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Perkins, John, 1930-

 Person

Found in 4 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 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 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

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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African Americans -- Social conditions. 3
Christian leadership. 3
Church and social problems -- United States. 3
Conversion. 3
Discrimination -- United States. 3
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Fund raising. 3
Prisoners -- United States. 3
Racism. 3
Religious institutions. 3
Social change. 3
African Americans. 2
Authors and publishers -- United States. 2
Belief and doubt. 2
Born again (Motion picture) 2
Born again. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States. 2
Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
Christianity and politics. 2
Christianity today (Periodical) 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church and state -- United States. 2
Church work with prisoners -- United States. 2
Community development -- Mississippi. 2
Community development. 2
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States. 2
Discipling (Christianity) 2
Discrimination. 2
Economic and social conditions 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 2
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- Washington (D.C.) 2
Evangelistic work. 2
Faith. 2
Family. 2
Journalism, Religious -- United States. 2
Legislators -- United States. 2
Life sentence. 2
Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
Mendenhall (Miss.) 2
Organizational change. 2
Prison administration -- United States. 2
Prison reformers -- United States. 2
Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain. 2
Publishers and publishing -- United States. 2
Racism -- United States. 2
Reconciliation -- Christianity. 2
Reconciliation. 2
Voluntarism -- United States. 2
Voluntarism. 2
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. 2
African Americans -- Religious life. 1
African Americans -- Segregation. 1
Alcoholism -- United States 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
Amnesty. -- United States. 1
Athletes 1
Athletes -- Religious life. 1
Authors and readers -- United States. 1
Autobiography -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Bible -- Sermons. 1
Bible. 1
Blacks -- Missions. 1
Blacks. 1
Businessmen -- Religious life. 1
Campaign funds. -- United States. 1
Capital punishment -- Christianity. 1
Capital punishment. 1
Christian education of adults. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian leadership -- United States. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Christianity and justice. 1
Christianity and politics -- United States. 1
Church and social problems -- Sermons. 1
Church and state. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with women -- United States. 1
Church work with youth -- United States. 1
Church work with youth. 1
Church. 1
Church. -- Sermons. 1
Cities and towns -- United States. 1
Cities and towns. 1
City missions -- United States. 1
City missions. 1
Civil rights movements 1
Civil rights movements -- United States. 1
Cold War. 1
Communication in organizations -- United States 1
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
Corporations, Religious -- United States. 1
Cost and standard of living 1
Cost and standard of living -- United States. 1
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