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Collection 556 Oral History Interview with Lloyd C. Blue

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Identifier: CN 556
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Lloyd C. Blue, in which he describes the turmoil in his early history, alcoholism, racial attitudes, military service, conversion, attending Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Los Angeles, E.V. Hill, working with Campus Crusade, impact of Bill Bright’s “Being Filled With the Holy Spirit” sermon, developing church-based program to disciple men, pastoral work, philosophy of evangelism/discipleship, discipling pastors, E.K. Bailey, Church Growth Unlimited to develop...
Dates: Created: 1933-1998

Collection 375 Oral History Interview with Suzanne Griggins

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Identifier: CN 375
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Suzanne Elizabeth Griggins (T3-T4) in which she describes her work as a lawyer at the Mendenhall Ministries Law Office, including examples of cases. Other topics discussed include: Griggins’ conversion and spiritual growth; political, legal, educational, racial and social conditions in rural Mississippi; voter registration; pastor Artis Fletcher; the Ku Klux Klan; and the church's response to injustice. The collection also includes an orientation session (T1-T2)...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 371 Oral History Interview with C.J. Jones

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Identifier: CN 371
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Cornelius Jerome "C.J." Jones about his childhood, work with the civil rights movement, John Perkins and the Voice of Calvary, Dolphus Weary and The Mendenhall Ministries, his philosophy of ministry, the impact of TMM on the community, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1944 to 1987.C. J. Jones was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 25, 1987, at the Mendenhall Ministries office in Mendenhall,...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 366 Oral History Interview with Lemuel Tucker

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Identifier: CN 366
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Lemuel Simpson Tucker (1952-1989)in which he describes his childhood and family, spiritual growth, education, leadership of Voice of Calvary Ministries (VOCM), John Perkins, VOCM's ministry in Jackson, Mississippi, evangelism in the African American community, Mendenhall Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi. Other topics discussed include the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's 1975 Deep South Crusade in Jackson; racism in America; the African...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 364 Oral History Interview with Spencer W. Perkins

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Identifier: CN 364
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Spencer W. Perkins (1954-1998) in which he discusses his childhood in California and Mississippi; attending black and white schools; relations with his father, John Perkins; the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the late 60s and early 70s; and the work of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS. The time period covered by the interview is 1954-1987.Spencer Perkins was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 18, 1987 at the Voice of Calvary...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 398 Oral History Interview with Wayne L. Gordon

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Identifier: CN 398
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Wayne LeRoy Gordon, pastor of Lawndale Community Church, a nondenominational church in Chicago's predominantly black community, Lawndale. Topics covered include Gordon's youth, the influence of his family on his spiritual growth, his call to work in the black community, his education at Wheaton College, ministry through Lawndale Community Church in Chicago (its structure, various ministries, including health care, education, and recreation), and the African...
Dates: Created: 1988

Collection 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers

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Identifier: CN 431
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with T. Michael Flowers (1920-2015) in which he describes growing up in the Bahamas, the influence on his life of W. H. Farrington, his conversion, his evangelistic work in the Bahamas, his education in Scotland, a brief description of Billy Graham in Scotland in 1946, and the beginning of his evangelistic work in the United States. The second interview covers Flowers' ministry in Canada, Whitfield and B. M. Nottage, the Plymouth Brethren church and its church...
Dates: Created: 1990-1995

Collection 373 Oral History Interview with Dolphus Weary

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Identifier: CN 373
Scope and Contents

Oral hisotry interview with Dolphus Douglas Weary, in which he describes his childhood, education and religious training in rural Mississippi, conversion, leadership in Voice of Calvary Ministries and Mendenhall Ministries, impressions of John Perkins, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1948-1987.

Dolphus Weary was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25, 1987 at the Mendenhall Ministries headquarters in Mendenhall, Mississippi.

Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 386 Oral History Interview with Charles H. Dawson

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Identifier: CN 386
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Charles H. Dawson (1916-2000) in which he describes his family background; conversion; involvement in street preaching; jail ministry and other work in the Camden area; involvement in the work of the Afro-American Missionary Crusade; and philosophy of Christian work. Other topics discussed include Dawson's training at the New Jersey Bible School; street preaching; Montrose Waite; Dawson's trips to Africa from the 1960s through the 1980s; training African...
Dates: Created: 1988

Collection 368 Oral History Interview with Vera Mae Perkins

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Identifier: CN 368
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 419 Oral History Interviews with Crawford W. Loritts, Jr.

