Contento, Paul A., 1906-1997.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 472 Oral History Interview with Paul A. Contento
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
Collection 680 Papers of the Almond Family
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Bible colleges. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- China -- History -- 1949- 1
- China. -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- Chinese language. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Church development, New -- Thailand 1
- Church work with students. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Communism. 1
- Conversion. 1
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers 1
- Evangelistic work -- China -- History 1
- Evangelistic work -- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China -- History -- 1949- 1
- Evangelistic work -- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Hymns. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Singapore. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Thailand. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Vietnam. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Indigenous church administration 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Vietnam. 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries. 1
- Missions -- Administration. 1
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation -- Thailand 1
- Missions -- Singapore. 1
- Missions -- Thailand. 1
- Missions -- Vietnam. 1
- Missions to Muslims -- China. 1
- Missions to Muslims. 1
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 1
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Home Council (United States) 1
- Persecution 1
- Prayer -- Christianity 1
- Prayer groups -- United States. 1
- Preaching. 1
- Revivals -- China. 1
- Revivals. 1
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 1
- Thai language 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975. 1
- Witness bearing (Christianity). 1 ∧ less
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