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Wheaton College (Ill.)

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Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough

 Collection
Identifier: CN 089
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.

Dates: Created: 1979-1992

Collection 201 Oral History Interview with Russell P. Shedd

 Collection
Identifier: CN 201
Scope and Contents Three oral history interviews with Russell Philip Shedd, in which he describes his upbringing by missionary parents in Bolivia; education at Wheaton College, Faith Seminary (PA), and the University of Edinburgh; Billy Graham's evangelistic meetings at Harringay and Edinburgh in 1954/55; evangelism opportunities in Scotland, 1953-55; and work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Portugal, 1959-62, and Brazil, 1962-82. The time period covered by the interviews is 1929 to...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 264 Records of Pioneer Ministries

 Collection
Identifier: CN 264
Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, photos, slides, tapes, curriculum materials, manuals, etc., relating to the work of the PM (formerly Pioneer Girls) in North American Churches. Materials document PM's early history, camping program (philosophy and history of Camp Cheriths and reference materials used to operate a camp and train camp staff), communications functions depicting the variety of tools used to communicate news and information to participants in its programs, orientation materials for field...
Dates: Created: 1939-1983

Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

 Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include  Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

 Collection
Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright

 Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates: Created: 1950-1986

Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon

 Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates: Created: 1986-1990

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

Collection 460 Oral History Interviews with Phyllis E. Taylor

 Collection
Identifier: CN 460
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Phyllis Evelyn Taylor in which she discusses her childhood and conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; her experiences as a Christian and Missionary Alliance teacher and evangelist among the Bantu people in the Belgian Congo from 1952-1966; her work in Taiwan from 1968 as an independent missionary; and teaching English as a means of evangelism. Other topics discussed include attending Nyack Missionary Training Institute; memories of the 1950...
Dates: Created: 1992

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 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj

 Collection
Identifier: CN 483
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Francis Sunderaraj in which he describes committing his life to Christ as a teenager in India; the development of his faith; the institutions and leadership of Evangelical Protestantism in India; Methodist churches in India and Malaysia; Sunderaraj's education at the Union Biblical Seminary in Yeotmal, India, Princeton Seminary, and Wheaton College; the development of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. The time period covered by the interviews is ca....
Dates: Created: 1993

Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and...
Dates: Created: 1934-1983, undated

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 300
Brief Description Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...
Dates: 1928-2017

World Evangelical Alliance Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description

Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many of the twenty-eight audiotapes are of addresses presented at the Eighth General Assembly in Singapore in 1986.

Dates: Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986

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Subject
Christian education. 13
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 13
Christian literature. 13
Evangelistic work. 12
Missionaries. 11
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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 10
Church and state. 8
Indigenous church administration 8
Missionaries -- Training of. 8
Children of missionaries. 7
Christian leadership. 7
Christianity and culture. 7
Religious institutions. 7
Church and social problems. 6
Conversion. 6
Evangelicalism. 6
Fund raising. 6
Language in missionary work. 6
Missions. 6
Theology 6
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 6
Women missionaries. 6
Animism. 5
Bible. 5
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
Catholic Church. 5
Christian life. 5
Church development, New. 5
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 5
Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 5
Women 5
Women -- Religious life. 5
Communism. 4
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
Journalism, Religious. 4
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
Missions -- Educational work. 4
Pentecostalism. 4
Theological seminaries. 4
Worship. 4
Belgium. 3
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
China -- History. 3
Christian education -- Taiwan. 3
Christian education, Outdoor. 3
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States. 3
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
Church work with students. 3
College students in missionary work. 3
Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
Family. 3
Fundamentalism. 3
Interdenominational cooperation. 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
Missions -- Congresses. 3
Missions -- Finance. 3
Organizational change. 3
Refugees 3
Rural missions. 3
Social change. 3
Syncretism (Religion). 3
Tribes. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Belgium. -- Colonies 2
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Buddhists -- China. 2
Buddhists. 2
Caste -- India. 2
Caste. 2
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
Children. 2
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
China -- Social life and customs. 2
China. 2
Christian education -- Africa, East. 2
Christian education -- China. 2
Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Christian education -- India. 2
Christian education -- Philosophy. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- India. 2
Church and social problems -- United States. 2
Church discipline. 2
Church work with children. 2
Church work with the poor 2
Church work with women. 2
Church work with youth -- United States. 2
Church work with youth. 2
College students. 2
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