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Identifier: CN 419
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Crawford Wheeler Loritts, Jr., in which he discusses his childhood; family; conversion; education at Philadelphia College of Bible; perception of racial conditions as he experienced them; evangelistic ministry; church planting projects with of Black Evangelistic Enterprise in Canton, Mississippi, and with Tony Evans in Dallas Other topics discussed include: American Missionary Fellowship; Tony Evans; Here's Life Black America;...
Dates: Created: 1989-1990

Collection 374 Oral History Interviews with Artis Fletcher

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Identifier: CN 374
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Artis Edwards Fletcher in which he discusses his childhood, education, and work as pastor of the Mendenhall Bible Church. Also discussed are John Perkins, Voice of Calvary Ministries, the black church in the United States, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interviews is 1944-1987.

Artis Fletcher was interviewed in by Paul Ericksen at office at the Mendenhall Bible Church, Mendenhall, MS on June 26, 1987.

Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker

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Identifier: CN 413
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Matthew Parker in which he describes his childhood, family, education, conversion, study at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and work/study at Wheaton College, ministry with Campus Crusade in its sports ministry and with Overseas Crusades sports evangelism ministry (Venture for Victory w/ Bud Schaeffer), the 1984 and 1986 National Summits on Black Church Development, the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America, the Afro-American community, white...
Dates: Created: 1989

Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins

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Identifier: CN 367
Scope and Contents Oral history interview, video tapes, and promotional material, relating to the ministry of John Perkins, author, speaker, and founder and President Emeritus of Voice of Calvary Ministries.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with John PerkinsInterview with John Perkins in which he describes his childhood in rural Mississippi, his conversion, the formation of VOCM, its program and significant events and individuals in its...
Dates: Created: 1983-1995

L. Nelson Bell Papers

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Identifier: CN 318
Brief Description Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates: 1923-1973

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Church and social problems. 14
Racism -- United States. 14
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Christian life. 13
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Church and social problems -- United States. 11
Conversion. 11
Family. 11
Race relations. 11
Discrimination -- United States. 10
Discrimination. 10
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 9
Community development. 8
Evangelicalism. 8
African Americans -- Religious life. 7
Civil rights movements 7
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Evangelicalism -- United States. 7
Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 7
Evangelistic work -- United States. 7
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Alcoholism -- United States 6
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 6
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Names
Perkins, John, 1930- 10
Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 7
Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 7
Fletcher, Artis. 5
Perkins, Vera Mae. 4
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Weary, Dolphus., 1946- 4
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 3
Bright, Bill. 3
Campus Crusade for Christ. 3
Griggins, Suzanne. 3
Tucker, Lem. 3
Blue, Lloyd C. 2
Evans, Tony, 1949- 2
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
Institute for Black Family Development. 2
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 2
Mendenhall Bible Church (Miss.) 2
Parker, Matthew, 1945- 2
Skinner, Tom, 1942- 2
Sports Ambassadors. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) 2
Africa Inland Mission. 1
African American Missionary Crusade. 1
American Missionary Fellowship. 1
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Athletes in Action (Organization) 1
Bailey, E. K. 1
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. 1
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Black Evangelistic Enterprise. 1
Bryan College. 1
Buckley, R. A. 1
Butt, Howard E., Jr. (Howard Edward), 1927-2016. 1
Center for Black Church Development (Detroit, Mich.) 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Christianity Today International. 1
Church Growth Unlimited. 1
Church, Donald Lee, 1934-2020. 1
Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
Dawson, Charles H.,, 1916- 1
Destiny, Inc. 1
Farrington, W. H. 1
Flowers, Ella. 1
Flowers, T. Martin. 1
Flowers, T. Michael. 1
Gordon, Wayne. 1
Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music (Mich.) 1
Hendrix, Olan. 1
Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
Here's Life Black America. 1
Hill, E. V. (Edward Victor), 1933- 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. 1
Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 1
Jones, Cornelius J. 1
June, Lee N. 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. 1
Langford, Sidney. 1
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
Lawndale Community Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Loritts, Crawford W. 1
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
McQuilkin, J. Robertson, 1927- 1
Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Narramore Christian Foundation. 1
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 1
New Jersey Bible Training School. 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 1
Nottage, B. M. 1
Nottage, William. 1
OC International. 1
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 1
Pannell, William E. 1
Perkins, Spencer, 1954- 1
Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971. 1
Philadelphia College of the Bible. 1
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
Reagan, Ronald. 1
Religious Alliance Against Pornography. 1
Schaeffer, Bud. 1
Southern Gospel Mission Association. 1
Tuskegee Institute. 1
United Bible Conference. 1
United Missionary Conference. 1
Vaus, Jim. 1
Venture for Victory. 1
Waite, Montrose, 1891-1977. 1
Washington Bible College (Lanham, Md.) 1
Weary, Rosie. 1
Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
William Tyndale College (Farmington Hills, Mich.) 1
World Council of Churches. 1
World Vision International. 1
World Wide Pictures, Inc. 1
Zhongguo guo min dang. 1
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