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J. Wilbur Chapman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 077
Scope and Contents

Microfilm from the Presbyterian Historical Society of correspondence, sermons, sermon notes, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia documenting the life and ministry of J. Wilbur Chapman. Materials detail Chapman's life from his early education through his pastoral Ministry and full-time evangelistic work. Documents also relate to his interests in Bible conference centers in Winona Lake, IN, Montreat, NC, and Stony Brook, NY.

Dates: Created: 1880-1918

Jack Frizen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 434
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, articles, brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, directories, financial records, manuals, minutes, publications, reports, and other materials documenting Jack Frizen's life and ministry. Material mainly describes Frizen’s family life, work with G.I. Gospel Hour, director of Far East Gospel Crusade (now SEND International), executive director of Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA), director of Tyndale House Foundation, trustee of the Henry...
Dates: Created: 1929-1995

Jack Shuler Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 073
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a scrapbook containing brochures, posters, and newspaper clippings used in the 1951 "Key to Life" evangelistic campaign of evangelist Jack Shuler, held in Grand Rapids, Michigan; sponsored by the Christian Businessmen's Committee of Grand Rapids.

Dates: Created: 1951

Jacqueline Huggins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 545
Scope and Contents One oral history interview, one videotape, one radio interview, one photograph, and prayer letters related to the ministry of Jacqueline Huggins, missionary and Bible translator with Wycliffe Bible Translators among the Kagayanen people of the Philippines.The recordings, comprising the majority of the collection, consist of an oral history with Huggins (see detailed description which follows) and of the radio program Family Portraits segment hosted...
Dates: Created: 1985-1997

James B. Dillon Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 257
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with James B. Dillon in which he discusses his conversion, marriage work in Liberia for the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), the programs of radio station Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), the cultural diversity of Liberia, and the nature of indigenous Liberian hymns and worship.James Dillon was interviewed by Wheaton graduate student Claire Bureau for her ethnomusicology course on October 29, 1983 at the Billy Graham Center on Wheaton College campus. The...
Dates: Created: 1983

James Edwin Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates: Created: 1950-1986

James Neece Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 380
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with James Halloway Neece in which he describes his conversion to Christianity, education at Multnomah School of the Bible and Wheaton College, his work as a prison chaplain at the DuPage County Jail. Other topics discussed include the spiritual needs of prisoners, the AIDS crisis, Charles Colson and Prison Fellowship, and the work of the Good News Mission. The time period covered by the interviews is 1941-1987.James Neece was interviewed by Paul Ericksen...
Dates: Created: 1987

Jane (Teresa) Leasor Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 125
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jane (Teresa) Leasor (1922-2009) in which she describes her post-graduate education at Biblical Seminary in New York City; teaching at a secondary school for girls and a college for women in Beirut, Lebanon; the Arabic language; Islam; the place of women in Islam society; and the relationship between various Christian churches in Lebanon.Teresa Leasor was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 24 and September 7, 1982. There was an earlier tape recorded...
Dates: Created: 1982

Janet Kuhns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 390
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and manuscript, relating to the ministry of Janet Kuhns, missionary among the Dayak people in West Kalimantan, Indonesia under the auspices of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CM&A).[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "Folder 1-1" means box 1, Folder 1.]Series: Audio TapesThree oral history interviews with Janet Kuhns in which she...
Dates: Created: 1987-1988

Javier Gonzalo Velasquez Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 469
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Javier Gonzalo Velasquez, in which he describes his family background; childhood in Peru; conversion to Christianity; the work of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church in Lima; his education at Rio Grande Bible Institute and Columbia Bible College; his work as a South America Mission (SAM) missionary in Bolivia and Peru; the BGEA's 1990 Mission World campaign in Paraguay. Other topics discussed include: the history and development of the CMA in Peru;...
Dates: Created: 1992

Jeannette Thiessen Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates: Created: 1983

Jeffrey R. Wetherill Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 494
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Jeffrey  R. Wetherill in which he discusses his childhood, parents, interest in sports, conversion, involvement with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, work as a Youth for Christ club director, youth pastor at an Evangelical Mennonite Church, joining Greater Europe Mission (GEM), youth work in Dublin, Ireland, relations between Irish Catholics and evangelical Protestants, and GEM methods of ministry in Ireland. The time period covered by the interviews is 1966 to...
Dates: Created: 1993

Jennie Fitzwilliam Papers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates: Created: 1985

Jesse W. Hoover Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 319
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Jesse Wilbert Hoover (1908-2002) in which he discuesses his pietistic background and beliefs, his education at Messiah and Wheaton Colleges, his involvement in Mennonite relief work in Europe and the Far East and his evangelistic work in Canada. The time period covered by the interviews is 1908-1947.

Jesse W. Hoover was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on October 7, 1985 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Dates: Created: 1985

Jessie McDonald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 246
Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, notes, articles, photographs, and annual reports relating to Jessie McDonald's medical work in China from 1913-1952 with China Inland Mission. The documents include information on evangelistic outreach and the nature of health conditions in China. The materials also describe the political and social upheavals occurring in China during the first half of the 1900s.The correspondence by Dr. Mc Donald is supplemented by some correspondence of her co-workers...
Dates: Created: 1907-1951

Jim Elliot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 277
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, tapes of sermons and audio letters, journals, notebooks, annotated Bibles, school records, poems, clippings, drawings, and other materials describing Elliot's courtship of his wife Elisabeth, his spiritual preparation for the mission field, early days of his work in Ecuador, and events leading up to his death and those of four other missionaries at the hands of the Waorani (called "Auca" by their enemies) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.

Dates: Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956

Jim Vaus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 693
Scope and Contents Newsletters, oral history transcripts, manuscripts, correspondence, slides, photographs, audio recordings, and films relating to Jim Vaus’ youth ministry work in East Harlem, NY and later youth camp ministries in New York and California and internationally with the Missionary Communication Service. The collection also contains material on Jim Vaus’ work as a wiretapper for the Los Angeles mob prior to his conversion to Christianity at the 1949 Los Angeles Billy Graham Crusade, and the 1955...
Dates: Created: 1950-2001

Joan M. Wise Oral History Interviews

 Item
Identifier: CN 568
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews in which Wise talks about her Catholic childhood; the influence of the Jesus People movement; David Rose; her conversion experience; joining Youth With A Missions (YWAM); work with Vietnamese refugee youth in Hong Kong; the Revival Christian Church of Hong Kong; becoming an independent missionary; creating Sunday schools in north and south Vietnam; Church and state in Vietnam; condition of the church in Vietnam; speaking in tongues; miracles in Vietnam; ancestor...
Dates: 2000

Joel Martínez Hernandez Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 522
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Joel Martínez Hernandez in which he discusses his early childhood in Jaruco, Cuba; conversion to Christianity; being son of missionaries; bi-culturalism; Toccoa Falls boarding school and college; effect of service in the United States Navy on spiritual development; reasons for not being TEAM missionary; missionary work in Barcelona and then Madrid, Spain with Christian & Missionary Alliance; traditional church models versus cell-group based models; education...
Dates: Created: 1995

Johanna Defoy Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 667
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Johanna Defoy (1981- ), French missionary and church planter working in France from 2009 to 2011. Topics discussed include Defoy’s early life in France, parents, spiritual interest, conversion and growing faith, evangelism experiences, church involvement, professional experience, influence of a woman missionary, Christian university group and outreach, Groupes Bibliques Universitaires or GBU Christian university group (International Fellowship of Evangelical...
Dates: 2011

John A. Gration Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 230
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John Alexander Gration (1926-2012). Topics discussed include: Gration's Christian activities in high school and the U.S. Navy, education at Moody Bible Institute, Gordon College, and Wheaton College; his spiritual growth and call to become a missionary, his marriage, and his first impressions of and missionary experiences with Africa Inland mission in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Christianity and culture, animism, superstition, AIM...
Dates: Created: 1982

John A. MacDonald Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 489
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with John Allan MacDonald (1921-2014) in which he discusses his education and activities at Wheaton College from his graduation in 1943; literary societies; friends and faculty; the impact of World War II on the campus; Billy Graham and his role in the United Gospel Tabernacle in Wheaton; MacDonald's evangelistic and church ministry among San Francisco hippies in the late 1960s and work with Jews for Jesus (JFJ) and its founder Moishe Rosen. The second interview...
Dates: Created: 1993-1994

