Christian Workers Foundation, and Inter-Varsity as well as his role in the planning and development of Billy Graham's Chicago crusades and of Key '73. Other...
Dates:
Created: Ca. 1916-1979
J. Elwin Wright Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 565
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photo albums, photographs, films, reports, clippings, minutes, slides and other materials relating to J. Elwin Wright's activities as leader of the New England Fellowship and a founder and leader of the National Association of Evangelicals and the World Evangelical Fellowship.The bulk of the collection documents several overseas trips Wright took for the NAE and WEF between 1945 and 1955.
Dates:
Created: 1897-1986
J. Palmer Muntz Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 108
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, a book manuscript, a film script, tapes of sermons and speeches, and other items which describe Muntz's early career as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference, the early development of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the criticism it received, the careers of Billy Sunday and other evangelists. There are also several sermons on Christian prophecy and evangelism to the Jewish people. Topics covered include information on Palmer's career...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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J. Palmer Muntz Papers
J. Stratton Shufelt Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 224
Scope and Contents
Reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, handbills, photographs, and other ephemera relating to J. Stratton Shufelt's evangelistic activities as a speaker and song leader for Youth for Christ, Jack Shuler, John R. Rice, Harry Ironside and others, and as a performer or teacher at Bible conferences and other events. This collection also contains information on the Wheaton College Revival of 1950.
Dates:
Created: 1908-1982; Majority of material found in 1924-1982
James Edwin Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
John A. Huffman, Sr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 389
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, correspondence, films, negatives, photographs, and radio programs which document the life and ministry of John A. Huffman, Sr. The materials cover his presidency of the Winona Lake School of Theology dealing mainly with the work of the students and faculty. There are some materials on the relationship of the School with Fuller Theological Seminary, films about Islam, the WLST tour of Israel and over two dozen radio programs of Great Moments with the Master and...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1988
Leighton Sandys Ford oral history interviews
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-012
Dates:
2023
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mark Senter papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 23
Identifier: 2014-016
Dates:
1921-2014
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Merrill Dunlop Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 050
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, and a video recordings relating to the ministry of Merrill Dunlop (1905-2002).The oral history interviews with Merrill Dunlop cover his association with evangelist Paul Rader, early religious radio programming in Chicago, the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Youth for Christ, Christian evangelism and Christian music work. Merrill Dunlop was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 21, 1978 and June 1, 1979, at Dunlop's home in Oak Park, Illinois....
Dates:
Created: 1978-1988
Merrill Dunlop papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 9
Identifier: 2018-039
Dates:
1916-2002
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Merv Rosell papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 34
Identifier: 2018-027
Dates:
1923-2001
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Navigators Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 007
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memos, reports, forms, manuals, statistical summaries, publicity materials, newspaper clippings relating to the counseling and follow-up systems the Navigators created and supervised for Billy Graham Evangelistic Association meetings between 1950 and 1957. Records document the details of this system for counseling people who came forward at BGEA evangelistic meetings and maintaining contact with them as they began to develop a Christian lifestyle. For some crusades, besides...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1974
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Navigators Records
Paul E. Freed Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 382
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Ernest Freed (1918-1996) in which he describes the founding of Trans World Radio in 1952, the history of the development of its administrative policies and work from that time to 1981, and about the use of radio in missionary work. Other topics discussed include: Freed's childhood as the son of Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Syria, his education in Jerusalem and at Wheaton College, the business he started to help pay his way through college...
Dates:
Created: 1981
Paul E. Johnson Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 399
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul E. Johnson (1909-1997) in which he talks about his family background; conversion; lay witness as a musician involved in the work of Pacific Garden Mission and various prison ministries; Chicago in the 1930's; the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; the Christian Businessmen's Committee; Paul Rader, Jack Wyrtzen, Roger Malsbary; and the early days of Youth for Christ in Indianapolis. Other topics discussed include the Great Depression in Chicago, and Johnson's...
Dates:
Created: 1988
R. Allan Mitchell papers.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005-039
Dates:
1926-1966
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ranger the Gospel Horse brochures.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1987-146
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ray Schulenburg Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 270
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Roy Harvey Schulenberg (1909-2003) in which he discusses his conversion and involvement in Christian work, his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, the early days of Youth for Christ, evangelistic preaching, and city missions. Other topics discussed include: Rader’s radio ministry, Moody Memorial Church, evangelical figures who worked with or were influenced by Rader (Lance Latham, Richard Oliver, Howard Ferrin, Oswald Smith, Clarence Jones,...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Robert and Wilda Savage papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1990-061
Dates:
1917-1989
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Robert Savage Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 250
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Robert Carlton Savage (1914-1987) in which he discusses his work as a missionary evangelist in Colombia (1942-1944) and his work in Ecuador for missionary radio station HCJB and Youth for Christ (1944-1969). Topics discussed include: his call to mission work and service in Colombia and Ecuador with the Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), radio station HCJB, Youth for Christ, and various other mission-related topics. The time period covered by the interview is...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Roger H. Malstead Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 337
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews and prayer letters, relating to Roger Malstead’s ministry with Operation Mobilization.Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Roger Malstead in which he describes his youth, education at Wheaton College, work with Operation Mobilization (OM) in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Lebanon, the United States, at OM headquarters in England, and with the OM ship DOULOS; Other topics described are the director of OM,...
Dates:
Created: 1961-1993; Majority of material found within 1986-1993
Rosanna Formanek Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 404
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Rosanna Formenak in which she discusses her family background; conversion; education at Nyack College and Columbia University in nursing; experiences as a missionary in Gabon with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; youth work, relationship between church and state in Gabon; medical work; and the strengths and weaknesses of the church in Gabon. Other topics discussed include the influence of Word of Life and Youth for Christ on Formenak’s spiritual growth,...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Samuel F. Wolgemuth Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 343
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, reports, minutes, memos, newsletters, publications, promotional material, photographs, and slides documenting Samuel F. Wolgemuth's term (1965-1973) as president for Youth for Christ. The correspondence with YFC staff, individuals, and representatives of other Christian organizations, predominates. Materials document contact with major YFC donors, administration of YFC at various executive levels, fund raising, communication, and promotion. Prominent people...
Dates:
Created: 1962-1981
Additional filters:
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- Unprocessed Material 35
- Collection 34
- Subject
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 27
- Conversion -- Christianity. 16
- Fundamentalism. 12
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 11
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 10
- Religious institutions. 10
- Church work with youth -- United States. 9
- Fund raising. 9
- Preaching. 9
- Radio in religion -- United States. 9
- Christian life. 8
- Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 8
- Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Christian leadership. 7
- City missions -- United States. 7
- Evangelistic work -- Germany. 7
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 7
- Radio in religion. 7
- Church and social problems -- United States. 6
- Church work with youth. 6
- Cities and towns -- United States. 6
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses. 6
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Sermons, American. 6
- Youth -- Religious life. 6
- Christian education, Outdoor. 5
- Church and state -- United States. 5
- Evangelistic invitations. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 5
- Evangelistic work -- China. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Europe. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Japan. 5
- Evangelistic work -- North America. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missions -- Finance. 5
- Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- Youth -- United States -- Religious life. 5
- Youth -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 5
- Chicago (Ill.) 4
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 4
- Church work with students -- United States. 4
- Church work with students. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Evangelistic sermons. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 4
- Interdenominational cooperation -- United States. 4
- Mass media in religion. 4
- Missions -- Colombia. 4
- Missions -- Europe. 4
- Missions -- Great Britain. 4
- Missions -- India. 4
- Missions -- Mexico. 4
- Missions -- South America. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Youth -- Societies and clubs. 4
- Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 3
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Bible -- Congresses. 3
- Bible -- Memorizing. 3
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Evangelicalism. 3
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church work with children. 3
- Church work with military personnel -- United States. 3
- Church work with military personnel. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- Communism. 3
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 3
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Judaism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Argentina. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Brazil. 3
- Evangelistic work -- California -- Los Angeles. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Caribbean Area. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Europe, Eastern. 3
- Evangelistic work -- India. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Korea. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Mexico. 3
- Evangelistic work -- New York (State) 3
- Evangelistic work -- New Zealand. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Poland. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Publicity. 3
- Families. 3
- Gospel music. 3
- Hymn writers -- United States. 3
- Independent churches -- United States. 3
- Missions -- Burkina Faso. 3
- Missions -- Caribbean Area. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions -- Cuba. 3
- Missions -- Ecuador. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3 ∧ less
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