Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 172 Records of the Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 192 Papers of Harold Lindsell

Collection 237 Records of the Slavic Gospel Association

Collection

Identifier: CN 237

Scope and Contents 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: 1922-1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 237 Records of the Slavic Gospel Association

Collection 358 Papers of Charles P. Wagner

Collection

Identifier: CN 358

Scope and Contents Correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, promotional materials, news releases, clippings, article and address manuscripts, photographs and negatives. The materials document Wagner's activities as a member of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and its Executive Committee; as chairperson of its Strategy Working Group; as co-editor of the annual books, UNREACHED PEOPLES '79, '80, and '81; as a missionary educator and theologian in South America; and his appointment to Fuller...

Dates: Created: 1965-1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 358 Papers of Charles P. Wagner

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla

Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker

Collection

Identifier: CN 413

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Matthew Parker in which he describes his childhood, family, education, conversion, study at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and work/study at Wheaton College, ministry with Campus Crusade in its sports ministry and with Overseas Crusades sports evangelism ministry (Venture for Victory w/ Bud Schaeffer), the 1984 and 1986 National Summits on Black Church Development, the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America, the Afro-American community, white...

Dates: Created: 1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker

Collection 414 Papers of Wade T. Coggins

Collection

Identifier: CN 414

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, papers and speech manuscripts relating to the ministry of Wade T. Coggins, Christian worker with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association.

Dates: Created: 1964-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 414 Papers of Wade T. Coggins

Collection 421 Oral History Interviews with Arthur F. Glasser

Collection

Identifier: CN 421

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Arthur Frederick Glasser (1914-2009) in which he discusses his family background; conversion to Christianity at a Keswick conference; his education at Moody Bible Institute and Faith Seminary in Wilmington, DE; service as a chaplain during World War II; marriage, work with Dawson Trotman and the Navigators; service as a missionary in China with China Inland Mission; the Communist revolution in China; the 1951 Bournemouth conference to determine CIM's future; and...

Dates: Created: 1989-1998

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 421 Oral History Interviews with Arthur F. Glasser

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 426 Papers of Paul E. Little

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 563 Papers of Robert Coleman

Collection 584 Papers of Thomas F. Zimmerman

Collection

Identifier: CN 584

Scope and Contents Audio tapes, phonograph records, photographs, correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, speeches, and other materials related toThomas F. Zimmerman's leadership in a number of conservative American Protestant organizations and evangelistic efforts. The bulk of the collection relates to his involvement in the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization both internationally and in the United States, but there is also information on his work with the 1985 American Festival of Evangelism...

Dates: Created: 1955-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 584 Papers of Thomas F. Zimmerman

Collection 590 Papers of John R. W. Stott

Collection

Identifier: CN 590

Scope and Contents Correspondence, memos, reports, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, brochures and other materials relating to John R. W. Stott’s involvement in the 1974 Lausanne Congress and the Lausanne movement that developed out of it. The collection is particularly strong in material relating to the membership of Stott on the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and its executive committee; his contribution to drafting several of the major statements of the movement; his chairmanship of the...

Dates: Created: 1974-2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 590 Papers of John R. W. Stott

Collection 640 Records of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 640 Records of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students

Confraternidad Evangelica Latinoamericana (CONELA) records.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 1

Identifier: 2004-021

Dates: 1980-1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

David Detert World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF)/World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) files.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 2

Identifier: 2007-005

Dates: 1986-2003

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / David H. Adeney Papers.

David Howard papers.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 1

Identifier: 2015-010

Dates: 1982-2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

David Howard papers.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 4

Identifier: 2021-001

Dates: 1946-2019

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / David M. Howard, Sr., Papers

Edward Dayton papers.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 1

Identifier: 1986-038

Dates: 1969-1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies Records

Collection

Identifier: CN-165

Brief Description Executive Directors' (Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, Paul McKaughan) files of the EFMA. The association of denominational and nondenominational foreign missions boards began as a commission of the National Association of Evangelicals to serve common interests of members in government relations (domestic and foreign); use of communication channels; cooperative purchasing/travel; and relations between each other. The collection is subdivided into thirteen parts: 1. Correspondence and General...

Dates: Created: 1937-1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies Records

Evangelism conference notebooks; 1988, 1993

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 2023-019

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

John Dettoni Lausanne Committee (LCWE) files.

Unprocessed Material — Folder: 2

Identifier: 2014-047

Dates: 1974

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) 2004 Forum planning papers.

Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2015-040

Dates: 2004

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Lausanne II Congress (LCWE) records.

Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1991-014

Dates: 1987-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Lausanne (LCWE) Cape Town Congress documentary.

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 2021-008

Dates: 2010

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Lausanne Movement materials.

Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2019-006

Dates: 2009-2010

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Lausanne Movement Records

Leighton Ford Ministries (LFM) records.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 1

Identifier: 2013-005

Dates: 1974-2005

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Leighton Ford papers.

Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2021-033

Dates: 1975-2021

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Leighton Ford papers.

Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1998-054

Dates: 1952-1997

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Leighton Sandys Ford oral history interviews

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 2023-012

Dates: 2023

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Leiton E. Chinn oral history interviews

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 2023-011

Dates: 2023

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Lon Allison's Lausanne Committee (LCWE) files.

Unprocessed Material — Box: 1

Identifier: 2014-006

Dates: 2004-2005

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

OC International Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 222

Brief Description Correspondence, reports, minutes, manuscripts, handbooks, directories, photographs, etc., relating to the mission's work of evangelism, church planting and development of national leadership in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America since its origin in 1950 and official founding in 1951. Documents describe the founding and expansion of the mission, administrations of Dick Hillis (first president from 1951-1976, but also including files dating back to 1933 on his years as a missionary in...

Dates: Created: 1933-1998

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / OC International Records