John and Florence Stauffacher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 281
Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, clippings, and photographs relating to the Stauffachers' work as missionaries with Africa Inland Mission, chiefly from 1911 to the early 1940s. The materials document their careers from the earliest stages, describing their responsibilities and everyday life, primarily in Kenya and the Belgian Congo, but also in Uganda & Tanzania, their developing relationship by correspondence prior to Mrs. Stauffacher's arrival in Kenya and their subsequent...
Dates: Created: 1902-1973

John and Virginia Casto Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 679
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with John and Virginia Casto. Topics discussed include their family backgrounds; their education at Prairie Bible Institute and elsewhere; marriage; work in Thailand as missionaries with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in hospital evangelism, nursing, and church planting; the Thai church; raising a family on the mission field.The Castos were interviewed by Bob Shuster on August 14 and 14, 2015 and August 19, 2016 at the Calvary Fellowship Homes in...
Dates: 2015-2016

John B. Lutembeka Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 585
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John B. Lutembeka in which he discusses his family and childhood in Tanzania, education in Uganda during the Idi Amin regime, conversion to the Christian faith while attending teacher's college; the development of his personal faith, the founding and growth of Big November Crusade Ministries; the rapid numerical growth of Christianity in Tanzania; the Tanzanian church's characteristics, strengths and weaknesses; his education at the Wheaton College Graduate...
Dates: Created: 2003

John C. Chin Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 206
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John C. Chin (1911-1989) in which he discusses his childhood in China, medical training, and the Chinese Christian church; the work of China Inland Mission in Honan, Szechwan, and Yunnan provinces; the Japanese occupation of China; Nationalist and Communist parties; medical work in CIM and Presbyterian hospitals; war conditions and relocation to Taiwan;  Also discussed is his founding of the Lutheran Seminary, Taiwan; the contemporary status of Chinese Christians,...
Dates: Created: 1982

John C. Pollack Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 006
Scope and Contents This collection contains drafts of John Pollock’s 1966 and 2004/2005 biographies of Billy Graham. The 1966 version was originally published as Billy Graham: The Authorized Biography. This book was reprinted in revised and expanded edition in 1969,  with the title Crusades: Twenty Years with Billy Graham.  It brought the story of Graham’s life up to 1969. Im 1979, Pollock published another biography of Graham entitled ...
Dates: Created: 1973-2005

John Cennick Papers Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 150
Scope and Contents

Microfilm of bound manuscript in which John Cennick recounts his missionary efforts for the Moravian church in Wiltshire, England, Dublin, and Northern Ireland. Information on John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield. On the same reel are shorter accounts of Moravian missions in Labrador in the 1770's, Persia in the 1740's, and the West Indies.

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Dates: Created: 1740-1751

John D. Ellison Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 461
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John David Ellison (1925-1998) in which he talks about his parents' work as missionaries for the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) in French Indochina (now Vietnam) between 1924 and 1940; his own missionary training at Nyack Institute; his and his wife's work in Thailand among Cambodians from 1950 through 1980; and his work in the United States among Cambodian refugees. Other topics discussed include internment by the Japanese in December 1941; methods of...
Dates: Created: 1992

John Elward Brown, Sr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 120
Scope and Contents

Collection includes twelve cassette tapes of John E. Brown's sermons comprise the bulk of the collection. The tapes contain thirty-five sermons and an introduction from the series "Whose Son Is He," recorded by Brown in 1955 on the deity of Christ.

Archive holdings also include a photograph of a children's choir taken during a campaign in Santa Ana, California. The date is unknown.

