Collection 404 Oral History Interview with Rosanna Formanek
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Rosanna Formenak in which she discusses her family background; conversion; education at Nyack College and Columbia University in nursing; experiences as a missionary in Gabon with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; youth work, relationship between church and state in Gabon; medical work; and the strengths and weaknesses of the church in Gabon. Other topics discussed include the influence of Word of Life and Youth for Christ on Formenak’s spiritual growth, short-term mission service in Indonesia and Benin; health problems on the mission field; Africa Evangelical Fellowship, Albert Schweitzer's work in Lambarene, and indigenous religions in Gabon. The time period covered by the interviews is 1952-1988.
Rosanna Formanek was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 16, 1988 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
Dates
- Created: 1988
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Full Name: Rosanna Formanek Birth date: November 11, 1952 Birth place: Pennsylvania
Family:
Parents: Henry and Dorothy Forman (name changed from Formanek)
Siblings: Two brothers, three sisters
Marital Status: Single
Conversion: Made public profession on March 4, 1966 Membership and Denomination: Christian and Missionary Alliance
Education:
1970-1972 Nyack College, Nyack, New York
1972-1974 B.S.N., Columbia University, New York City
1975-1976? Toccoa Falls College
1979 Studied French language in France
1988-1989 M.A., Missions--Intercultural Studies, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
Career:
1977-1979 Deaconess (youth work, evangelism, Christian education), Orlando, Florida, and Watsontown, Pennsylvania
1979 Missionary, Sudan Interior Mission, Benin, West Africa (short-term)
1980-1988 Missionary, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Gabon, Africa, (nursing, evangelism, youth work, camping, Christian education, training school for national health workers)
Extent
2 Audio Tapes
108 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The material in this collection was given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Rosanna Formanek in 1988.
Accession 88-128
July 21, 1995
Janyce H. Nasgowitz
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship.
- Africa. -- Description and travel.
- Animism -- Gabon.
- Animism.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance.
- Christian education -- Gabon.
- Christian education.
- Church and state -- Gabon.
- Church and state.
- Columbia University.
- Conversion.
- Family.
- Formanek, Rosanna.
- Gabon
- Gabon -- Description and travel.
- Gabon -- Social life and customs.
- Lambarlaclenlacle (Moyen-Ogooulacle, Gabon)
- Medical care
- Medical care -- Gabon.
- Missionaries -- Training of.
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missionaries.
- Missions -- Africa.
- Missions -- Gabon.
- Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
- Missions, Medical.
- Nursing.
- Nyack College.
- Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
- Syncretism (Religion).
- Theological Education by Extension (Program)
- Traditional medicine
- Traditional medicine -- Gabon.
- Women
- Women -- Religious life.
- Women missionaries.
- Word of Life, Inc.
- Title
- Collection 404 Oral History Interview with Rosanna Formanek
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Roman Script
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository