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Collection 619 Oral History Interviews from Singapore Bible College
Collection
Identifier: CN 619
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Verda Poulson, E. N. Poulson, and Dr. Buela Violet James concerning their life experiences as Singapore Bible College (SBC) faculty and staff. Topics discussed include history of SBC, student life; gender division at SBC; mission education; SBC conservativism; development of degree programs; SBC leadership and lecturers; teaching styles; student fieldwork; Overseas Missionary Fellowship; evangelism efforts in Asia; church development; Singapore; cultural...
Dates:
2005
Collection 401 Oral History Interview with Karl G. Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 401
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Karl G. Dortzbach in which he describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups...
Dates:
Created: 1988-1989
Collection 448 Oral History Interviews with Seung-Hun Yang
Collection
Identifier: CN 448
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Seung-Hun Yang in which he discusses the discipline and devotion of the rural South Korean Presbyterian church he grew up in, the effects of the Korean War on the country, his father's example as a Christian and lay leader, the work of the Navigators abd Campus Crusade for Christ in Korea, Yang's education as a physicist, the introduction of creation science to Korea, his efforts to found a Christian university, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Korean...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 447 Oral History Interview with Scott J. Harbert
Collection
Identifier: CN 447
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Scott Jeffrey Harbert in which he discusses his family, growing up, meeting his father as an adult, influences on his childhood and adolescence, contacts with Shintoism in Japan, problem with marijuana, conversion to Christianity and influence of Richard Foster, college education and participation in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, work as a staff member at the IVCF headquarters, marriage to Barbara Gration, the development of Concerts of Prayer, short-term...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 647 Oral History Interview with Loren D. Cunningham
Collection
Identifier: CN 647
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Loren D. Cunningham, in which he describes his early life, family and influence of his mother and evangelist father, the Assemblies of God church and evangelistic mission, role of prayer in their family, other influences on his spiritual life, accounts of growing in his faith and learning to hear God speaking, call to worldwide mission as a young teenager, education, early mission trips, moving beyond Assemblies of God circles, meeting his wife Darlene, dream to...
Dates:
Created: 2009
Collection 398 Oral History Interview with Wayne L. Gordon
Collection
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 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection
Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 388 Oral History Interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco
Collection
Identifier: CN 388
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco in which she discusses her life and ministry in the Philippines, including her childhood, education, and work as a Bible school teacher. Other topics covered include theological education and evangelism in the Philippines; work with "Here's Life Philippines," sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ; the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church; Filipino culture; Muslim and Catholic communities in the Philippines; Ebenezer Bible College;...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 348 Oral History Interview with Sharon R. Simon
Collection
Identifier: CN 348
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Sharon "Sheri" Rose Simon in which she describes her childhood, conversion to Christianity, decision to become a missionary, internship in Mexico, and medical work in Haiti.Other topics discussed include: joining the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, raising financial support, common health problems, folk remedies, the relationship between the Haitian would view and health care, voodoo, the 1985-86 revolution in Haiti, relations between Catholics and...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 402 Papers of Debbie Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 402
Scope and Contents
Audio recordings, including an oral history interview, diary, and several letters, relating to the career and ministry of Debbie Dortzbach, missionary to Kenya and Eritrea with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and later the Reformed Presbyterian Church from 1973 to 1988.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview with Debbie Dortzbach in which she describes her describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, and missionary work in...
Dates:
Created: 1974-1989
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection
Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 508 Oral History Interviews with Barbara L. Collins
Collection
Identifier: CN 508
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Barbara Lynn (Miner) Collins in which she describes her childhood; family's religious background; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development in college and young professional life; acceptance as a missionary by Africa Inland Mission (AIM); arrival on the mission field in Kenya; work among the Rendile and Kikuyu peoples; raising children on the mission field; development of women's program at Africa Inland Church Missionary College; work among women refugees...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Collection 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla
Collection
Identifier: CN 361
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with René Padilla, in which he discusses his childhood, family, evangelism in Colombia and Ecuador, persecution by Catholics in Colombia, his education at Wheaton College, work among university students with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Latin America, evangelical theological education and liberation theology, the 1974 Lausanne Congress and covenant, the ministry of his church in Buenos Aires among drug addicts and slum dwellers, and the...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection
Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton
Collection
Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj
Collection
Identifier: CN 483
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Francis Sunderaraj in which he describes committing his life to Christ as a teenager in India; the development of his faith; the institutions and leadership of Evangelical Protestantism in India; Methodist churches in India and Malaysia; Sunderaraj's education at the Union Biblical Seminary in Yeotmal, India, Princeton Seminary, and Wheaton College; the development of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. The time period covered by the interviews is ca....