Dates: Created: 1955

John Hsu Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 094
Scope and Contents Audio recording of class lecture delivered by Dr. John Hsu, a former Wheaton College graduate, in Dr. Will Norton's History of Christian Missions class at Wheaton College on October 11, 1979. Dr. Hsu spoke about his recent trip to mainland China and his analysis of the church's situation there. Topics discussed include the three-self group, Chinese politics, government, and religion, home church groups, and the Cultural Revolution. The time period covered by the lecture is mid-19th century...
Dates: Created: 1979

John Innes Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 709
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with John Innes, in which he describes his family background; spiritual growth; development of musical talent; education at Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College; and career as an organist and pianist with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) for over 40 years. Topics discussed include the development of the BGEA’s music team; changes in the BGEA structure and leadership; various BGEA figures, including Billy Graham; George Beverly Shea; Cliff Barrows;...
Dates: 2018

John Minder Papers

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Identifier: CN 675
Scope and Contents Letters, reports, clippings, handbills, newsletters, brochures, pamphlets selected from the papers of Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor John Minder related to his mentorship of Billy Graham while Graham was a student at Florida Bible Institute (FBI) and their continuing friendship. To a lesser extent, the papers also document Minder’s mentorship of other students and evangelists, such as Roy Gustafson and Jimmie Johnson, as well as his leadership at FBI, the Tampa Gospel Tabernacle,...
Dates: Created: 1927-1992

John Perkins Papers

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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

John Pinney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 227
Scope and Contents This collection contains two reels of microfilm of materials created by John Brooke Pinney (1806-1882), including a diary, reports, and correspondence to New York Colonization Society about the status of an American colony in Liberia and its educational facilities for freed African slaves, in particular the College of Monrovia. Includes details of how slavery affected Liberia, educational needs of Liberians, also early history of missionary efforts of the Presbyterian Church and American...
Dates: Created: 1836-1975; Majority of material found within 1836-1880

John R. Stauffacher Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 513
Scope and Contents Oral history interview in which John Raymond Stauffacher in which he describes his childhood in Kenya, missionary parents John and Florence Stauffacher, his brother Claudon, missions in Kenya, the Masai people, Mrs. Westervelt and the Westervelt Home, studying and teaching at Rift Valley Academy, Charles Hurlburt, the Mau Mau Rebellion, Great Britain's colonial administration of Kenya, Christian life, conversion, missionary call, language learning and missionary work with Africa Inland...
Dates: Created: 1995

John Wesley Ephemera

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Identifier: CN 031
Scope and Contents Collection contains one handwritten letter by Wesley composed during a London visit in October 1782. There are also a couple of newspaper clippings including a description of Wesley's life at Aldersgate and the text of another letter from the evangelist. A scrapbook of clippings (available to researchers on microfilm) from the centennial commemoration of Wesley's death contains articles, poetry, sermons, and illustrations by and about him. The clippings were out of newspapers from all over...
Dates: Created: 1782; 1889-1902; 1938

Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 188
Scope and Contents Letters, diaries, book and article manuscripts, sermon manuscripts and photographs related to Goforth's evangelistic work as a Presbyterian missionary in China, Korea and Manchuria.Includes some papers of Goforth's wife, Rosalind; reports on fleeing the Boxer Rebellion; descriptions of famine relief, attitudes about growing theological liberalism in North America, and the process of raising a family on the mission field.  Persons featured include Feng Yu-hsiang, evangelist Paul...
Dates: Created: 1888-1981

Jonathan Blanchard Papers

 Collection — Box: microfilm
Identifier: RG-02-001
Abstract The Jonathan Blanchard Collection is a diverse gathering of items covering the family of Wheaton College's first president. Ranging from the scribblings of grandchildren to a petition for the abolition of slavery, they illuminate Blanchard in many roles: Minister, College President, Abolitionist, Anti Secretist, Reformer, lecturer, and head of a large family. Jonathan Blanchard's life in both the public and private realm is detailed. In addition to the biographical interest of the materials,...
Dates: Created: 1808-2018; Majority of material found within 1808 - 1893

José E. Hernandez Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 474
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with José E. Hernandez in which he discusses his conversion; mission work in Spain; ministry in the jails and prisons of Miami, Florida; jail conditions; the work of the South Florida Jail Ministries; the work of the Agape Women's Homes; church/state relations; emotional and organizational problems in Christian ministry. The time period covered by the interviews is 1952-1993.José Hernandez was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on January 13,1993 at the offices...
Dates: Created: 1993

José Pablo Sánchez-Nuñez Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 526
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jose Pablo Sánchez-Nuñez, in which he describes his family, childhood in Spain, Protestant Evangelicalism in a predominantly Catholic country, his conversion and spiritual development, training for ministry, work with Decisión, theological education by extension in Spain, American missionaries and their impact in Spain, attempts to unify Spanish Protestants, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Global Mission (of which he was the director in Madrid), his...
Dates: Created: 1995

.Joseph D. Blinco Audio Tapes

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Identifier: CN 594
Scope and Contents Audio tapes of crusade, conference, and radio messages by Joseph D. Blinco. Crusade locations include Australia, England, and the United States. Some of the conference messages were given at Forest Home Christian Conference Center. The radio messages were broadcasted on the Faith For Today radio program.*****Series: Audio TapesArrangement: The archivist arranged the...
Dates: Created: 1959-1967

Joseph K. Wright Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 065
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter from Joseph Kingsburg Wight, missionary to China, to his brother, William Wight, describing his sea voyage to China, the condition of Shanghai, missionary endeavors in China and the Taiping Rebellion.

Dates: Created: 1856

Joshua Adjabeng Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 346
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Joshua Adjabeng in which he discusses his childhood in Ghana, family, conversion to Christianity, education at Wheaton College; the Church of the Pentecost, evangelistic work among university students, Christian literature in Ghana. Other topics discussed include the condition of the church in Ghana, African Pentecostalism, and a comparison of the Christian church and Ghana and the United States. The time period covered by the interview is 1950-1986....
Dates: Created: 1986

Joy and Dicran Kassouny Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 539
Scope and Contents Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to the ministry of Joy and Dicran Kassounys. Topics referenced in the materials are Joy Arousiag's escape from a massacre of Armenians as a child; her education in the United States, particularly Wheaton College; her work as a trainer of teachers in Lebanon, his work as a pastor and a leader of Christian Endeavour campaigns in Syria and Lebanon; the Kassouny's courtship and early married years; and the Armenian church in the...
Dates: Created: 1928-1979

J.T. Hough Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 089
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one letter from J. T. Hough to Rev. John A. Murray, Secretary of the Western Agency of the American Home Missionary Society, describing Hough's financial difficulties in his Port Byron, New York, pastorate and spiritual progress of the congregation.

Dates: Created: 1838

Judith Adams Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 372
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Judith Rachelle Whitthingham Adams about her childhood, her work with Genesis One Christian School, The Mendenhall Ministries, and the educational and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1960-1987.

Judith Adams was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25 and 26, 1987, at the offices of Mendenhall Ministries in Mendenhall, MS.

Dates: Created: 1987

Judson E. Conant Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 076
Scope and Contents Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, sermon notes and personal notes relating to the ministry of Judson Eber Conant. The collection also contains ordination materials and his examination for a preaching license. Of particular interest in the oversize collection is Conant's license to preach.[NOTE: In the Scope & Content section, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]This is a very small collection of materials pertaining to Rev. Judson E....
Dates: Created: 1875-1955

Julius Hagan Papers

 Item
Identifier: CN 714
Scope and Contents Photograph and oral history interview with Julius Hagan, an evangelist and church planter from Ghana. Topics discussed in interviews include early family life in Accra, Ghana, Christian culture of Ghana, school life, struggle with alcohol, conversion and freedom from addiction, further education, spiritual disciplines and experiences, evangelism through the Christlike Disciplemakers Movement and Bible College, work evangelizing fellow students at the University of Ghana and Ghent University,...
Dates: 24 January 2020

