Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956.
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 259 Oral History Interviews with Donald A. Cook
Collection
Identifier: CN 259
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Donald Arthur Cook (1923-2014) in which he describes his service with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Japan between 1956-1972. Topics discussed include upbringing, education at Wheaton College, experiences in the United States Air Force, American response to WWII, decision to join China Inland Mission (later OMF), evangelistic methods in Japan, administrative work, language difficulties, administrative duties in OMF headquarters in Hokkaido and in Tokyo,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen
Collection
Identifier: CN 289
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include: Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
Collection 684 Papers of Bert and Colleen Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 684
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and photographs of Bert and Colleen Elliot, Plymouth Brethren missionaries to Peru from 1949 to 2012. Correspondence is by and large written by Colleen Elliot to her parents and sister. Topics covered include reflections on cultural and spiritual differences between the United States and Peru, the challenges of missionary life and language divides, interactions with missionaries from different denominations, medical work in rural areas, evangelism, and the spiritual...
Dates:
Created: 1943-1994
Collection 721 Papers of Fred and Clara Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 721
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clippings received or created by the Elliots, who were parents of the missionary Jim Elliot. Most of the collection consists of letters from Jim Elliot to his parents and/or other members of his family, although there are also numerous letters from his parents to him and letters from other correspondents, such as Elisabeth Elliot (Jim’s wife), Ed and Marilou McCully, Marj Saint, and Barbara Youderian. The letters describe contemporaneously Jim Elliot’s student years at...
Dates:
1945-1958
World Evangelical Alliance Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many of the twenty-eight audiotapes are of addresses presented at the Eighth General Assembly in Singapore in 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986
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Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries. 4
- Christian education. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Education 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missions. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Caste -- India. 2
- Caste. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Evangelistic work -- India. 2
- Family. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Huao Indians. 2
- India -- Social life and customs. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- International relief. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 2
- Seminary extension. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- Adultery. 1
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism--Peru. 1
- Animism. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible. 1
- Cashibo People--Peru. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church--Peru. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Christian Reformed Church -- Missions. 1
- Christian education -- Ecuador. 1
- Christian education -- India. 1
- Christian education -- Peru. 1
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
- Christian education, Outdoor. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- India. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Japan. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Church and social problems -- Congresses. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church development, New -- United States. 1
- Church development, New. 1
- Church discipline. 1
- Church growth -- India. 1
- Church growth -- Japan. 1
- Church schools 1
- Church schools -- United States. 1
- Church work with prisoners -- Montana. 1
- Church work with prisoners. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Church work with youth -- India. 1
- Church work with youth -- Japan. 1
- Church work with youth -- United States. 1
- Cities and towns -- Nigeria. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- City missions -- Japan. 1
- City missions. 1
- Cocaine Industry--Peru. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- College students. 1
- Communication -- Congresses. 1
- Communication. 1
- Communism and Christianity. 1
- Communism--Peru. 1
- Community development -- Christianity. 1
- Community development. 1
- Correspondence schools and courses 1
- Correspondence schools and courses -- India. 1 ∧ less
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