Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Organization
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Billy Graham Center (BGC) videos, BGEA photograph album, and other materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2000-054
Dates:
1980-1997
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 074
Brief Description
Collection consists of a wide variety of materials (correspondence, form letters, audio tapes, films and videotapes, etc.) that document the ministry and history of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in the United States and around the world. Based on earlier collecting protocols, the collection also contains material about Billy Graham personally, such as oral history interviews with his Wheaton College classmates.Originally this collection contained mainly...
Dates:
Created: 1863-1999
Christianity Today Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 008
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, forms, financial reports, minutes of meetings, study papers, clippings and other records of the Evangelical Christian publishing organization. The records describe the founding of the organization to publish the magazine Christianity Today and its creation or acquisition of other publications such as Campus Life, Leadership, Leadership 100, Partnership, and Your Church. Besides material on the editing, publishing and distribution of these periodicals, the files also...
Dates:
Created: Majority of material found within 1930, 1954-2002
Collection 46: Lausanne Movement Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 046
Brief Description
Correspondence, minutes, memos, reports, manuscripts of speeches, press releases, newsletters, staff manuals, audio and video tapes of sponsored events, photographs of events and personnel, and other administrative materials of the Lausanne Movement, originally called the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. The Committee grew out of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization. Its basic doctrinal statement was the Lausanne Covenant and it had the mission Ato encourage...
Dates:
Created: 1949, 1969-2014
Collection 078 Papers of Corrie ten Boom
Collection
Identifier: CN 078
Scope and Contents
Papers of Dutch watchmaker, evangelist, author, and Christian aid worker Corrie ten Boom. The collection includes information on her father Casper ten Boom, her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II, her work among refugees after the war, her travels as an evangelist, the work of her two foundations, and the production of the film The Hiding Place. The collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, a film, notebooks, photos, photo albums, and video tapes.
Dates:
Created: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1983
Collection 108 Papers of J. Palmer Muntz
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
Collection 111 Papers of Charles H. Troutman, Jr.
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
Collection 172 Records of the Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly
Collection
Identifier: CN 172
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, news releases, minutes of meetings, and other materials which describe the origins, planning, purpose, and results of the Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly (PACLA) meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 1976, a gathering for evangelical African church leaders and missionaries in Nairobi, which grew out of of an informal meeting of African leaders at the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization held at Lausanne, Switzerland. The bulk of this...
Dates:
Created: 1975-1978
Collection 192 Papers of Harold Lindsell
Collection
Identifier: CN 192
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, manuscripts, and other materials documenting the career and life of Harold Lindsell as a theologian, author, speaker and editor, dating primarily from his becoming Associate Editor of Christianity Today magazine in 1964. Collection contents contain considerable information on Christianity Today, Wheaton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Westmont College, the Simon Greenleaf School of Law, and Lindsell's research on the...
Dates:
1938-1994
Collection 237 Records of the Slavic Gospel Association
Collection
Identifier: CN 237
Description:
Correspondence, minutes, prayer letters, audio tapes, films, and other materials documenting the work of the Slavic Gospel Association among Slavic peoples, primarily Russians. Records deal with the early career of Peter Deyneka Sr.; work of individual missionaries; long range planning for the mission; media ministry (radio, film, both before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union video, literature); and evangelism in Europe, North America and South America. Collection contains...
Dates:
Created: 1922-2002
Collection 285 Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson Sr.
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 294 Records of the Hour of Freedom Radio Program
Collection
Identifier: CN 294
Scope and Contents
Recordings of weekly radio program, each a half-hour in length, largely featuring Howard O. Jones.
Subjects covered include Christmas, church, forgiveness, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, love, resurrection, salvation, sin, social service, religion and sports, and truth.
Dates:
Created: 1968-1980
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection
Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 313 Papers of Robert C. Van Kampen
Collection
Identifier: CN 313
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuscripts, photographs, audio tapes, clippings, etc., related to Van Kampen's responsibilities on the Board of Directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as well as various board committees, the boards of BGEA subsidiaries or affiliated institutions (Billy Graham Benevolent Fund, Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Ministry, Inc., Billy Graham Evangelistic Trust, Billy Graham Foundation, Grason Company, World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund,...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1982
Collection 324 Records of Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Evangelizacion (CLADE)
Collection
Identifier: CN 324
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, press releases, planning and financial records, and manuscripts of Congress presentations (primarily in Spanish). Files in this collection were those of Clyde Taylor, executive secretary of the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association at the time of the Congress. Items document early planning and securing subsidy funding from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, travel arrangements, and daily reports from the Congress. Texts of Congress messages by...
