Perkins, John, 1930-
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 368 Oral History Interview with Vera Mae Perkins
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
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
Collection 398 Oral History Interview with Wayne L. Gordon
Collection
Identifier: CN 398
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Wayne LeRoy Gordon, pastor of Lawndale Community Church, a nondenominational church in Chicago's predominantly black community, Lawndale. Topics covered include Gordon's youth, the influence of his family on his spiritual growth, his call to work in the black community, his education at Wheaton College, ministry through Lawndale Community Church in Chicago (its structure, various ministries, including health care, education, and recreation), and the African...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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
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- Church and social problems -- United States. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- African Americans -- Missions. 2
- African Americans -- Segregation. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- Community development. 2
- Discrimination -- United States. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 2
- Family. 2
- Mendenhall (Miss.) 2
- Radio in religion. 2
- Reconciliation -- Christianity. 2
- Reconciliation. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Great Britain. 1
- Blacks -- Missions. 1
- Blacks. 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 1
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Christianity and justice. 1
- Christianity and politics. 1
- Church -- Biblical teaching. 1
- Church discipline. 1
- Church growth -- United States. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church management. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with youth -- Chicago. 1
- Church work with youth -- United States. 1
- Church. 1
- Cities and towns -- United States. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- City missions -- Chicago. 1
- City missions. 1
- Civil rights movements 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Community development -- Chicago. 1
- Community development -- Mississippi. 1
- Crime 1
- Crime -- United States. 1
- Discrimination -- Christianity. 1
- Economic and social conditions 1
- Economic and social conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Bahamas. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Chicago. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Georgia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Jackson. 1
- Fasting. 1
- Georgia 1
- Georgia -- Race relations. 1
- Georgia -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Georgia -- Social life and customs. 1
- Great Commission (Bible) 1
- Independent churches. 1
- Intercultural communication -- United States. 1
- Intercultural communication. 1
- Interorganizational relations. 1
- Leadership. 1
- Missions -- Congresses -- United States. 1
- Missions -- Congresses. 1
- Non-formal education. 1
- Organizational change. 1
- Persecution -- United States. 1
- Persecution. 1
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 1
- Poverty. 1
- Prayer groups. 1 ∧ less
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