Karl G. Dortzbach Oral History Interviews

 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

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Subject
Conversion -- Christianity. 214
Evangelistic work -- United States. 176
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 176
Women -- Religious life. 121
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 114
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Women missionaries. 113
Christian life. 110
Language in missionary work. 102
Missions -- China. 89
Missionaries -- Training of. 87
Christian leadership. 81
Missions -- Educational work. 81
Evangelicalism -- United States. 80
Evangelistic work -- China. 77
Christianity and culture. 74
Religious institutions. 68
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 67
Children of missionaries. 62
World War, 1939-1945. 59
Missions -- Finance. 57
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 56
Evangelistic sermons. 55
Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 53
Sermons, American. 53
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 52
Fundamentalism. 51
Families. 50
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 50
Communism -- China. 49
Fund raising. 45
Church and social problems -- United States. 44
Prayer. 42
Preaching. 42
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 41
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 39
Evangelistic invitations. 39
Bible -- Study and teaching. 38
Public worship -- Christianity. 38
Church and social problems. 36
Evangelicalism. 36
Evangelistic work -- Congresses. 36
Church development, New. 34
African Americans -- Social conditions. 33
Culture shock. 33
Christian education -- United States. 32
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 32
Missions -- Congresses. 32
Radio in missionary work. 32
African Americans -- Religious life. 31
Missionaries' spouses. 31
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 30
College students in missionary work. 30
Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 30
Evangelistic work. 30
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 30
Radio in religion -- United States. 30
Radio in religion. 30
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 30
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 30
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 29
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 29
Missions -- India. 29
Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 29
Rural missions. 29
Church and state -- United States. 28
Mass media in religion -- United States. 28
Missions -- Study and teaching. 28
Missions, Medical. 28
Bible -- Translating. 27
Social change. 27
Mass media in religion. 26
Belief and doubt. 25
Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 25
Missionaries, Resignation of. 25
Missions -- Africa. 25
Race relations. 25
Racism -- United States. 25
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 24
Evangelistic work -- Africa. 24
Evangelistic work -- South America. 24
African Americans -- Missions. 23
China -- Religion. 23
Christian literature -- Publishing. 23
Church work with youth -- United States. 23
Ecumenical movement. 23
Marriage. 23
Missions -- Philippines. 23
Missions -- South America. 23
Presbyterians. 23
Medical care -- China. 22
Organizational change. 22
Persecution -- China. 22
Worship. 22
Baptism. 21
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 21
City missions -- United States. 21
Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 21
Indigenous church administration -- China. 21
Intercultural communication. 21
Mass media in missionary work. 21
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Russian 3
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Names
Wheaton College (Ill.) 148
Shuster, Robert D. 128
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 106
Ericksen, Paul. 91
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 51
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Moody Bible Institute. 51
China Inland Mission. 46
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 36
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 35
OMF International. 35
Africa Inland Mission. 33
Youth for Christ International. 32
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 30
Wheaton College (Ill.). Billy Graham Scholarship Program. 28
Zhongguo guo min dang. 27
Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 26
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 24
Campus Crusade for Christ. 22
Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School. 22
Bright, Bill. 21
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 21
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 20
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 20
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 20
Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955. 19
Ford, Leighton. 18
Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 18
Latin America Mission. 18
National Association of Evangelicals. 18
Perkins, John, 1930- 18
Sudan Interior Mission. 18
World Evangelical Fellowship. 18
Wycliffe Bible Translators. 18
Barrows, Cliff. 17
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 17
Jones, Clarence W. 17
Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 17
Armerding, Hudson T. 16
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 16
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 16
Howard, David M. 16
Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 16
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 16
Palau, Luis, 1934- 16
World Council of Churches. 16
Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 16
Assemblies of God. 15
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 15
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 15
Africa Inland Church. 14
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 14
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 14
Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 14
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 14
Shea, George Beverly, 1909-2013. 14
Smith, Oswald J. 14
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 14
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 13
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 13
Dunlop, Merrill. 13
Graham, Ruth Bell. 13
Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 13
Padilla, C. René. 13
Skinner, Tom, 1942- 13
Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 13
Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 12
Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 12
Smith, Gipsy, 1860-1947. 12
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928. 12
World Vision International. 12
Colson, Charles W. 11
Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 11
Elliot, Elisabeth. 11
Fuller Theological Seminary. 11
Pierce, Bob, 1914-1978. 11
Taylor, Herbert John, 1893-1978. 11
Wilson, T. W., 1918-2001. 11
Wright, J. Elwin. 11
Youth for Christ/USA. 11
Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies (2012-) 10
Evangelism-in-Depth. 10
Graham, Franklin, 1952- 10
McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 10
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 10
Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 10
Stott, John R. W. 10
Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, 1868-1957. 10
Trotman, Dawson E. 10
Troutman, Charles Henry, 1914- 10
Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 10
Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 9
Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 9
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 9
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 9
Davis, Ralph T. 9
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 9
Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 9
Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 9
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944. 9
Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 9
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