Atef Sami Barnaba Oral History Interviews
Brief Description
Oral history interviews conducted by Paul Ericksen in which Barnaba talks about the background of his Egyptian Christian family; the Evangelical Christian community in Egypt; work among Christian students in Cairo; relations between Muslims, Evangelical Christians, and Orthodox Coptic Christians; Western missionaries; the ministry of women in the Egyptian church; the government’s attitude toward Christian churches; attitudes of Western churches toward Egyptian churches.
Dates
- 1994 January 24 and 31
Creator
- Barnaba, Atef Sami. (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research with no restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright to the sound recordings in this collection is held by the Evangelism and Missions Archives of Wheaton College.
Biographical Information
Full name: Atef Sami Barnaba
Birth: January 7, 1955, in Cairo, Egypt
Marital Status: Married to Salwa Sobhi
Conversion: At a Christian camp at the age of 8, a deeper commitment at age of 16
Ordination: 1996?
Education:
Career:
Other significant information:
Extent
4 Audio Tapes
191 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Accessions: 94-06, 94-08
Provenance
The materials in this collection were given to the Archives of the Billy Graham Center by Atef Sami Barnaba in January 1994.
- Assemblies of God -- Missions -- Egypt.
- Barnaba, News.
- Barnaba, Salwa Sobhi.
- Christian converts from Islam -- Egypt.
- Christian leadership -- Egypt.
- Christian life.
- Christian literature -- Publishing -- Egypt.
- Church and state -- Egypt.
- Church work with students -- Egypt.
- College students -- Egypt -- Religious life.
- Conversion -- Christianity -- Egypt.
- Coptic Church -- Egypt.
- Discipling (Christianity)
- Egypt -- Religion.
- Evangelical Theological Seminary (Cairo, Egypt)
- Evangelicalism -- Egypt.
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Coptic Church.
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Islam.
- Evangelistic work -- Egypt.
- Evangelistic work -- Jordan.
- Indigenous church administration -- Egypt.
- Interdenominational cooperation -- Egypt.
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
- Kasr el-Dobara Presbyterian Church (Cairo, Egypt)
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missions -- Egypt.
- Missions -- Jordan.
- Missions to Muslims -- Egypt.
- Muslims -- Egypt.
- Part-time missionaries -- Egypt.
- Pentecostalism -- Egypt.
- Pentecostals -- Egypt.
- Persecution -- Egypt.
- Prayer groups -- Egypt.
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- Egypt.
- Presbyterians -- Egypt.
- Public worship -- Egypt -- Christianity.
- Revivals -- Egypt.
- Revivals -- Palestine.
- Rizk, Maher Fouad.
- Sex role -- Egypt.
- Sex role -- Middle East.
- Trasher, Lillian Hunt, 1887-1961.
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history.
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1990s
- Whitman, Roy.
- Women -- Religious life -- Egypt.
- Women evangelists -- Egypt.
- Women in church work -- Egypt.
Creator
- Barnaba, Atef Sami. (Interviewee, Person)
- Ericksen, Paul. (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Atef Sami Barnaba Oral History Interview (Collection 497)
- Author
- Robert Shuster, processing archivist
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Roman Script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository