Collection 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with T. Michael Flowers (1920-2015) in which he describes growing up in the Bahamas, the influence on his life of W. H. Farrington, his conversion, his evangelistic work in the Bahamas, his education in Scotland, a brief description of Billy Graham in Scotland in 1946, and the beginning of his evangelistic work in the United States. The second interview covers Flowers' ministry in Canada, Whitfield and B. M. Nottage, the Plymouth Brethren church and its church planting, his call to ministry, his wife's role, race relations in the US, ministry in Georgia, church discipline, Tom Skinner, evangelistic use of radio, United Bible Conference and United Missionary Conference, Southern Gospel Mission Association, Tony Evans, John Perkins, Bill Pannell, preaching, Billy Graham's 1994 Atlanta crusade, and other evangelism-related subjects. The time period covered by the interviews is 1920-1994.
Michael Flowers was interviewed by Robert Shuster on June 14, 1990 in Dayton, Tennessee and by Paul Ericksen on January 20, 1995 in Lethonia, Georgia.
Dates
- Created: 1990-1995
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Full Name: Rev. Theodore Michael Flowers
Birth Date: March 28, 1920 (officially April 1)
Birth Place: St. Andros Island, Bahamas
Parents: Alfred and Hilda Flowers--father a fisherman and sponger
Conversion: Age 17 in Nassau, Bahamas
Marital Status: Married Ella Mons on December 15, 1951
Children: Sharon Lynette and Talbot Martin
Education: Glasgow Bible Institute; 1947-1949
Career:
1942-1947 Factory work in England
1949 Committed to the ministry by the Bahamas Assemblies (Plymouth Brethren)
1951-1954? Grace Tabernacle, Detroit
1955 Moved to Savannah, GA
1967 Planned Tom Skinner crusade in Savannah
Began the Good News radio program
1969 Started the United Bible Conference
1978 Started the United Missionary Conference
1982 Moved to Atlanta, GA
1990 Received honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Carver Bible Institute
Memberships:
?-1994 Southern Gospel Mission Association, President and Executive Director
1981-1989 Columbia Bible College, Board of Directors
Extent
6.00 Audio Tapes
324 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The materials for this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by T. Michael Flowers in June 1990 and January 1995.
Accession 90-66, 95-16
July 26, 1995
Mark Congdon
J. Nasgowitz
- African Americans -- Missions.
- African Americans -- Religious life.
- African Americans -- Segregation.
- African Americans -- Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Bible colleges -- Great Britain.
- Bible colleges.
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
- Christian leadership.
- Church and social problems -- United States.
- Church and social problems.
- Church development, New.
- Church discipline.
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.)
- Conversion -- Christianity.
- Evangelistic work -- Bahamas.
- Evangelistic work -- Canada.
- Evangelistic work -- Georgia.
- Evangelistic work -- Great Britain.
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy.
- Evangelistic work.
- Evans, Tony, 1949-
- Families.
- Farrington, W. H.
- Fasting.
- Flowers, Ella.
- Flowers, T. Martin.
- Flowers, T. Michael.
- Georgia -- Race relations.
- Georgia -- Religious life and customs.
- Georgia -- Social life and customs.
- Georgia.
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
- McQuilkin, J. Robertson, 1927-
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missionaries.
- Missions -- Congresses -- United States.
- Missions -- Congresses.
- Nottage, B. M.
- Nottage, William.
- Pannell, William E.
- Perkins, John, 1930-
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions.
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
- Prayer groups.
- Prayer.
- Preaching.
- Race relations.
- Racism -- United States.
- Racism.
- Radio in religion -- United States.
- Radio in religion.
- Sex role -- Religious aspects.
- Sex role -- United States.
- Sex role.
- Skinner, Tom, 1942-
- Southern Gospel Mission Association.
- United Bible Conference.
- United Missionary Conference.
- Women
- Women -- Religious life.
- Title
- Collection 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers
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- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository