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Tape T7. S. Douglas Birdsall oral history interview {UNPROCESSED}

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2025-031

Content Description

April 23, 2025. Digital recording, 102 minutes, 0.51 GB, WAV format. Language: English. Interview conducted by Paul Ericksen at the Archives office at Wheaton College. Topics covered include: reflections on the 1989 Lausanne II Congress in Manila (including personalities, logistics, relocation from Singapore to Manila, facilities, Thomas Wang, Luis Bush, and the AD 2000 Movement, interactions, and synergies among participants, and more), the 2004 Forum in Pattaya, Thailand, his being appointed executive chairperson of the Movement in 2004, aspirations for his term as chairperson, deciding to convene the 2010 Congress in Cape Town and planning team and dynamics, interpersonal conflict, and influential figures (Ramez Atallah, John Stott, Hwa Yung, Lindsay Brown, Tom Houston, Paul Eshleman, Terry Douglas, Ed Dayton, Moss Ntlha, Henry Orombi). Time period covered 1989-2011.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Donated to the Evangelism and Missions Archives by Birdsall and interviewer Ericksen.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 2025 April 23

Creator

Extent

1 Sound Recording

103 Minutes

0.52 Gigabytes (WAV file)