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International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES)

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Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 096 Oral History Interview with Wayne G. Bragg

 Collection
Identifier: CN 096-096
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Wayne G. Bragg (1931-2009), in which he describes his missionary experiences in Brazil and the Caribbean working with university students, his student days at Wheaton College, and his experience at Wheaton College as a faculty member. Dr. Bragg was interviewed by Mary Ann Buffington at Wheaton College on February 15 and May 9, 1980.

Dates: Created: 1980

Collection 217 Papers of Elisa Espineli Chinn

 Collection
Identifier: CN 217
Scope and Contents The collection consists of four oral history interviews with Lisa Chinn covering her childhood and family, education, ministry with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of the Philippines and InterVarsity in the United States, ministries with her husband Leiton in the US among international students (with International Students, Inc., Interaction, and their church), writing projects, and her experience as a woman leader. Also included are her graduate school creative project, "Cross Cultural...
Dates: Created: 1972-2020

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 429 Oral History Interview with Milton Alfonso Acosta

 Collection
Identifier: CN 429
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Milton Alfonso Acosta in which he describes his family background, youth, conversion to Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia, charismatic movement in the Catholic Church, the state of the Evangelical church in Colombia; involvement in the student movement in Colombia, ministry as a staff worker with Unidad Christiana Universitaria (UCU), and UCU's relationship with local congregations. In a second interview, Acosta continues his description of work...
Dates: Created: 1990

Collection 472 Oral History Interview with Paul A. Contento

 Collection
Identifier: CN 472
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul A. Contento in which he discusses his childhood, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, going to China in 1928 as a China Inland Mission worker, evangelistic work in Ningxia province (Inner Mongolia) and work among university students in southwest and northwest China, founding of the Inter-Varsity student movements in China, Singapore and Vietnam; Calvin Chao; the Sino-Japanese war; the communist takeover in China; founding of Singapore Bible...
Dates: Created: 19992

Collection 521 Oral History Interview with Nancy Duarte-Gomez

 Collection
Identifier: CN 521
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Nancy Duarte-Gomez, a Chilean staffworker with Grupo Biblico Universitario de Chile (GBU, InterVarsity sister movement). Duarte describes her childhood and youth, education, religious background, conversion and spiritual development, the church in Chile, training with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), ministry among students, GBU and its connection to International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), the country's political climate and its impact on the church,...
Dates: Created: 1995

Collection 707 Oral History Interviews with Douglas W. Stewart

 Collection
Identifier: CN 707
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Douglas W. Stewart in which he describes his ministry with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in South and Central America and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from 1963-1991. Topics discussed include Stewart’s family background, spiritual growth, education at Colombia Bible College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, leadership, roles, and structure of IFES, political, social, and religious context in South and Central America,...
Dates: 2018

Collection 713 Oral History Interview with Gillian Gathoni Mwaura

 Collection
Identifier: CN 713
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Gillian Gathoni Mwaura in which she discussed her family background in Kenya, her conversion in high school, her education at the Co-Operative College of Kenya and Methodist University; work as a student and as a full-time employee with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students-affiliated ministry FOCUS (Fellowsh ip of Christian Unions) in Kenya and Uganda, cross-cultural training and mission work in Norway; helping to form Global Link Afrika, a Ugandan...
Dates: 2019

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

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

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Church work with students. 8
Conversion. 7
Christian leadership. 6
College students. 6
Evangelistic work -- United States. 6
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Evangelistic work. 6
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
Missionaries. 6
College students -- Religious life. 5
College students in missionary work. 5
Catholic Church. 4
Christian life. 4
Church and social problems. 4
Church work with students -- United States. 4
Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
Evangelicalism. 4
Liberation theology. 4
Part-time missionaries. 4
Religious institutions. 4
Church and state. 3
Church work with foreign students. 3
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 3
Discipling (Christianity) 3
Evangelistic work -- Study and teaching. 3
Missionaries -- Training of. 3
Missions -- Congresses. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Catholic Church -- Colombia. 2
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
China -- History -- 1949- 2
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church work with students -- Philippines. 2
Colombia 2
Colombia -- Religion. 2
Communism -- China. 2
Communism. 2
Culture shock. 2
Education, Higher 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- Colombia. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
Hispanic Americans -- Religious life. 2
Hispanic Americans. 2
Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Journalism, Religious. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Colombia. 2
Missions -- Singapore. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Organizational change. 2
Persecution -- China. 2
Persecution. 2
Students, Foreign -- Religious life. 2
Students, Foreign. 2
Women 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation -- 1979-1989. 1
Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973. 1
Afghanistan -- Social life and customs. 1
African American leadership. 1
African Americans -- Religious life. 1
African Americans. 1
Anglicans. 1
Apologetics -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Theology. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- Kenya. 1
Brazil -- Religion. 1
Brazil. 1
Brazil. -- Social life and customs. 1
Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 1
Caribbean -- Social life and customs. 1
Caribbean Area. 1
Caribbean. -- Economic conditions. 1
Catholic Church -- Chile. 1
Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
Catholic Church. -- Philippines. 1
Certeza. 1
Charismatic movement. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Chile 1
Chile -- Politics and government 1
Chile -- Politics and government -- 1970-1973. 1
Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-1988. 1
Chile -- Social conditions 1
Chile -- Social conditions -- 1970- 1
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 1
China -- Church history. 1
China -- History -- 1976-2002. 1
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989. 1
China -- History. 1
China -- Politics and government. 1
China -- Religion. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Chinese diaspora. 1
Chinese students. 1
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