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Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller

 Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Dates: Created: 1979-1988

L. Nelson Bell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 318
Brief Description Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates: 1923-1973

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  • Subject: Missions -- Educational work. X
  • Subject: Pentecostalism. X

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African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
African Americans. 1
Anglicans. 1
Anti-communist movements. 1
Armenians. 1
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Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
Authors and publishers -- United States. 1
Authors and publishers. 1
Bahai Faith. 1
Baptism. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church -- United States. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- Iran. 1
Christian education of children. 1
Christian education of teenagers. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church and state -- Iran. 1
Church and state -- United States. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with women. 1
Civil rights movements 1
Civil rights movements -- United States. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 1
Conversion. 1
Counseling. 1
Ecumenical movement. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Evangelistic work -- Iran. 1
Evangelistic work -- Korea. 1
Evangelistic work -- North Carolina. 1
Evangelistic work -- Pakistan. 1
Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Family. 1
Fund raising. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Glossolalia. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Interdenominational cooperation. 1
Iran 1
Iran -- History 1
Iran -- History -- 20th century. 1
Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979. 1
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979. 1
Iran -- Religion. 1
Iranians. 1
Islam -- Doctrines. 1
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 1
Journalism, Religious. 1
Liberalism (Religion) 1
Mass media in missionary work. 1
Mass media in religion. 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Medical care -- Iran. 1
Medical care -- Korea. 1
Medical care -- United States. 1
Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 1
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 1
Missionaries -- United States. 1
Missionaries, Resignation of. 1
Missions -- Mexico. 1
Missions -- Biblical teaching. 1
Missions -- Brazil. 1
Missions -- China. 1
Missions -- Finance. 1
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
Missions -- Iran. 1
Missions -- Japan. 1
Missions -- Study and teaching. 1
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