Collection 554 Oral History Interview with Drazen Glavas
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Dražen Glavaš in which he describes his childhood in Croatia; the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia; his conversion while at university; various experiences working for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), including a year in Moscow; the war in Croatia in the early 1990s; the development of a ministry among university students in that county; observations on American Christianity compared with Croatia. The events described in the interview cover the time period 1968-1998.
Dražen Glavaš was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 16 and 23, 1998 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
Dates
- Created: 1998
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical or Historical Information
Full Name: Dražen Glavaš
Birth: April 24, 1968 in Nova Gradiska, Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia)
Death: December 2, 2017
Family:
Parents: Stank and Ljubcia Glavaš
Marital Status: Married to Jodi Rade Schroder Glavaš
Children: Three sons, Dominik, Andrej, Jan
Conversion: While at university
Education:
1993 - University of Zagreb, BA, Economics
1999 - Wheaton College, Masters in Communications
2012 - Wheaton College, Masters in Evangelism & Leadership
Career:
1991-1992 - Part of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) Year Team in Moscow, Russia
1992-1993 - Assisted with the publishing program of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia. Edited the student magazine Korak
1993-1997 - International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (national name of ZES changed to STEP in this period) – General Secretary
1999-2001 - Renewing Our Minds Initiative – Program Director
2001-? - Professor, Private Business College Vern’, Zagreb; President, Partner Business Association, Zagreb
Other significant information:
Leader of the Youth track of the Evangelical Alliance of Croatia and a member of the board of the Alliance; Croatia national coordinator of European Disability Symposium; a founder of the Christian Businessmen’s Association in Croatia; member of the Gideons.
Extent
4.00 Audio Tapes
234 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The materials in this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Dražen Glavaš in June 1998.
Accession: 98-40, 98-42
May 3, 2018
Bob Shuster
- Christian Business Men's Committee International.
- Church work with students -- Croatia.
- Church work with youth -- Croatia.
- College students -- Religious life -- Croatia.
- Croatia
- Europartners
- Evangelicalism -- United States.
- Evangelistic work -- Croatia.
- Evangelistic work -- Russia.
- Gideons International.
- Glavas, Drazen (1968-2017)
- Kuzmic, Peter.
- Missions -- Croatia.
- Moscow (Russia)
- Studentski Evandeoski Pokret.
- Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980.
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni.
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Graduate school.
Subject
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) (Organization)
Source
- Tada, Joni Eareckson. (Person)
- Title
- Collection 554 Oral History Interview with Drazen Glavas
- Author
- Bob Shuster
- 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