Collection 165 Records of Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, maps, posters, etc., related to EFMA Administration and its service to its member missions.
Includes documentation of persecution of Protestants in Roman Catholic Colombia, Italy and Spain; efforts to broaden American awareness of conditions; and attempts to apply pressure through the US State Dept. Persons prominently featured include EFMA's Executive Directors Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, and Paul McKaughan. Various mission-related subjects are documented, as well as Evangelicalism in the US primarily but also throughout the world.
Dates
- Created: 1937-1996
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical or Historical Information
Association of Evangelical denominational and nondenominational mission boards. Begun as a commission of the National Association of Evangelicals in 1943; incorporated autonomously in Washington DC in 1945. EFMA consisted of various mission boards and aimed to serve the common interests of members in government relations, cooperative purchasing and travel, inter-mission relations and fellowship. EFMA coordinated education/training opportunities, dissemination of information, research, and annual meetings and retreats. Led by Clyde Taylor (1945-1974), Wade Coggins (1974-1989) and Paul McKaughan (1990- ). Changed its name from Evangelical Foreign Missions Association to Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies in 1992.
Extent
100.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Other Descriptive Information
- Anti-communist movements.
- Association of Church Missions Committees.
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church. -- Colombia.
- Catholic Church. -- Italy.
- Catholic Church. -- Protestant churches.
- Catholic Church. -- Spain.
- Catholic Church. -- United States.
- Children of missionaries.
- Chinese
- Chinese -- Missions.
- Christian education.
- Christian leadership.
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution.
- Christian literature.
- Christian martyrs.
- Christianity and culture.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Church and social problems.
- Church and state -- Colombia.
- Church and state -- Italy.
- Church and state -- Spain.
- Church and state -- United States.
- Church and state -- Zaire.
- Church and state.
- Coggins, Wade T.
- Committee to Assist Missionary Education Overseas.
- Communication.
- Communism
- Communism -- China.
- Communism.
- Corporations, Religious
- Corporations, Religious -- Taxation.
- Counseling.
- Ecumenical movement.
- Evangelical Committee on Latin America.
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association.
- Evangelical Literature Overseas.
- Evangelical Missions Information Service.
- Evangelicalism -- Africa.
- Evangelicalism -- Asia.
- Evangelicalism -- Catholic Church.
- Evangelicalism -- Central America.
- Evangelicalism -- Latin America.
- Evangelicalism -- North America.
- Evangelicalism -- South America.
- Evangelicalism -- United States.
- Evangelicalism.
- Evangelistic work -- Africa.
- Evangelistic work -- Asia.
- Evangelistic work -- Central America.
- 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 -- South America.
- Evangelistic work.
- Frizen, E. L.
- Fund raising.
- Fundamentalism.
- Indigenous church administration.
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America.
- Interdenominational cooperation
- Interdenominational cooperation -- United States.
- International relief.
- Islam
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968.
- Jones, Bob, 1911-1997.
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.
- Liberalism (Religion)
- Management.
- Mass media in missionary work.
- McKaughan, Paul.
- Missionaries -- Training of.
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs.
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc.
- Missionaries' spouses.
- Missionaries, Resignation of.
- Missionaries.
- Missions -- Educational work.
- Missions -- Africa.
- Missions -- Asia.
- Missions -- Biblical teaching.
- Missions -- Central America.
- Missions -- China.
- Missions -- Congresses.
- Missions -- Europe.
- Missions -- Finance.
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation.
- Missions -- North America.
- Missions -- South America.
- Missions -- Study and teaching.
- Missions -- Theory.
- Missions -- Zaire.
- Missions.
- National Association of Evangelicals.
- Nationalism.
- Organizational change.
- Pentecostalism.
- Persecution
- Persecution -- Colombia.
- Persecution -- Italy.
- Persecution -- Spain.
- Persecution.
- Personnel management.
- Radio in missionary work.
- Religious institutions.
- Taylor, Clyde W.
- Terrorism
- United States -- Foreign Relations -- Colombia.
- United States -- Foreign relations
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Italy.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
- Wheaton '83 (1983 : Billy Graham Center, Wheaton, Ill.)
- World Council of Churches.
- World Evangelical Fellowship.
Subject
- Robert P. Evans, 1918-2011. (Person)
- Title
- Collection 165 Records of Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies
- 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