Collection 352 Records of the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA)
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions.
The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and John Percy.
Dates
- Created: 1934-1983, n.d.
Biographical or Historical Information
Association of Evangelical & Fundamentalist nondenominational mission agencies; founded in 1917 by several nondenominational mission agencies which no longer felt compatible with the growing ecumenical movement. On behalf of its members, IFMA coordinated annual conferences, provided a liasion in some governmental matters, offered endorsement on members' behalf to the Christian public, and assisted members to establish effective and responsible administrative practices. IFMA served the general Christian public by disseminating missions information and helping local congregations establish their own mission programs. IFMA declined an offer from the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association in 1946 to merge the two associations; they nevertheless worked cooperatively in scheduling concurrent annual conferences, developing joint committees, and providing training seminars. Until 1950, IFMA headquarters were located in facilities provided by the missions of IFMA's elected officers; permanent headquarters were located in: New York City, 1950-1960; Ridgefield, New Jersey, 1960-1973; and Wheaton, Illinois, 1973-present. IFMA's general secretaries included John Percy (1956-1963), Edwin L. Frizen (1963-1991).
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Language of Materials
English
Other Descriptive Information
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship.
- Africa Inland Mission.
- Anti-communist movements
- Anti-communist movements -- United States.
- Arctic Missions, Inc.
- Association of Church Missions Committees.
- Belgian Gospel Mission.
- Bible colleges
- Bible colleges -- United States.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church. -- Protestant churches.
- Children of missionaries.
- China Inland Mission.
- China.
- China. -- History
- China. -- History -- 1937-1945.
- Christian education.
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States.
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution.
- Christian literature.
- Church -- Biblical teaching.
- Church and state -- Turkey.
- Church and state -- United States.
- Church and state.
- Church development, New.
- Church.
- College students in missionary work.
- Committee to Assist Missionary Education Overseas.
- Communication in organizations.
- Communism.
- Corporate reorganizations.
- Corporations, Religious
- Corporations, Religious -- Taxation
- Corporations, Religious -- Taxation -- United States.
- Counseling.
- Ecumenical movement.
- Evangelical Alliance Mission.
- Evangelical Committee on Latin America.
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association.
- Evangelical Literature Overseas.
- Evangelical missions quarterly.
- Evangelicalism.
- Evangelistic work -- Africa.
- Evangelistic work -- Asia.
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965.
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses
- Evangelistic work -- Europe.
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy.
- Evangelistic work.
- Far East Broadcasting Company.
- Frizen, E. L.
- Fund raising.
- Fundamentalism.
- Gospel Missionary Union.
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
- Independent churches
- Independent churches -- United States.
- Indigenous church administration.
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America.
- International relief.
- Interorganizational relations
- Interorganizational relations -- United States.
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968.
- Journalism, Religious.
- Latin America Mission.
- Management.
- Mission Aviation Fellowship.
- Missionaries -- Training of.
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs.
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc.
- Missionaries.
- Missionary Internship.
- Missions -- Africa.
- Missions -- Asia.
- Missions -- Biblical teaching.
- Missions -- Caribbean Area.
- Missions -- Central America.
- Missions -- Congresses.
- Missions -- Europe.
- Missions -- Finance.
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation.
- Missions -- Middle East.
- Missions -- North America.
- Missions -- Oceania.
- Missions -- Public relations.
- Missions -- South America.
- Missions -- Study and teaching.
- Missions -- Theory.
- Missions to Muslims.
- Missions.
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy.
- Orinoco River Mission.
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship.
- Pentecostalism.
- Percy, John Otley,
- Personnel management.
- Refugees
- Refugees -- Afghanistan.
- Refugees -- Ethiopia.
- Regions Beyond Missionary Union.
- Religious institutions.
- SEND International.
- Short Terms Abroad (Organization)
- Slavic Gospel Association.
- Sudan Interior Mission.
- Theology
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia.
- Unevangelized Fields Mission.
- Wheaton '83 (1983 : Billy Graham Center, Wheaton, Ill.)
- Wheaton College (Ill.)
- World Evangelical Fellowship.
- World Relief.
- Worldwide Christian Education Ministries.
- Title
- Collection 352 Records of the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
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- Script of description
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- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Billy Graham Center Archives Repository