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Contento, Paul A.

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Almond Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 680
Scope and Contents

Diaries and oral history interviews documenting the work of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (China Inland Mission) workers Louis Almond, his first wife Stella and his second wife Helen in China (1949-1951), Thailand and the United States. Helen’s interview also describes the activities of the United States office of OMF, where she worked for many years.

Dates: 1949-1951, 2015-2016

David H. Adeney Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 393
Brief Description Adeney’s correspondence, writings (articles, books), lecture and presentation manuscripts, subject files (especially files on various China-related topics) he compiled from many sources, notebooks and loose notes, a photo album, photographs and slides, and two oral history interviews. Together these span his career as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States, leader with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,...
Dates: Created: 1911-1994

Papers of Paul and Madia Contento, 1919-2022

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-006
Dates: 1919-2022

Paul A. Contento Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 472
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul A. Contento in which he discusses his childhood, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, going to China in 1928 as a China Inland Mission worker, evangelistic work in Ningxia province (Inner Mongolia) and work among university students in southwest and northwest China, founding of the Inter-Varsity student movements in China, Singapore and Vietnam; Calvin Chao; the Sino-Japanese war; the communist takeover in China; founding of Singapore Bible...
Dates: Created: 19992

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Unprocessed Material 1
 
Subject
China -- History -- 1949- 3
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
College students -- Religious life. 3
Missions -- Singapore. 3
Persecution -- China. 3
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Bible colleges. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
Church work with students -- China. 2
Church work with students -- Philippines. 2
Church work with students. 2
Communism -- China. 2
Conversion -- Christianity. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missions -- Vietnam. 2
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 1
China -- History -- 1976-2002. 1
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989. 1
China -- Politics and government. 1
China -- Religion. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Chinese diaspora. 1
Chinese language. 1
Chinese students. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Church and social problems -- China. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church development, New -- Thailand. 1
Church work with foreign students. 1
Church work with refugees -- China. 1
Church work with students -- Hong Kong (China) 1
Church work with students -- Japan. 1
Church work with students -- Malaysia. 1
Church work with students -- United States. 1
Church work with students -- Vietnam. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Discipling (Christianity) 1
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. 1
Evangelicalism -- Great Britain. 1
Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- England. 1
Evangelistic work -- Singapore. 1
Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 1
Evangelistic work -- Study and teaching. 1
Evangelistic work -- Thailand. 1
Evangelistic work -- Vietnam. 1
House churches -- China. 1
Independent churches -- China. 1
Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Vietnam. 1
Journalism, Religious. 1
Korean War, 1950-1953. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
Missionaries -- Great Britain. 1
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 1
Missions -- Administration. 1
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation -- Thailand. 1
Missions -- Philippines. 1
Missions -- Romania. 1
Missions -- Study and teaching. 1
Missions -- Thailand. 1
Missions to Muslims -- China. 1
Missions to Muslims. 1
Missions, Medical -- China. 1
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni and alumnae. 1
Part-time missionaries. 1
Prayer -- Christianity. 1
Prayer groups -- United States. 1
Prayer. 1
Preaching. 1
Revivals -- China. 1
Rural churches -- China. 1
Rural missions -- China. 1
Thai language 1
Theology -- Study and teaching -- China. 1
Three-self movement. 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975. 1
Witness bearing (Christianity). 1
World War, 1939-1945. 1
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