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Moody Bible Institute.

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Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Jennie Fitzwilliam Papers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates: Created: 1985

Jenny Owen Mudge missionary scrapbook.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2008-065
Dates: 1903-1906

John A. Gration Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 230
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John Alexander Gration (1926-2012). Topics discussed include: Gration's Christian activities in high school and the U.S. Navy, education at Moody Bible Institute, Gordon College, and Wheaton College; his spiritual growth and call to become a missionary, his marriage, and his first impressions of and missionary experiences with Africa Inland mission in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Christianity and culture, animism, superstition, AIM...
Dates: Created: 1982

Louis E. Knowlton Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates: Created: 1982

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

Mel and Ruth Moran Dibble materials.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2007-047
Dates: 1927-1998

Merrill Dunlop papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 9
Identifier: 2018-039
Dates: 1916-2002

Miscellaneous audio recordings of Evangelical radio programs, worship services and speeches

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-038
Dates: 1963-1973, undated

"Moody Bible Institute Bulletin" issue.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-027
Dates: 1935

Moody Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 330
Brief Description Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started in 1864 by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946. Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities in the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents such...
Dates: Created: 1864-1987

Myron and Elizabeth Harrison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 249
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, prayer letters, and photographs related to the missionary service of Myron and Elizabeth Harrison with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in the Philippines from 1967-1990.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview each with Myron and Elizabeth Harrison. Topics discussed in the interviews include missionary call, appointment and assignments in the Philippines with Overseas Missionary Fellowship, family life, the...
Dates: Created: 1967-1993

Otto F. Schoerner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 055
Scope and Contents

Papers of Otto Frederick Schoerner a Wheaton College alumnus and missionary with China Inland Mission in Sinkiang, Honan, and Kangsu Provinces of China from 1931-1951. Collection includes an oral history interview, correspondence, autobiography, and photographs.

Dates: Created: 1949-2006

Papers of Paul and Madia Contento, 1919-2022

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-006
Dates: 1919-2022

Reuben Archer Torrey, III Papers

 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

Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 107
Scope and Contents

Diaries, correspondence, sermon notes, Sunday school lessons, newspaper clippings, brochures, memorial booklet, photographs, diaries, audio tapes, and glass negatives from R.A. Torrey's career as evangelist, teacher, author, and family man.

Dates: Created: 1882-1983

Ruth Sundquist Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 266
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ruth Sundquist in which she describes her education at Moody Bible Institute, decision to become a missionary, work first in Kentucky home missions as a Christian education worker with the Evangelical Free Church and then her missionary career in China and Hong Kong between 1947 and 1982 as an administrator for a Sunday School and orphanage. Other topics discussed include: language school in China, Chinese attitudes toward the Nationalists, Communists, Americans...
Dates: Created: 1984

Sermon audio tapes of evangelists and preachers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2001-063
Dates: 1979-1991

Susan Bartel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 057
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, negatives, and photographs relating to Susan Bartel's service with the China Mennonite Mission Society for over 20 years in the Shantung Province of China. Topics covered by the interviews include: Bartel's youth, conversion to Christianity, education, marriage to Loyal Bartel, and mission work in China; World War II; Japanese occupation of China; arrest and imprisonment of Loyal; life under the Chinese communists after World War II, Loyal’s imprisonment and Susan’s...
Dates: Created: 1932-1979

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

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

Zoe Anne Alford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates: Created: 1925-1983

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 58
Unprocessed Material 13
 
Subject
Conversion -- Christianity. 37
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 33
Women missionaries. 23
Missionaries -- Training of. 21
Missionaries. 21
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Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 20
Evangelistic work -- United States. 19
Evangelistic work. 19
Missions -- China. 19
Women -- Religious life. 19
Christian life. 17
Christianity and culture. 17
Evangelistic work -- China. 17
Children of missionaries. 16
Language in missionary work. 16
World War, 1939-1945. 13
Communism -- China. 12
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 12
Indigenous church administration. 11
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 10
Missions -- Educational work. 10
Missions -- Finance. 10
Bible -- Study and teaching. 9
Families. 9
Fundamentalism. 9
Children. 8
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 8
Radio in missionary work. 8
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 8
Bible colleges. 7
Christian education -- United States. 7
Christian education. 7
Church development, New. 7
Culture shock. 7
Evangelicalism -- United States. 7
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 7
Missions to Muslims. 7
Missions, Medical. 7
Animism. 6
Bible. 6
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 6
China -- History -- 1949- 6
China -- History. 6
Church discipline. 6
Communism. 6
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 6
Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 6
Missionaries' spouses. 6
Missions -- Philippines. 6
Missions. 6
Persecution -- China. 6
Religious institutions. 6
Worship. 6
Bible -- Translating. 5
Bible colleges -- United States. 5
Chicago (Ill.) 5
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 5
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 5
Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
Christian education -- China. 5
Christian literature -- Publishing. 5
Christian literature. 5
Church and social problems. 5
Evangelicalism. 5
Evangelistic sermons. 5
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 5
Indigenous church administration -- China. 5
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 5
Missions -- Africa. 5
Missions -- Biblical teaching. 5
Persecution. 5
Rural missions. 5
Sermons, American. 5
Sex role. 5
Women 5
Belief and doubt. 4
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 4
Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 4
Children -- United States. 4
China -- Description and travel. 4
China -- Religion. 4
Chinese language. 4
Christian education of children. 4
Christian leadership. 4
Church and state. 4
Church work with military personnel -- United States. 4
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 4
College students in missionary work. 4
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 4
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 4
Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 4
Holy Spirit. 4
Marriage. 4
Military chaplains -- United States. 4
Missions -- Asia. 4
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 4
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
Missions -- Study and teaching. 4
Pentecostalism. 4
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