Dates:
Created: 1951-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1970
Collection 343 Papers of Samuel F. Wolgemuth
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
Collection 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla
Collection
Identifier: CN 361
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with René Padilla, in which he discusses his childhood, family, evangelism in Colombia and Ecuador, persecution by Catholics in Colombia, his education at Wheaton College, work among university students with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Latin America, evangelical theological education and liberation theology, the 1974 Lausanne Congress and covenant, the ministry of his church in Buenos Aires among drug addicts and slum dwellers, and the...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 367
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, video tapes, and promotional material, relating to the ministry of John Perkins, author, speaker, and founder and President Emeritus of Voice of Calvary Ministries.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with John PerkinsInterview with John Perkins in which he describes his childhood in rural Mississippi, his conversion, the formation of VOCM, its program and significant events and individuals in its...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1995
Collection 426 Papers of Paul E. Little
Collection
Identifier: CN 426
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, course notes, lecture notes, manuscripts, articles, photographs, and audio tapes relating to Little's college education at Wheaton College Graduate School, and his work as an evangelist, teacher, writer, and Evangelical leader.Included are Little's seminary lecture notes, and files on his contribution as assistant director of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization in Switzerland. A substantial portion of the collection consists...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1987; Created: Majority of material found in 1954-1975
Collection 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers
Collection
Identifier: CN 431
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with T. Michael Flowers (1920-2015) in which he describes growing up in the Bahamas, the influence on his life of W. H. Farrington, his conversion, his evangelistic work in the Bahamas, his education in Scotland, a brief description of Billy Graham in Scotland in 1946, and the beginning of his evangelistic work in the United States. The second interview covers Flowers' ministry in Canada, Whitfield and B. M. Nottage, the Plymouth Brethren church and its church...
Dates:
Created: 1990-1995
Collection 446 Papers of Jack Wyrtzen
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
Collection 526 Oral History Interview with José Pablo Sánchez-Nuñez
Collection
Identifier: CN 526-526
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jose Pablo Sánchez-Nuñez, in which he describes his family, childhood in Spain, Protestant Evangelicalism in a predominantly Catholic country, his conversion and spiritual development, training for ministry, work with Decisión, theological education by extension in Spain, American missionaries and their impact in Spain, attempts to unify Spanish Protestants, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Global Mission (of which he was the director in Madrid), his...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Collection 563 Papers of Robert Coleman
Collection
Identifier: CN 563
Brief Description
Correspondence, manuscripts, oral history interviews, class lecture notes, meeting files and other materials relating to Coleman's ministry as an evangelist, scholar and church leader. Besides Coleman's own life and ministry, the collection contains voluminous material on the theology of evangelism and Christian discipleship, American 20th century Evangelicalism; the growth of Christianity in Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in regard to the...
Dates:
1936-2019
Collection 579 Records of the Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism
Collection
Identifier: CN 579
Scope and Contents
Audio and paper copies of speeches, and newspaper coverage of the Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism, which was a regional meeting following up on the 1966 World Congress on Evangelism, sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Dates:
Created: 1968
Collection 647 Oral History Interview with Loren D. Cunningham
Collection
Identifier: CN 647
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Loren D. Cunningham, in which he describes his early life, family and influence of his mother and evangelist father, the Assemblies of God church and evangelistic mission, role of prayer in their family, other influences on his spiritual life, accounts of growing in his faith and learning to hear God speaking, call to worldwide mission as a young teenager, education, early mission trips, moving beyond Assemblies of God circles, meeting his wife Darlene, dream to...
Dates:
Created: 2009
David H. Adeney Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 393
Brief Description
Adeney’s correspondence, writings (articles, books), lecture and presentation manuscripts, subject files (especially files on various China-related topics) he compiled from many sources, notebooks and loose notes, a photo album, photographs and slides, and two oral history interviews. Together these span his career as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States, leader with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1994
David M. Howard, Sr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents
Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates:
Created: 1968-1993
Evangelism conference notebooks; 1988, 1993
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-019
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 300
Brief Description
Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...
Dates:
1928-2017
L. Nelson Bell Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 318
Brief Description
Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates:
1923-1973
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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L. Nelson Bell Papers
Latin America Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 236
Brief Description
Records of the mission, including correspondence, minutes, reports, memos, financial reports, policy statements, planning documents, promotional material, photographs, etc. Documents describe the origins of LAM (particularly the contribution of the Strachan family); evangelistic, church planting, educational, medical, and literature activities (primarily in Colombia and Costa Rica, but also many other Latin American countries and the United States); the restructuring of the mission in the...