Dates:
Created: 1993
Wheaton College Revivals Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 514
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, questionnaires, reports, videos, and other materials relating to spontaneous revivals on Wheaton College campus in the twentieth century. There are restrictions on some material in this collection. The collection primarily documents the March 1995 revival at the College, largely through oral history interviews conducted during or shortly after the event; also included are thirteen follow-up interviews conducted two years after the revival.
Dates:
Created: 1936-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-1995
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1988
Collection 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection
Identifier: CN 311
Scope and Contents
Water color paintings and oral history interviews with Charles J. Guth, relating to Guth’s missionary work in Africa with the Sudan Interior Mission. Topics covered by the interviews include: Guth’s education at Wheaton College, preparation for the mission field as a worker with Sudan Interior Mission, his life, work, and contacts as a missionary among the Koma and Maban people of the Sudan; the culture of these peoples; the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in the Sudan,...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1985
Collection 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
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- Christianity and culture. 21
- Evangelistic work. 18
- College students. 16
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 16
- Missionaries. 16
- Conversion. 13
- Indigenous church administration 13
- Church and state. 12
- Christian life. 10
- College students in missionary work. 10
- Language in missionary work. 10
- Missionaries -- Training of. 10
- Women 10
- Women -- Religious life. 10
- Women missionaries. 10
- Children of missionaries. 9
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 9
- Catholic Church. 8
- Christian education. 8
- College students -- Religious life. 8
- College students -- United States 8
- Evangelicalism. 7
- Medical care 7
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 7
- Missions -- Finance. 7
- Religious institutions. 7
- Animism. 6
- Bible. 6
- Church and social problems. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 6
- Radio in missionary work. 6
- Revivals. 6
- Theological seminaries. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Worship. 6
- Bible -- Translating. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
- Christian leadership. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 5
- Family. 5
- Interdenominational cooperation. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 5
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 4
- Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 4
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 4
- Church work with students. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 4
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Lay missionaries. 4
- Marriage. 4
- Mass media in missionary work. 4
- Mass media in religion. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Kenya. 4
- Missions. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Persecution. 4
- Racism. 4
- Radio in religion. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 4
- Bible colleges 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Children of clergy. 3
- Children. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Communism. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Great Britain 3
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 3
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 3
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 3
- Liberation theology. 3
- Missions -- Congresses. 3
- Missions -- Ethiopia. 3
- Missions -- Rural work. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Nairobi (Kenya) 3
- Nationalism. 3
- Prayer groups. 3
- Prayer. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Assemblies of God -- Missions. 2
- Baptism. 2
- Children -- Religious life. 2
- Children of clergy. -- United States. 2
- Christian education -- Kenya. 2
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2 ∧ less
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 15
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 6
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 5
- Africa Inland Church. 3
- Africa Inland Mission. 3
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 3
- Operation Mobilisation. 3
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 3
- Armerding, Hudson T. 2
- Assemblies of God. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Dortzbach, Deborah. 2
- Dortzbach, Karl. 2
- Gration, John Alexander, 1929- 2
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 2
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2
- Jones, Clarence W. 2
- Ortlund, Raymond C. 2
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 2
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
- Africa Inland Church Missionary College (Eldoret, Kenya) 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Scientific Affiliation. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
- Armstrong, John H. (John Harper), 1949- 1
- Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.) 1
- Athyal, Saphir P. 1
- Baptista, Bob. 1
- Baptista, Martha. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, William John. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Bright, Bill. 1
- Bright, Vonette Z. 1
- Bryant, David, 1945- 1
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
- Carey, William, 1761-1834. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Central Bible School (Springfield, Mo.) 1
- Christian University Fellowlaborers Association (Korea) 1
- Christianity Today International. 1
- Church Missionary Society. 1
- Church of the Resurrection of Illinois. 1
- Church, Donald Lee, 1934-2020. 1
- Coleman, Robert E., 1928- 1
- Collins, Barbara Lynn. 1
- Collins, Malcolm. 1
- Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Crossett, Vincent. 1
- Cunningham, Darlene. 1
- Cunningham, David. 1
- Cunningham, Jewell Nicholson. 1
- Cunningham, Loren. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
- Dorsett, Mary. 1
- Dortzbach, Elmer. 1
- Douglas, J. D. (James Dixon.) 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Ebenezer Bible College (Zamboanga City, Philippines) 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Elliott, Helen Belcher. 1
- Elliott, Raymond Leroy. 1
- Emmanuel Methodist Church (Madras, India) 1
- Engel, Kevin W. 1
- Escobar, Samuel E., 1934- 1
- Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Fawcett, John W. 1
- Fawcett, Nathanael T. 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Foster, Richard J. 1
- Fraternidad Teologica Latinoamericana. 1
- George Fox College. 1
- Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) 1 ∧ less
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