Evangelistic work -- Philosophy.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Alan Travers Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 190
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews with Alan Travers in which he discuess his work with Trans World Radio from 1959 to 1981, and the use of radio in missionary work. Topics discussed include: the history of TWR; technical and administrative details and policy of the organization; it's broadcasting and programming philosophy, finances, effectiveness and TWR's founder, Paul Freed; the locations of its stations throughout the world; how the staff members function in the stations and relate to the...
Dates:
Created: 1959-1981
Baptista Film Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 225
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, newsletters, scripts, catalogs, films, and other material related to the work of the Baptista Film Mission. This collection contains much information on the beginnings of the Protestant evangelical Christian film industry. Included are films featured are evangelical and fundamentalist figures like V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Henry A. Ironside, Bob Jones Jr., Paul Rader, Oswald J. Smith, and Walter Wilson and nondenominational organizations. Subjects documented...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1977; Majority of material found in 1939-1963
Billy and Helen Sunday Papers Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 061
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of original documents held in Winona Lake, Indiana, including correspondence, sermons, reports, revival ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing mainly with the career of evangelist Billy Sunday from its beginning to his death and about the work of his wife Helen, who, besides acting as his general manager, was a fundamentalist leader in her own right, especially after his death. Persons featured include numerous fundamentalist figures and institutions; sermon topics cover a wide...
Dates:
Created: 1882-1974
Billy Graham Center (BGC) Administration records.
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 2001-007
Dates:
2000
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Billy Graham Center (BGC) brownbag lunch audio tapes.
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 2004-063
Dates:
1996-1997
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Billy Graham Center (BGC) conference recordings.
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 1988-052
Dates:
1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 074
Brief Description
Collection consists of a wide variety of materials (correspondence, form letters, audio tapes, films and videotapes, etc.) that document the ministry and history of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in the United States and around the world. Based on earlier collecting protocols, the collection also contains material about Billy Graham personally, such as oral history interviews with his Wheaton College classmates.Originally this collection contained mainly...
Dates:
Created: 1863-1999
Burton Janes' collection of sermon and message audio tapes.
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 1999-060
Dates:
1966-1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Campus Crusade for Christ "Transferable Concepts" audio tapes.
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 1992-120
Dates:
1965-1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Christians for Social Action Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 037
Scope and Contents
Collection correspondence, press releases and clippings, lists, minutes, reports, proposals, conference declaration, and financial records, chiefly from workshops sponsored by the Christians for Social Action, 1973-1976 (formerly Evangelicals for Social Action). The records in this collection deal mostly with the origins, agendas, and decisions of the 1973-1976 workshops along with some material which indicate the response to the workshop.
Dates:
Created: 1965-1976
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
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
Collection 337 Papers of Roger H. Malstead
Collection
Identifier: CN 337
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews and prayer letters, relating to Roger Malstead’s ministry with Operation Mobilization.Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Roger Malstead in which he describes his youth, education at Wheaton College, work with Operation Mobilization (OM) in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Lebanon, the United States, at OM headquarters in England, and with the OM ship DOULOS; Other topics described are the director of OM,...
Dates:
Created: 1961-1993; Majority of material found within 1986-1993
Collection 343 Papers of Samuel F. Wolgemuth
Collection
Identifier: CN 343
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, reports, minutes, memos, newsletters, publications, promotional material, photographs, and slides documenting Samuel F. Wolgemuth's term (1965-1973) as president for Youth for Christ. The correspondence with YFC staff, individuals, and representatives of other Christian organizations, predominates. Materials document contact with major YFC donors, administration of YFC at various executive levels, fund raising, communication, and promotion. Prominent people...
Dates:
Created: 1962-1981
Collection 358 Papers of Charles P. Wagner
Collection
Identifier: CN 358
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, promotional materials, news releases, clippings, article and address manuscripts, photographs and negatives. The materials document Wagner's activities as a member of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and its Executive Committee; as chairperson of its Strategy Working Group; as co-editor of the annual books, UNREACHED PEOPLES '79, '80, and '81; as a missionary educator and theologian in South America; and his appointment to Fuller...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1987
Collection 362 Records of Voice of Calvary Ministries
Collection
Identifier: CN 362
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, memos, reports, photographs and other material, relating to the evangelistic ministry of Voice of Calvary Ministries in a context of holistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation, primarily from the mid-1970s to 1986 in Mendenhall and Jackson, Mississippi, and nearby rural communities. The collection especially describes the operation of the organization, the fund raising for and promotion of its work, and the educational...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1986
Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins
Collection
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
Collection 373 Oral History Interview with Dolphus Weary
Collection
Identifier: CN 373
Scope and Contents
Oral history 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 374 Oral History Interviews with Artis Fletcher
Collection
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 386 Oral History Interview with Charles H. Dawson
Collection
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 395 Oral History Interview with Rafael Maldonado, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 395
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Rafael Maldonado, Jr. in which describes his childhood; conversion; education and training for ministry at Moody Bible Institute and Calvin Theological Seminary; ministry with Chicago’s Hispanic communities; and role as a pastor at Hope Christian Fellowship to the Puerto Rican community in Chicago. Other topics discussed include: completion of the SCUPE program; apprenticeship for Urban Ministry, the Spirit and Truth Fellowship Church under Manuel Ortiz; church's...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 426 Papers of Paul E. Little
Collection
Identifier: CN 426
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, course notes, lecture notes, manuscripts, articles, photographs, and audio tapes relating to Little's college education at Wheaton College Graduate School, and his work as an evangelist, teacher, writer, and Evangelical leader.Included are Little's seminary lecture notes, and files on his contribution as assistant director of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization in Switzerland. A substantial portion of the collection consists...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1987; Created: Majority of material found in 1954-1975
Collection 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers
Collection
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 463 Oral History Interview with Cliff Barrows
Collection
Identifier: CN 463
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Clifford Burton Barrows (1923-2016), evangelist and long-time song-leader and choir director with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, in which he describes experiences which have influenced his work; the place of music in evangelism; trends in current Christian music; role of music in Billy Graham crusade services. Other topics discussed include: Barrow’s musical training; influence of Oliver Steiner and Homer Rodeheaver; and the commercialization of...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 489 Oral History Interview with John A. MacDonald
Collection
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
Collection 492 Papers of William A. Drury
Collection
Identifier: CN 492
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio recordings, brochures, photographs, and a video tape relating to the ministry of William A. Drury, evangelist and youth worker with Percy Crawford, Youtharama, and Youth Haven.
Dates:
Created: 1962-1996
Collection 543 Oral History Interviews with Larry Goldberg
Collection
Identifier: CN 543
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Larry Goldberg, in which he decribes his childhood and youth in a traditional Jewish family, conversion, spiritual growth, education, evangelism among Chicago Jews, joining Operation Mobilization, evangelism in Israel and attempts to expel him from the country, evangelistic outreach in Austria, inter-personal conflict, Jewish perceptions and reactions to evangelism, evangelism methods, charismatic issues, divisive missionary couple, the church in Israel, Jews for...
Dates:
Created: 1997
Collection 547 Oral History Interviews with Sharelle M. Eland
Collection
Identifier: CN 547
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Sharelle May Eland in which she describes her childhood growing up in Papua New Guinea where her parents were missionaries, her return to Australia and adjustment to life there, affinity for primitive culture, Christian life and spiritual development, desire to become a missionary, education to become a teacher and at Capernwray Bible Colleges in Great Britain and Germany, ministry among Australian young people and aborigines, missions to aborigines and their...
Dates:
Created: 1997
Collection 548 Records of the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America
Collection
Identifier: CN 548
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, audio and videotapes, participant lists, schedules, financial records, evaluations, clippings of media coverage, etc., documenting the 1988 event. The records document not only the planning for the Congress and actual proceedings, but also the network of Black Christian leaders working together to address the spiritual and social needs of their churches and communities, and the role of the Black church in evangelism and missions....
Dates:
Created: 1986-1989
Collection 556 Oral History Interview with Lloyd C. Blue
Collection
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 563 Papers of Robert Coleman
Collection
Identifier: CN 563
Brief Description
Correspondence, manuscripts, oral history interviews, class lecture notes, meeting files and other materials relating to Coleman's ministry as an evangelist, scholar and church leader. Besides Coleman's own life and ministry, the collection contains voluminous material on the theology of evangelism and Christian discipleship, American 20th century Evangelicalism; the growth of Christianity in Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in regard to the...
Dates:
1936-2019
Collection 595 Records of Congress '88
Collection
Identifier: CN 595
Scope and Contents
Audio tapes of numerous sessions from Congress '88, touching on a wide variety of topics related to evangelism and missions.Series: Audio tape recordingsArrangement: Tapes were received in vinyl cases each already numbered. The archivist kept the same order and labeled the tape sequentially.Date Range: 1988-1988Volume: 161 cassette tapes (0.91 cubic feet)Type of documents: Recordings of the plenary and workshop sessions of Congress...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 614 Records of the Trinary Consultation
Collection
Identifier: CN 614
Scope and Contents
Papers, recordings of meeting sessions, planning materials and other documents from the Trinary Consultation, which examined how Christians in the late twentieth century should present the Christian gospel in large urban settings. The meeting was co-sponsored by Moody Bible Institute, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Wheaton College.
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
Collection 645 Papers of C.B. Hogue
Collection
Identifier: CN 645
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, financial records, lists, memos, minutes, notebooks, promotional materials, press releases, and reports which document the planning and convening of the 1981 American Festival of Evangelism. The materials are the administrative files of C.B. Hogue, the vice chairman.
Dates:
Created: 1978-1981
Collection 671 Oral History Interview with David P. Bruce
Collection
Identifier: CN 671
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with David P. Bruce, in which he discusses the history of the Montreat office of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) that functioned as the personal secretariat of Billy Graham; the relationship of the office to the rest of the BGEA; Bruce's own background and his work as assistant to Graham; L. Nelson Bell and other BGEA leaders (T. W. Wilson, Stephanie Wills, John Akers, Charlie Riggs, Sterling Huston, and John Corts); effects on the Montreat office of...
Dates:
Created: 2013
Congress on the Church's Worldwide Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 021
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the Congress on the Church's Worldwide Mission which was held on the Wheaton College campus in 1966 and was jointly sponsored by the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association and the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association. Audio tapes document various sessions of the Congress, including biblical expositions, study papers (on subjects like syncretism, church growth, cooperation, the Catholic Church and social issues), reports on missions on the world's...
Dates:
Created: 1964-1967
Consultation on Vital Issues in Missions audio tapes.
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 1995-183
Dates:
1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Crawford W. Loritts, Jr., Oral History Interviews
Collection
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
David Le Shana messages.
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 1982-013
Dates:
1981
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Donald and Mary McGavran Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 178
Brief Description
Correspondence, lectures, sermons, book manuscripts, surveys, audio tapes, video tapes, microfilm of letters, notes, and other records dealing with the life of the McGavrans, especially their work as missionaries in India with the Disciples of Christ, and Donald's activities as an author and educator, including his role as founding dean of Fuller Seminary's School of World Mission. Much of the collection deals with his role in originating, developing, and applying church growth theory.
Dates:
Created: 1906-2000
Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies Records
Collection
Identifier: CN-165
Brief Description
Executive Directors' (Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, Paul McKaughan) files of the EFMA. The association of denominational and nondenominational foreign missions boards began as a commission of the National Association of Evangelicals to serve common interests of members in government relations (domestic and foreign); use of communication channels; cooperative purchasing/travel; and relations between each other. The collection is subdivided into thirteen parts: 1. Correspondence and General...
Dates:
Created: 1937-1996
Everett Mitchell Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 140
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Everett Mitchell (1898-1990) who as a teenager sang invitation songs at Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns. Other topics discussed include: Mitchell's background, music and radio career, musical training, Billy and Helen Sunday, evangelistic work in Chicago, Gipsy Smith, Homer Rodeheaver, other evangelists, career as a war correspondent during the Korean War, religious use of radio, evangelistic rallies and crusade music. The time period covered by the intervew...
Dates:
Created: 1989-1980
Fredrik Franson Papers Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 087
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copy of correspondence, reports, excerpts from sermons and other writings collected by Rev. Edward P. Torjesen on the life and ministry of Fredrik Franson (1852-1908). Materials include articles written about evangelistic work, prophecy conferences, missionary efforts on several continents, and the recruitment of Christian workers. Persons featured include mission founders A.B. Simpson and James Hudson Taylor. Materials include articles in several languages. Documents are arranged...
Dates:
Created: 1872-1909
George F. Spotts Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 090
Scope and Contents
An oral history interview, correspondence, reports and clippings relating to George Spotts’ work as a Youth for Christ staff member in France and the United States involved in evangelistic work among teenagers.
Dates:
Created: 1960-1979
Gospel Tract Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-222
Dates:
Other: -
Found in:
Special Collections
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Gospel Tract Collection
Herbert J. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 020
Brief Description
Correspondence, photographs, reports, publications, posters, minutes of meetings, and other documentation of Herbert J. Taylor's long involvement in the leadership of such organizations as Child Evangelism, Youth for Christ, Christian Service Brigade, Pioneer Girls, Young Life, National Association of Evangelicals, Fuller Seminary, Christian Workers Foundation, and Inter-Varsity as well as his role in the planning and development of Billy Graham's Chicago crusades and of Key '73. Other...
Dates:
Created: Ca. 1916-1979
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented, among them those related to the theoretical, theological, or practical aspects of the missionary enterprise, such as missionary aviation, the education of future missionaries, theological...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1983, undated
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 300
Brief Description
Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...
Dates:
1928-2017
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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John C. Pollack Papers
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