Dates:
Created: 1903-1994
Luis Palau Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN-722
Brief Description
Papers of Luis Palau, international Christian evangelist, including crusade-related materials, correspondence, the Luis Palau Association strategic planning documents and reports, and personal diaries. While the paper documents in the collection are subdivided into several subseries, almost all of them relate to Palau's crusades or other events as a Latin American evangelist, most after he established his own evangelistic ministry and association separate from Overseas Crusades in 1978; far...
Dates:
1947-2017
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Luis Palau Papers.
Prison Fellowship Ministries Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 274
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other documents describing the founding and development of Prison Fellowship. Among the subjects covered in the files are the part played in the organization by Charles Colson, the realities of prison ministry, the conditions of prisons in the United States, relations between organizations involved in prison ministries, the testimonies of inmates, and the relationship between PFM and its constituents. Persons featured included those...
Dates:
Created: 1961, 1975-1989, 1990, undated
Roy Lundquist Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 002
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection is comprised of charts created by Roy Lundquist that attempted to trace the effect of Billy Graham Crusades on the crime rates of thirteen selected cities. Also contains a few letters, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, Wheaton, Illinois local politics, and unidentified architectural drawings.
Dates:
Created: 1925-1974
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Roy Lundquist Papers.
Vernon W. Patterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 005
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, reports, financial records, press releases, promotional material, forms, newsletters, and oral history interviews relating to Vernon W. Patterson's (1892-1991) active participation and leadership in evangelistic activities in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. The papers focus particularly on his involvement in various evangelical lay organizations and other institutions and the early career of Billy Graham. The interviews were recorded on 3/4/85 and 3/5/85 and...
Dates:
Created: 1900-1985
Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 003
Brief Description
Correspondence, proposals, reports, minutes, programs, publications brochures, budgets, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, and video tapes related to the founding, ground breaking and dedication and continuing work of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College as a research and training center in evangelism, and its ongoing activities. Includes audio and video recordings of Center-sponsored conferences (on themes including evangelism and evangelistic preaching, outreach to various...
Dates:
Created: 1919-2011
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
Youth for Christ Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 048
Brief Description
Minutes, constitution and by-laws, clippings, newsletters, manuals, pamphlets, directories, press releases, audio tapes, videotapes, photographs, posters, club yearbooks, correspondence, etc., about the founding, development and growth, and activities of Youth for Christ in the USA and internationally.Collection documents organizational policies, correspondence of the organization's presidents, conventions and Bible quiz competitions, the operation of Campus Life clubs, Youth...
Dates:
Created: 1944-ongoing; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-ongoing
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- Collection 38
- Unprocessed Material 2
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 32
- Evangelicalism. 27
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 26
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 19
- Church and social problems. 17
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 17
- Conversion. 16
- Religious institutions. 16
- Mass media in religion. 15
- Christian leadership. 14
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 14
- Radio in religion. 13
- Bible. 12
- Fund raising. 12
- Missions. 12
- Church work with students. 11
- Missions -- Congresses. 11
- Church and state. 10
- College students in missionary work. 10
- Communism. 10
- Fundamentalism. 10
- Interdenominational cooperation. 10
- African Americans. 9
- Ecumenical movement. 9
- Organizational change. 9
- Catholic Church. 8
- Church and social problems -- United States. 8
- Church and state -- United States. 8
- Journalism, Religious. 8
- Liberalism (Religion) 8
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 8
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 8
- Preaching. 8
- Theology 8
- Christian life. 7
- Christian literature. 7
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Church work with students -- United States. 7
- Evangelistic sermons. 7
- Evangelistic work -- Europe. 7
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Missionaries. 7
- Women -- Religious life. 7
- Youth 7
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 6
- Christian education. 6
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 6
- Church work with youth. 6
- College students. 6
- Discipling (Christianity) 6
- Evangelistic invitations. 6
- Evangelistic work -- Biblical teaching. 6
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 6
- Liberalism (Religion) -- United States. 6
- Motion pictures in church work. 6
- Pentecostalism. 6
- Radio in religion -- United States. 6
- Television in religion. 6
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 6
- Women 6
- World War, 1939-1945. 6
- Youth -- Religious life. 6
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 5
- Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
- Christian education -- United States. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- City missions. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Africa. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Argentina. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 5
- Evangelistic work -- China. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 5
- Family. 5
- Hispanic Americans -- Religious life. 5
- Journalism, Religious -- United States. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Organizational change -- United States. 5
- Sermons, American. 5
- Theological seminaries. 5
- Theology -- Congresses. 5
- Belief and doubt. 4
- Chicago (Ill.) 4
- Church work with refugees. 4
- Church work with youth -- United States. 4
- Church. 4
- College students -- United States 4
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- Communication. 4
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 4
- Counseling. 4
- Evangelicalism -- Catholic Church. 4
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Catholic Church. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Central America. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Germany. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Korea. 4 ∧ less
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