Plymouth Brethren.
Organization
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 180 Papers of Carl Armerding
Collection
Identifier: CN 180
Scope and Contents
Diaries, correspondence, scrapbook, travel documents, oral history interview, sermons and other materials documenting Carl Armerding's career and ministry, especially his work as a Bible teacher, preacher, and leader of Central American Mission.Interview topics covered include Armerding's family background, education, recollections of Billy Sunday, Gipsy Smith, Henry Ironside and Will Houghton, missions and evangelism in Honduras and the Bahamas, speaking engagements, teaching...
Dates:
Created: 1903-1987
Collection 242 Oral History Interview with Ruth E. Hess
Collection
Identifier: CN 242
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 277 Ephemera of Jim Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 277
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, tapes of sermons and audio letters, journals, notebooks, annotated Bibles, school records, poems, clippings, drawings, and other materials describing Elliot's courtship of his wife Elisabeth, his spiritual preparation for the mission field, early days of his work in Ecuador, and events leading up to his death and those of four other missionaries at the hands of the Waorani (so-called Auca) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956
Collection 278 Papers of Elisabeth Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926, 1938-2010
Collection 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers
Collection
Identifier: CN 431
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with T. Michael Flowers (1920-2015) in which he describes growing up in the Bahamas, the influence on his life of W. H. Farrington, his conversion, his evangelistic work in the Bahamas, his education in Scotland, a brief description of Billy Graham in Scotland in 1946, and the beginning of his evangelistic work in the United States. The second interview covers Flowers' ministry in Canada, Whitfield and B. M. Nottage, the Plymouth Brethren church and its church...
Dates:
Created: 1990-1995
Collection 446 Papers of Jack Wyrtzen
Collection
Identifier: CN 446
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio tapes and video tapes relating to the ministry of Jack Wyrtzen.Series: Audio TapesTape 1 to Tape 7: Oral history interviews with Jack Wyrtzen in which he describes his parents, childhood, early influences, conversion, relations with other Christian leaders, development of the Word of Life Fellowship, radio and television work and youth work. The time period covered by the...
Dates:
Created: 1991
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 471 Papers of W. Arthur Saunders
Collection
Identifier: CN 471
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and a manuscript translated by W. Arthur Saunders, relating to Saunder’s missionary service in China with China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1930 to 1987. The interview describes his childhood in England, emigration to New Zealand, training at the New Zealand Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, going to China in 1930, evangelistic work in south Gansu province, the work of Chinese evangelists, worship services in Gansu churches,...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 498 Oral History Interviews with William E. Pannell
Collection
Identifier: CN 498
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with William E. Pannell in which he describes his childhood in Michigan, his family, conversion as a teenager, his growing awareness of racism in America and especially its influence on American Christianity, education at Fort Wayne Bible College, involvement with the Brethren Assemblies, the part preaching has played in his life, the divide between urban and suburban culture and its impact on black and white churches and institutions, his work with Youth for Christ,...
Dates:
Created: 1995-2007
Collection 529 Papers of Donald E. White
Collection
Identifier: CN 529
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and one folder containing reports, correspondence, and newsletters. Materials describe White’s family background, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College, marriage, activities as an Army chaplain's assistant in Germany, and missionary work in Austria for Greater Europe Mission.Donald E. White was interviewed by Robert Shuster on January 29, 1996, at the Archives of the Billy Graham Center. The events described in the interview...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 586 Papers of William A. Deans
Collection
Identifier: CN 586
Scope and Contents
Photographs, maps, articles, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, and tracts relating to the ministry of William Alexander Deans, missionary and translator with Christian Mission in Many Lands. Materials document his work in northeast Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), especially his publication of Christian literature into African languages.The bulk of the materials cover the 1930s and 1940s.
Dates:
Created: 1930-1979
Collection 684 Papers of Bert and Colleen Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 684
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and photographs of Bert and Colleen Elliot, Plymouth Brethren missionaries to Peru from 1949 to 2012. Correspondence is by and large written by Colleen Elliot to her parents and sister. Topics covered include reflections on cultural and spiritual differences between the United States and Peru, the challenges of missionary life and language divides, interactions with missionaries from different denominations, medical work in rural areas, evangelism, and the spiritual...
Dates:
Created: 1943-1994
Collection 687 Papers of Ed and Marilou McCully
Collection
Identifier: CN 687
Scope and Contents
Journal, correspondence, manuscript, audio tapes, photographs and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Ed and Marilou McCully, Plymouth Brethren Missionaries in Ecuador. The materials document Ed Mc Cully's education (including at Wheaton College), successes in oratorical competition, courtship of Marilou Hobolth, their work in Ecuador as Plymouth Brethren missionaries, his death at the hands of Waorani tribespeople, and Marilou McCully’s subsequent involvement in documenting...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1985
Collection 701 Papers of Olive Fleming Liefeld
Collection
Identifier: CN 701
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, reports, transcripts, photographs, photo albums, and other materials from the papers of Olive Liefeld relating to her first husband, Peter Fleming, their work as missionaries in Ecuador among the Quichua people, his death along with four other missionaries at the hands of Waorani tribesmen in 1956, the continuing development of that story in terms of the impact of the men's deaths on American evangelicalism and the growth of a Christian community among the...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2006, undated
Kenneth Fleming Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 657
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters, articles, audio recordings, photographs, and other material collected by Kenneth Fleming relating to the death of five American missionaries in Ecuador in 1956, including his brother Peter Fleming, in Ecuador with the Plymouth Brethren mission agency Christian Missions In Many Lands. In particular, the papers document the story of Peter’s involvement in the so-called “Operation Auca” and his death, along with missionaries Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Nate Saint and...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2011
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Conversion. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Missionaries. 7
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 7
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Preaching. 6
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Huao Indians. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Missions -- Ecuador. 4
- Missions. 4
- Quechua Indians. 4
- Quechua language. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Evangelistic sermons. 3
- Indians of South America. 3
- Lord's Supper. 3
- Sex role -- United States. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Through gates of splendor. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- African Americans -- Religious life. 2
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 2
- African Americans. 2
- Arajuno (Ecuador) 2
- Authors and publishers. 2
- Baptism. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church growth 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students. 2
- Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 2
- Communism. 2
- Cross-cultural studies. 2
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
- Ecuador 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History 2
- Evangelistic work -- New Zealand. 2
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 2
- Gateway to Joy (Radio program) 2
- Huao (Language) 2
- Indians of South America -- Ecuador. 2
- March of Truth (Radio program) 2
- Marriage. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries -- United States. 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Peru. 2
- Missions -- South America. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Prayer. 2
- Quito (Ecuador) 2
- Racism -- United States. 2
- Racism. 2
- Radio in religion -- United States. 2
- Radio in religion. 2
- Shandia (Ecuador) 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Television in religion. 2
- Worship. 2
- Abortion 1
- Abortion -- Religious aspects. 1
- Adultery. 1
- Africa. -- Description and travel. 1
- African American clergy. 1
- African American evangelists. 1
- African American leadership. 1
- African Americans -- Families 1
- African Americans -- Missions. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Animism -- Central African Republic. 1
- Animism--Peru. 1
- Animism. 1
- Austria 1 ∧ less
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