Brief Description: Correspondence, proposals, reports, minutes, programs, publications brochures, budgets, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, and video tapes related to the founding, ground breaking and dedication of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College as a research and training center in evangelism, and its ongoing activities. Also includes audio or videotaped sessions of Center-sponsored conferences (on themes including evangelism and evangelistic preaching, outreach to various communities, women and evangelism, partnership in mission, prison ministry, leadership training, etc.)
Restrictions
The following parts of this collection are restricted:
Folder 1-17 is closed during the lifetime of Dr. Billy Graham
The files of the BGC Board in Series II are closed to everyone except current BGC administration and persons with written permission from the President of Wheaton College.Most of the files of the Institute of China Studies in Series II are closed for fifty years from the date of the youngest document in the file except to those with written permission from the Director of the Billy Graham Center.
All files in Series II less than ten years old (excluding publications) are closed except to persons with written permission from the Director of the Billy Graham Center.
Historical Background |
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Founded |
Fall 1974 (when Dr. Donald E. Hoke started as director and first employee) |
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Headquarters location |
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1974- |
Campus of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. The Center building at 500 E. College Avenue was built 1977-1980. Until this building was opened in September 1980, the BGC administration was housed at 217 N. Washington (the Allan House) and the Archives, Library and Museum staffs worked at a warehouse on Kehoe Boulevard in nearby Carol Stream. |
Directors of the Center |
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Donald E. Hoke |
October 1974-June 1978 |
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David Johnston (Acting) |
June 1978-September 1979 (Johnston was Senior Vice President of the College at the time) |
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William A. Shoemaker |
September 1979- May 1982 (formal resignation as director was effective June 1983) |
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David E. Johnston (Acting) |
June1982- August 1984 (Johnston was Senior Vice President of the College at the time) |
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James H. Kraakevik |
August 1984-June 1996 |
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Kenneth Gill (Acting) |
June 1996-August 1998 |
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Lon Allison |
August 1998- |
Other significant officers |
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Melvin Lorentzen |
Associate Director, 1979-1990 |
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Kenneth Gill |
Assistant to the Director, 1995-1996 |
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Acting Director, June1996- August 1998 |
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Associate Director, August 1998- |
Ministry emphasis |
“Stimulate global evangelism” |
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Other significant information |
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The concept of a Billy Graham Center (BGC) had its beginning when several American academic institutions approached Billy Graham, proposing to house his personal papers. Thus, Graham began to consider the fate of his papers and the records of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). In 1970, a committee was established to gather historical materials of the BGEA, both those housed in the various BGEA offices and those in private possession of individuals who had worked with and for the Association in its twenty years of crusades. The focus of the BGC developed early on into an institution housing not only an archives, but a library and a museum, with all three divisions emphasizing the history of evangelism, particularly with regard to the Graham ministry. The BGC was also seen as a potential sponsor of teaching and training programs, in which the BGC would act as a catalyst in continued evangelization of the world. The money for the BGC came from the BGEA's "World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund" (WECEF). Incorporated in 1970 as a separate entity, WECEF money was invested in "a prudent manner until distribution." While WECEF subsidized many worthy projects, including international disaster relief, the invested capital had grown to $23 million by 1977 when it came under attack by the secular press as irresponsibly managed "secret funds." The BGEA responded with a widely-distributed statement of its financial responsibility to its donors, listing the projects carried on by WECEF, including what was to become the Billy Graham Center. Selection of a site was paramount to the project. Several locations were discussed, including Charlotte, North Carolina, near the Graham home. The decision was made in 1974 to place the BGC on the campus of Wheaton College, Graham's alma mater. A ground breaking ceremony was held in September 1977. The cornerstone was laid two years later in October 1979, and the completed building was dedicated September 13, 1980, in a two-day celebration which included the formal ceremony, a gospel music concert, and an evangelistic crusade the evening of September 14. The purpose of the BGC was, to quote a formulation of its mission prepared in the late 1990s, to “stimulate global evangelism.” A mission statement from the same period read: “The Billy Graham Center, a division of Wheaton College (IL), is dedicated to the advancement of world evangelization and works with Christian leaders from around the world to develop strategies and skills for evangelism. With its unique resources and programs, the Center serves the church in evangelism and missions through leadership training, research, networking, strategic planning, and communicating the gospel.” The first official governing body of the BGC, the "Joint Committee of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Wheaton College for the Billy Graham Library," had its first meeting in October 1974. This committee was succeeded at a meeting in Dallas, Texas, by the incorporation "Board of Directors of the Billy Graham Center" in September 1975. This Board dissolved itself when the BGC was dedicated in September 1980, at which time the building was made a gift to Wheaton College. The "Graham Center Committee of the Board of Trustees of Wheaton College" first met in December 1980. Besides the director and his staff, the Center has included these departments: |
