Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 362 Records of Voice of Calvary Ministries
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
Collection 370 Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Anderson
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
Collection 371 Oral History Interview with C.J. Jones
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 373 Oral History Interview with Dolphus Weary
Collection
Identifier: CN 373
Scope and Contents
Oral hisotry 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
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Christian life. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Family. 4
- Jackson (Miss.) 4
- Poverty. 4
- Race relations. 4
- Racism. 4
- Christian leadership. 3
- Civil rights movements 3
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 3
- Community development -- Mississippi. 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 3
- Mendenhall (Miss.) 3
- Racism -- United States. 3
- Voluntarism. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Cities and towns. 2
- City missions. 2
- Discrimination -- United States. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Economic and social conditions -- Mississippi. 2
- Education 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Organizational change. 2
- Reconciliation. 2
- African American churches -- Mississippi. 1
- African American churches. 1
- African American evangelists. 1
- African American families -- Mississippi. 1
- African American leadership. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Education. 1
- African Americans -- Families 1
- African Americans -- Missions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Missions. 1
- African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- Blacks -- Missions. 1
- Blacks. 1
- Christian education -- Mississippi. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christianity and economics. 1
- Christianity and politics. 1
- Church work with African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with African Americans. 1
- Church work with children -- United States. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with the poor 1
- Church work with the poor -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- Cities and towns -- Mississippi. 1
- Cities and towns -- United States. 1
- City missions -- Mississippi. 1
- City missions -- United States. 1
- College students in missionary work -- Mississippi. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- Community development -- Philosophy. 1
- Community development -- Religious aspects. 1
- Community development -- Social aspects. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Economics 1
- Economics -- Christianity. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Jackson. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Family -- United States. 1
- Fund raising. 1
- Independent churches. 1
- Integration 1
- Integration -- Mississippi. 1
- Interorganizational relations. 1
- Lay missionaries -- United States. 1
- Lay missionaries. 1
- Management. 1
- Medical care -- Mississippi. 1
- Medical care -- United States. 1
- Missions -- Agricultural work 1
- Missions -- Agricultural work -- Mississippi. 1
- Missions -- Mississippi. 1
- Missions -- Rural work -- Mississippi. 1 ∧ less
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