Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Artis Fletcher Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 374
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Artis Edwards Fletcher in which he discusses his childhood, education, and work as pastor of the Mendenhall Bible Church. Also discussed are John Perkins, Voice of Calvary Ministries, the black church in the United States, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interviews is 1944-1987.
Artis Fletcher was interviewed in by Paul Ericksen at office at the Mendenhall Bible Church, Mendenhall, MS on June 26, 1987.
Dates:
Created: 1987
C.J. Jones Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 371
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Cornelius Jerome "C.J." Jones about his childhood, work with the civil rights movement, John Perkins and the Voice of Calvary, Dolphus Weary and The Mendenhall Ministries, his philosophy of ministry, the impact of TMM on the community, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1944 to 1987.C. J. Jones was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 25, 1987, at the Mendenhall Ministries office in Mendenhall,...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 307: Christian Films and Videos Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 307
Scope and Contents
Moving image recordings in this collection provide a representative sampling of post-war evangelical Christian film companies, and cover various topics such as dramatizations of stories from the life of Jesus and of the Apostle Paul, Christian lifestyle, church and social issues, communism, drug and alcohol abuse, evangelism, immigration, materialism, mass media in religion, meaning of life, missions, the natural world as a reflection of God, politics, refugees, relationships, rock and roll,...
Dates:
Created: 1940-1986
Dolphus Weary Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 373
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Dolphus Douglas Weary, in which he describes his childhood, education and religious training in rural Mississippi, conversion, leadership in Voice of Calvary Ministries and Mendenhall Ministries, impressions of John Perkins, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1948-1987.
Dolphus Weary was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25, 1987 at the Mendenhall Ministries headquarters in Mendenhall, Mississippi.
Dates:
Created: 1987
John Perkins Papers
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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John Perkins Papers
Lemuel Tucker Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 366
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lemuel Simpson Tucker (1952-1989) in which he describes his childhood and family, spiritual growth, education, leadership of Voice of Calvary Ministries (VOCM), John Perkins, VOCM's ministry in Jackson, Mississippi, evangelism in the African American community, Mendenhall Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi. Other topics discussed include the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's 1975 Deep South Crusade in Jackson; racism in America; the African...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Lue Shelby Oral History Interivew.
Collection
Identifier: CN 369
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lue Shelby in which she describes her family background; Voice of Calvary Ministries; the health clinic started by VOC; health problems among the the low-income population in Jackson, MS; Bible study for patients and staff at the clinic; programs for educating the community in personal health care; racial conditions in Mississippi; and the VOC Fellowship Church. The time period covered by the interview is 1953-1987.Lue Shelby was interviewed by Paul...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Melvin R. Anderson Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 370
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin R. Anderson in which he discusses his work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS, particularly as director of Peoples Development Incorporated and its housing ministry to rennovate and make homes available to the economically disadvantaged in Jackson. Other topics discussed include Anderson's family background, education, racial integration of the public school system; boycott of white businesses, the influence of John and Vera Mae Perkins on...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Shirlene Walker Philips Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 365
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Shirlene Walker Phillips in which she discusses her childhood, education, hospital and clinic work, her work with Dolphus Weary and Voice of Calvary Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi, especially Mendenhall. The time period covered by the interview is 1956-1987.
Shirlene Phillips was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 18 and 19, 1987 at the office of Voice of Calvary Ministries, Jackson, MS.
Dates:
Created: 1987
Spencer W. Perkins Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 364
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Spencer W. Perkins (1954-1998) in which he discusses his childhood in California and Mississippi; attending black and white schools; relations with his father, John Perkins; the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the late 60s and early 70s; and the work of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS. The time period covered by the interview is 1954-1987.Spencer Perkins was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 18, 1987 at the Voice of Calvary...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Vera Mae Perkins Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 368
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Voice of Calvary Ministries Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 362
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, memos, reports, photographs and other material, relating to the evangelistic ministry of Voice of Calvary Ministries in a context of holistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation, primarily from the mid-1970s to 1986 in Mendenhall and Jackson, Mississippi, and nearby rural communities. The collection especially describes the operation of the organization, the fund raising for and promotion of its work, and the educational...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1986
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 10
- Christian life. 10
- Mendenhall (Miss.) 9
- Christian leadership. 8
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 8
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 8
- Race relations. 8
- Racism -- United States. 8
- African Americans -- Religious life. 7
- Discrimination -- United States. 7
- Church and social problems -- United States. 6
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 6
- Jackson (Miss.) 6
- United States -- Race relations. 6
- African Americans -- Segregation. 5
- Church and social problems. 5
- Community development -- Mississippi. 5
- Conversion -- Christianity. 5
- Poverty. 5
- Reconciliation -- Christianity. 5
- Social change. 5
- Christianity and politics. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 4
- Families -- United States. 4
- Families. 4
- Prejudices -- United States. 4
- Church and state -- United States. 3
- Community development. 3
- Discrimination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 3
- Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 3
- Education -- United States. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Organizational change -- United States. 3
- Persecution -- United States. 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- African Americans -- Missions. 2
- Christianity and justice. 2
- Church work with youth -- United States. 2
- Cities and towns -- United States. 2
- City missions -- United States. 2
- Cost and standard of living -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi -- Jackson. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Forgiveness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Mississippi -- Economic conditions. 2
- Organizational change. 2
- Racism. 2
- Theological seminaries -- United States. 2
- Voluntarism -- United States. 2
- African American churches -- Mississippi. 1
- African American evangelists. 1
- African American families -- Mississippi. 1
- African American leadership. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Missions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Sermons. 1
- Cancer -- Patients -- Religious life. 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Christian drama, American. 1
- Christian education -- Mississippi. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian films -- United States -- History and criticism. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church -- Sermons. 1
- Church and social problems -- Sermons. 1
- Church growth -- United States. 1
- Church work with African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with children -- United States. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with the blind. 1
- Church work with the poor -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth -- Mississippi. 1
- Cities and towns -- Mississippi. 1
- City missions -- Mississippi. 1
- College students in missionary work -- Mississippi. 1
- Communication -- Religious aspects. 1
- Community development -- Philosophy. 1
- Community development -- Religious aspects. 1
- Community development -- Social aspects. 1
- Community development -- United States. 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Counseling. 1
- Criminals -- United States. 1
- Ecumenical movement. 1
- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Hunger -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
- Independent churches -- United States. 1
- Independent churches. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Bolivia. 1 ∧ less
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