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Gration, John Alexander, 1929-

 Person

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 230 Oral History Interview with John A. Gration

 Collection
Identifier: CN 230
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John Alexander Gration (1926-2012). Topics discussed include: Gration's Christian activities in high school and the U.S. Navy, education at Moody Bible Institute, Gordon College, and Wheaton College; his spiritual growth and call to become a missionary, his marriage, and his first impressions of and missionary experiences with Africa Inland mission in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Christianity and culture, animism, superstition, AIM...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 447 Oral History Interview with Scott J. Harbert

 Collection
Identifier: CN 447
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Scott Jeffrey Harbert in which he discusses his family, growing up, meeting his father as an adult, influences on his childhood and adolescence, contacts with Shintoism in Japan, problem with marijuana, conversion to Christianity and influence of Richard Foster, college education and participation in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, work as a staff member at the IVCF headquarters, marriage to Barbara Gration, the development of Concerts of Prayer, short-term...
Dates: Created: 1992

Collection 508 Oral History Interviews with Barbara L. Collins

 Collection
Identifier: CN 508
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Barbara Lynn (Miner) Collins in which she describes her childhood; family's religious background; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development in college and young professional life; acceptance as a missionary by Africa Inland Mission (AIM); arrival on the mission field in Kenya; work among the Rendile and Kikuyu peoples; raising children on the mission field; development of women's program at Africa Inland Church Missionary College; work among women refugees...
Dates: Created: 1995

Collection 614 Records of the Trinary Consultation

 Collection
Identifier: CN 614
Scope and Contents

Papers, recordings of meeting sessions, planning materials and other documents from the Trinary Consultation, which examined how Christians in the late twentieth century should present the Christian gospel in large urban settings. The meeting was co-sponsored by Moody Bible Institute, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Wheaton College.

Dates: Created: 1985-1986

Collection 724 Margery E. Dickinson Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: CN 724
Brief Description This collection consists of Dickinson's prayer letters to her supporters; copies of "Gleaning's for God's Servants," the newsletters of the counseling ministry of the Bible Clubs Movement (BCM), and oral history interviews with Dickinson. The materials describe her background, education, and decades of ministry in the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo forming Bible clubs, training Bible club teachers, preparing curricula for the clubs, and providing counseling services for...
Dates: 1965-2021

Institute for Advanced Christian Studies Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-241
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2013

Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) records.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 5
Identifier: 1994-031
Dates: 1960-1991

John Gration audio recording, "Questions to Ask a Mission Board".

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1984-073
Dates: 1981

John Gration files on Africa and missions.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1996-002
Dates: Undated

John Gration oral history interview.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2001-072
Dates: 2001

John Gration oral history interviews.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1996-017
Dates: 1996

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 6
Unprocessed Material 5
 
Subject
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
Christianity and culture. 5
Evangelistic work. 5
Missionaries. 4
Missions -- Kenya. 4
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Church work with youth. 3
Language in missionary work. 3
Missions -- Africa. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Polygamy. 3
Swahili language. 3
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Animism. 2
Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Belgium -- Colonies. 2
Belgium. 2
Bible colleges -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Bible colleges. 2
Christian life. 2
Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 2
Church discipline. 2
Church work with military personnel -- United States. 2
Church work with military personnel. 2
Church work with youth -- United States. 2
College students. 2
Conversion -- Christianity. 2
Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 2
Education 2
Education -- Zaire. 2
Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Zaire. 2
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
Indigenous church administration 2
Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
Missions -- Congresses. 2
Missions -- Zaire. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Nationalism -- Zaire. 2
Nationalism. 2
Polygamy -- Zaire. 2
Prayer. 2
Rural missions. 2
Superstition -- Zaire. 2
Superstition. 2
Tribes -- Zaire. 2
Tribes. 2
Women missionaries. 2
African Americans -- Missions. 1
African Americans. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible. 1
Burn out (Psychology) 1
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Christian education -- Kenya. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christianity and politics. 1
Church and social problems -- Congresses. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Kenya. 1
Church and state. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church work with children. 1
Church work with refugees -- Kenya. 1
Church work with refugees. 1
Church work with students -- United States. 1
Church work with students. 1
Cities and towns. 1
City churches. 1
City missions. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students -- United States. 1
College students in missionary work -- United States. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Community development. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History. 1
Counseling -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Crime and criminals 1
Crime and criminals -- United States. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education (Christian theology) 1
Education of women. 1
Eldoret (Kenya) 1
Evangelistic work -- Biblical teaching. 1
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 1
Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 1
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Fund raising. 1
Hispanic Americans -- Missions. 1
Hispanic Americans. 1
Illiteracy. 1
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