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Moody Bible Institute.

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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 164 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Small

 Collection
Identifier: CN 164
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Stair Small in which she describes her missionary experiences in China between the earliest communist revolutions; includes customs, evangelizing methods, assistance of Chinese Christians in areas of central China; post-war pastoring in the U.S. The time period covered by the interviews is 1904-1980.

Elizabeth Small was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 28, 1980 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.

Dates: Created: 1980

Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby

 Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates: Created: 1980-1982

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 255 Oral History Interview of Helen Frame

 Collection
Identifier: CN 255
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Helen Nowack Frame (1908-1999) in which she discusses her childdhood growing up in China, decision to become a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship, education at Wheaton College, years of service in China, culture and political events in China; leaving China in 1951 with her husband Raymond and their children and resettlement in the Philippines, teaching at Faith Academy, development of the Bible Institute, return and activities in Wheaton. The time...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

 Collection
Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III

 Collection
Identifier: CN 331
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...
Dates: Created: 1986

Collection 464 Oral History Interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn

 Collection
Identifier: CN 464
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn in which she describes her family background; her conversion to Christianity; her medical training as a nurse; life at Moody Bible Institute in the late 1940s; China Inland Mission at about the same time; her call to foreign missions; her work at the CIM retirement home in Toronto; descriptions of John and Isobel Kuhn; work among the Lisu people in Thailand and Burma; translation of the Bible into the Lisu language; contacts with a former...
Dates: Created: 1992-1994

Collection 468 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth C. Stough

 Collection
Identifier: CN 468
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Quackenbush Stough (1913-2009) in which she discusses her parents, childhood, education, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, call to be a missionary, joining Africa Inland Mission, travel to Africa, work in French Equatorial Africa, evangelistic field trips, her husband Paul Stough, her work among women in the Belgian Congo, the growth of the Africa Inland Church, the independence of the Congo, the Congolese civil war and Simba uprising,...
Dates: Created: 1992-1993

Collection 470 Oral History Interview with Sadie Custer

 Collection
Identifier: CN 470
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sadie Custer (1911-2007) in which she discusses her childhood, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, arrival in China in 1936, the Chinese language, work in Shensi province, Bible teaching, transition from missionary to Chinese leadership, the Three Self Movement, the Communist revolution in China and its effect on missions, the Sino-Japanese Conflict, work in Malaysia among Chinese, living in an area in Malaysia...
Dates: Created: 1992

Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse

 Collection
Identifier: CN 478
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Adrian Buyse (1926-2017), Africa Inland Mission worker in the Belgian Congo/Zaire. Topics covered include Buyse's childhood and youth as the son of AIM missionary parents in the Congo; education at Rethy Academy, Northwestern Schools, and Moody Bible Institute; work with North Arkansas Gospel Mission, spiritual hardships of being a missionary; his work in the Congo among pygmies; development of the Africa Inland Church in the Congo, transition from...
Dates: Created: 1993

Collection 534 Papers of Henry and Marguerite Owen

 Collection
Identifier: CN 534
Scope and Contents Articles, audio tapes, booklets, correspondence, lecture notes, manuscript, newspaper clippings, outlines of lectures, photo albums, photographs, prayer letters, reports, research notes, scrapbooks, and travel brochures documenting the missionary service of Marguerite (Goodner) Owen and her husband Henry "Harry", missionaries to China with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship), 1933-1941, 1947-1951. Includes information on the Harry's work as OMF representative and later...
Dates: Created: 1929-2002

Collection 569 Oral History Interviews with Donna Sue Wasson

 Collection
Identifier: CN 569
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Donna Sue Wasson, a missionary of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) working in Taiwan starting in 1985. Topics discussed include her childhood and early spiritual seeking, conversion while in college, membership in Moody Church in Chicago and education at Moody Bible Institute, acceptance as a missionary by Overseas Missionary Fellowship, orientation in Singapore, her evangelistic ministry in Taiwan among factory workers, including teaching English classes;...
Dates: 2000

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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 11
Missionaries. 11
Women missionaries. 11
Evangelistic work. 10
Conversion. 9
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Women -- Religious life. 9
Missionaries -- Training of. 8
Women 8
Christian education. 7
Children of missionaries. 6
Indigenous church administration 6
Missions -- China. 6
Church and state. 5
Church work with women. 5
Evangelistic work -- China. 5
Language in missionary work. 5
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 5
Children. 4
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 4
China -- History. 4
Christian life. 4
Christianity and culture. 4
Communism -- China. 4
Communism. 4
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
Missions -- Educational work. 4
Sex role. 4
World War, 1939-1945. 4
Bible. 3
Boarding schools. 3
Catholic Church. 3
Children -- United States 3
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 3
China. 3
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
Culture shock. 3
Demoniac possession 3
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
Family. 3
Missions -- Finance. 3
Missions, Medical. 3
Missions. 3
Pentecostalism. 3
Rural missions. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
Animism. 2
Belgium. 2
Belgium. -- Administration. 2
Belief and doubt. 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Bible -- Translating. 2
Children of missionaries -- China. 2
Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
China -- History -- 1949- 2
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
Chinese -- Missions. 2
Chinese language. 2
Christian education -- China. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Christianity and culture -- China. 2
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Church development, New. 2
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Exorcism. 2
Fund raising. 2
Glossolalia. 2
Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
Marriage. 2
Medical care 2
Missionaries -- Retirement. 2
Missionaries -- United States. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missions -- Biblical teaching. 2
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Persecution. 2
Prayer. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Social change. 2
Taiwan -- Religion. 2
Tribes. 2
Witchcraft. 2
Worship -- Congo. 2
Worship. 2
Ababua (African people) 1
Africa. -- Description and travel. 1
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Animism -- Central African Republic. 1
Animism -- Taiwan. 1
Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible colleges 1
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