Collection 494 Oral History Interview with Jeffrey R. Wetherill
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Jeffrey R. Wetherill in which he discusses his childhood, parents, interest in sports, conversion, involvement with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, work as a Youth for Christ club director, youth pastor at an Evangelical Mennonite Church, joining Greater Europe Mission (GEM), youth work in Dublin, Ireland, relations between Irish Catholics and evangelical Protestants, and GEM methods of ministry in Ireland. The time period covered by the interviews is 1966 to 1993.
Jeffrey R. Wetherill was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 1, 1993 at the Billy Graham Center Archives Center at Wheaton College.
Dates
- Created: 1993
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Full Name: Jeffrey Robert Wetherill
Birth: March 28, 1966, Columbus, Ohio
Family:
Parents: Robert and Dionne Wetherill
Marital Status: Married Susan Kienle, August 1988
Conversion: August 1983
Education:
1984-1988 - Taylor University (BA)
1993-1995 - Wheaton College (MA)
Career:
1985-1987 - Club director, Youth For Christ, Taylor University, Gas City, Indiana
1987-1990 - Youth pastor, Upland Evangelical Mennonite Church, Upland, Indiana
1990 - Youth ministry in Dublin, Ireland, with Greater Europe Mission
Extent
2 Audio Tapes
110 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The materials in this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Jeffrey R. Wetherill in October 1993.
Accession: 93-110
April 10, 2001
Wayne D. Weber
- Catholic Church -- Ireland.
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Evangelicalism.
- Catholic Church.
- Christian leadership.
- Christian life.
- Conversion -- Christianity.
- Dublin (Ireland)
- Evangelical Mennonite Church (1948-2003)
- Evangelicalism -- Ireland.
- Evangelicalism.
- Evangelistic work -- Ireland.
- Evangelistic work.
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
- Greater Europe Mission.
- Lay missionaries.
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missionaries.
- Missions -- Great Britain.
- Missions -- Ireland.
- Operation Mobilisation.
- Palau, Luis, 1934-
- Religion and sports.
- Taylor University (Upland, Ind.)
- Wetherill, Jeffrey R.
- Wetherill, Susan.
- Wheaton College (Ill.)
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Billy Graham Scholarship Program.
- Youth
- Youth -- Religious life.
- Youth for Christ/USA.
- Title
- Collection 494 Oral History Interview with Jeffrey R. Wetherill
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository