[NOTE: In the Arrangement section, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]

This collection constitutes almost all the existing written and printed records of the Chicago Call. Important papers include the detailed minutes of the planning committee and the conference; the correspondence of Robert Webber and Richard Holt (Treasurer) and Peter E. Gillquist, editor of Thomas Nelson, Inc., who published The Orthodox Evangelicals, a book on the meeting, and drafts of each section of The Chicago Call. The sections are: A Call to Historic Roots and Continuity; A Call to Biblical Fidelity; A Call to Creedal Identity; A Call to Holistic Salvation; A Call to Sacramental Integrity; A Call to Spirituality; A Call to Church Authority; and A Call to Church Unity. Also in the collection are drafts of the different chapters of the published book The Orthodox Evangelicals. Items of note in the Webber correspondence are: a negative reaction by Sharm Gallagher to the conference (3/14/77); a statement by Al Glenn on spirituality (4/25/77); a response to the invitation to attend by Henri Nouwen (2/4/1977); and two letters (Donald Bloesch 11/19/76 and Jim Hestrom 12/7/76) written in response to a manuscript sent by Webber; a reaction to Webber's editorial by Dr. E. H. Schludermann (9/6/74). Another item of note is the post-conference report by Robert Webber. Also included are copies of articles in the Newsweek, The Reformed Journal, and the New Oxford Review on the conference and other press reaction. Miscellaneous items include clippings on The Chicago Call, and Bulletin of the Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. The collection includes a copy of The Orthodox Evangelicals. The records are in general chronological order corresponding to the development of the conference.

The material in folder 2-17 concerns the preparation of The Orthodox Evangelicals' chapter, "A Call to Biblical Fidelity." The original draft of this chapter was written by James Daane, Professor of Theology and Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary. Inasmuch as it dealt extensively with the topic of Biblical inerrancy, it was found unacceptable by the book's publisher, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Daane declined to rewrite the chapter and when the book was published, the chapter on Biblical fidelity was authored by Roger Nicole of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (see folder 2-7).

The folder contains a draft of Daane's chapter (lacking page 1) with annotations by readers, and correspondence among Daane, Thomas Nelson Inc., and The Orthodox Evangelicals' senior editor, Robert Webber.