Collection 395 Oral History Interview with Rafael Maldonado, Jr.
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Rafael Maldonado, Jr. in which describes his childhood; conversion; education and training for ministry at Moody Bible Institute and Calvin Theological Seminary; ministry with Chicago’s Hispanic communities; and role as a pastor at Hope Christian Fellowship to the Puerto Rican community in Chicago. Other topics discussed include: completion of the SCUPE program; apprenticeship for Urban Ministry, the Spirit and Truth Fellowship Church under Manuel Ortiz; church's holistic evangelistic outreach to his community, including a school, food pantry and thrift shop; challenges of church planting; congregational life; strengths and weaknesses of church; relationship with other Hispanic pastors; worship and leadership; challenges of urban ministry; adapting the gospel to the Puerto Rican community's context, and that community's social conditions. The time period covered by the interview is 1952 to 1988.
Rafael Maldonado, Jr., was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 30, 1988 at Hope Christian Fellowship in Chiago, Illinois.
Dates
- Created: 1988
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical or Historical Information
Full name: Rafael Maldonado, Jr.
Birth date: October 31, 1952
Birth place: Chicago, Illinois
Conversion: 1976
Marital Status: Married to Teresa
Children: Five :
Education:
Moody Bible Institute, graduating in 1982
Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE) Program
Training Apprenticeship for Urban Ministry, Calvin Theological Seminary
Career:
1983- Pastor of Hope Christian Fellowship, Chicago, Illinois
Extent
3 Audio Tapes
176 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The materials in this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Rafael Maldonado, Jr. in June 1988.
Accession 88-75
June 6, 1995
Janyce H. Nasgowitz
- Calvin Theological Seminary.
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Church history.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Ethnic relations.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
- Christian Reformed Church.
- Christian education -- United States.
- Christian education.
- Christian leadership.
- Christian life.
- Christianity and culture.
- Church and social problems -- United States.
- Church and social problems.
- Church development, New -- United States.
- Church development, New.
- Church discipline.
- Church work with the poor -- United States.
- Church work with the poor.
- City missions -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- City missions.
- Community development -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- Community development.
- Conversion.
- Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy.
- Evangelistic work.
- Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
- Hispanic Americans -- Religious life.
- Hispanic Americans -- Social life and customs.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Maldonado, Rafael, Jr., 1952-
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni.
- Moody Bible Institute.
- Music -- United States.
- Ortiz, Manuel, 1938-
- Poverty.
- Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Ethnic identity.
- Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Religion.
- Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions.
- Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social life and customs.
- Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- Race relations.
- Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education.
- Theological seminaries -- United States.
- Theological seminaries.
- Worship.
- Title
- Collection 395 Oral History Interview with Rafael Maldonado, Jr.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Roman Script
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository