Perkins, John, 1930-
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Charles W. Colson Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 275
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, book, article and editorial manuscripts, texts of speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, testimony transcripts, magazine articles, audio tapes, and photographs, all documenting many of the major phases of Colson's life, including his work as a political advisor to President Richard Nixon, his involvement in the Watergate scandal, his conversion to Christian faith that caused him to plead guilty to one of the charges against him, his imprisonment, and his life...
Dates:
Created: 1960-1990
Collection 307 Ephemera of Christian Films and Videos
Collection
Identifier: CN 307
Scope and Contents
Moving image recordings in this collection provide a representative sampling of post-war evangelical Christian film companies, and cover various topics such as dramatizations of stories from the life of Jesus and of the Apostle Paul, Christian lifestyle, church and social issues, communism, drug and alcohol abuse, evangelism, immigration, materialism, mass media in religion, meaning of life, missions, the natural world as a reflection of God, politics, refugees, relationships, rock and roll,...
Dates:
Created: 1940-1986
Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 367
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, video tapes, and promotional material, relating to the ministry of John Perkins, author, speaker, and founder and President Emeritus of Voice of Calvary Ministries.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with John PerkinsInterview with John Perkins in which he describes his childhood in rural Mississippi, his conversion, the formation of VOCM, its program and significant events and individuals in its...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1995
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 374 Oral History Interviews with Artis Fletcher
Collection
Identifier: CN 374
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Artis Edwards Fletcher in which he discusses his childhood, education, and work as pastor of the Mendenhall Bible Church. Also discussed are John Perkins, Voice of Calvary Ministries, the black church in the United States, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interviews is 1944-1987.
Artis Fletcher was interviewed in by Paul Ericksen at office at the Mendenhall Bible Church, Mendenhall, MS on June 26, 1987.
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker
Collection
Identifier: CN 413
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Matthew Parker in which he describes his childhood, family, education, conversion, study at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and work/study at Wheaton College, ministry with Campus Crusade in its sports ministry and with Overseas Crusades sports evangelism ministry (Venture for Victory w/ Bud Schaeffer), the 1984 and 1986 National Summits on Black Church Development, the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America, the Afro-American community, white...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Prison Fellowship Ministries Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 274
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other documents describing the founding and development of Prison Fellowship. Among the subjects covered in the files are the part played in the organization by Charles Colson, the realities of prison ministry, the conditions of prisons in the United States, relations between organizations involved in prison ministries, the testimonies of inmates, and the relationship between PFM and its constituents. Persons featured included those...
Dates:
Created: 1961, 1975-1989, 1990, undated
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- Conversion. 7
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 7
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 6
- Christian leadership. 6
- Church and social problems -- United States. 6
- Church and social problems. 6
- Discrimination -- United States. 6
- Evangelicalism. 6
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Racism. 6
- African Americans. 5
- Discrimination. 5
- Racism -- United States. 5
- Alcoholism -- United States 4
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 4
- Christianity and politics. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 4
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Family. 4
- Mendenhall (Miss.) 4
- Reconciliation -- Christianity. 4
- Reconciliation. 4
- Religious institutions. 4
- Social change. 4
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Civil rights movements 3
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 3
- Community development. 3
- Discrimination -- Christianity. 3
- Education 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Organizational change. 3
- Prisoners -- United States. 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- African Americans -- Missions. 2
- African Americans -- Religious life. 2
- African Americans -- Segregation. 2
- Athletes -- Religious life. 2
- Authors and publishers -- United States. 2
- Born again (Motion picture) 2
- Born again. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Christianity and justice. 2
- Christianity today (Periodical) 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church work with prisoners -- United States. 2
- Church work with youth -- United States. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- Community development -- Mississippi. 2
- Cost and standard of living 2
- Cost and standard of living -- United States. 2
- Counseling. 2
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States. 2
- Criminals -- United States. 2
- Discipling (Christianity) 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Washington (D.C.) 2
- Faith. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Forgiveness. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- United States. 2
- Journalism, Religious -- United States. 2
- Legislators -- United States. 2
- Life sentence. 2
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
- Motion pictures in church work -- United States. 2
- Organizational change -- United States. 2
- Persecution -- United States. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Poverty. 2
- Prison administration -- United States. 2
- Prison reformers -- United States. 2
- Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain. 2
- Publishers and publishing -- United States. 2
- Race relations. 2
- Salvation. 2
- Sports 2
- Sports -- Religious aspects. 2
- Terrorism. 2
- Voluntarism -- United States. 2
- Voluntarism. 2
- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. 2
- Women 2
- Amnesty. -- United States. 1
- Athletes 1
- Authors and readers -- United States. 1
- Autobiography -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
- Belgian Congo. 1
- Bible -- Sermons. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
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