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Resources - Archives, Library, Museum |
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Current and former Institutes - Institute of Evangelism (later the Institute of Strategic Evangelism), Institute of China Studies, Institute for the Study of Christianity and Marxism (later the Institute of East-West Christian Studies) Institute of Muslim Studies, Institute of Prison Ministries, Institute of Cross Cultural Training, Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals. The Institute for China Studies was founded in 1980 and discontinued in 2001. The Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals was started in 1982 and became an independent part of Wheaton College in 1991. The Institute of East-West Studies was started in 1986 and moved to Beeson Seminary in 1999. |
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A Scholarship Program that enabled Christian workers from around the world to study at the Wheaton College and the Wheaton College Graduate School |
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Evangelical and Missions Information Service (EMIS) - the publishing arm of the Center. EMIS was started in 1964 as a joint project of the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association (EFMA) and the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA). In 1997 it became part of the Center. |
Scope and Content
Series: I. Historical MaterialsCorrespondence from the planning committee is a substantial part of the collection, and includes the following persons: Joseph Armisano, architect folder 1-11); John Corts, BGEA staff member in charge of coordination of planning for the BGC (folder 1-12); John Dettoni, research analyst (folder 1-13); Lois Ferm, BGEA archivist and librarian (folder 1-14); Leighton Ford (folders 1-15, 16) files includes material on Christian designer Peter Wolf, who was interested in designing the BGC Museum; Billy Graham (folder 1-17); Philip Hammer, economic consultant (folder 1-18); Timothy L. Smith, pastor of Wollaston (Massachusetts) Church of the Nazarene and participant in Birmingham Consultation; (folder 1-19); Ted W. Ward, professor, Institute for International Studies, Michigan State University and participant in Birmingham Consultation (folder 1-20); Stephanie Wills, Mr. Graham's secretary (folder 1-21). Folder 2-13 contains a volume entitled "Billy Graham Center Handbook," which was prepared by BGC director Don Hoke just prior to his leaving the BGC staff. In it, Hoke assembled a history of the BGC, and of the individual divisions (archives, library, and museum). For each of these, Hoke described the present status of the work and his recommendations for the future. Also discussed were various outreach programs of the BGC, fund-raising, public relations, and budget.
Records of the ceremonies attendant to the construction of the BGC include newspaper clippings and publicity from the 1977 ground breaking (folders 1-26, 2-3), and tapes of that event (T1, T2). Folder 1-26 also includes material on the cornerstone laying, and folders 1-7 through 1-10 contain copies of the contents of the cornerstone. Copies of audio tapes and photographs in the cornerstone have been separated to Audio Tape and Photograph Files; see Location Records in this guide. A checklist of contents is in folder 1-9; it is annotated to reflect what items on the list are not in this collection. There are also some photos and slides of the event, described in the relevant location records below.
The BGC's dedication in September 1980, is documented by newspaper clippings (folder 2-2 and OS 1) and material in folders 1-22 through 1-24. See also Mel Lorentzen’s files on the planning of the event in boxes 73, 74 and 75. The BGC visitors' register for the month of dedication is in folder 3-1. Video tapes (V1 through V6) of the dedication ceremony the morning of September 13; the gospel concert with Jeannette Cliff George's portrayal of blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby, and entertainment by musicians Ken Medema, Larnelle Harris, Myrna White, and John Wilson; and a crusade on September 14, featuring BGEA Team members Billy Graham, Cliff Barrows, George Beverly Shea, John Innes, and Tedd Smith, are part of this collection: see Location Records for Video Tapes. A "Forum on the Church's Future" was held the previous week in conjunction with the dedication. Video tapes V7 through V11 record four of the six sessions in this Forum. (See also audio tapes T267-T269) The panel topics and panelists were:
COMMUNICATIONS: Walter Brovald, Professor, University of Minnesota; James Engel, Professor, Wheaton College; Roger Palms, Editor, Decision, magazine; Pat Robertson, President, Christian Broadcasting Network
CHURCH/PARA-CHURCH RELATIONSHIPS: Bill Bright, President, Campus Crusade for Christ; James Kennedy, Pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Jay Kesler, President, Youth for Christ; John Williams, Pastor, St. Stephen Baptist Church, Kansas City, Missouri
NEW MODELS IN EVANGELISM: Arthur deKruyter, Pastor, Christ Church, Oak Brook, Illinois; Leighton Ford, BGEA; Paul Moore, Pastor, Manhattan Church of the Nazarene, New York City, New York; Ruth Siemens, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
PERSPECTIVES ON EVANGELICALS: Robert Dugan, Director, NAE Office of Public Affairs; George Gallup, Gallup Polls; Ralph Martin, Servant Ministries; David Wells, Professor, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
See also publicity material in folder 1-22.
This collection includes material from the summer 1981; "Preaching for Commitment" workshop, which spanned two weeks, and offered to participants the opportunity to hear lectures on the subject and do research in BGC holdings in the area of preaching. Dr. David Maclagan, pastor of St. John's Church, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, was the main speaker at the workshop. Video tapes V12 through V24 are sessions of this workshop; see Location Records for details and other speakers' names.
The early history of the BGC is well documented in a comprehensive set of newspaper clippings spanning a decade, 1971-1981 (folders 1-28 through 2-1, and 2-4).
Series: II. Administrative
files
Arrangement: Alphabetical, Chronological
Date Range: 1974-2005
Volume: 15.1 cubic feet
Boxes: 4-39
Geographic coverage: United States, China,
central Europe and Russia
Type of documents: Minutes, reports,
correspondence, brochures, curriculum, departmental self- studies, budgets
Correspondents: Hudson Taylor Armerding, John Corts, Sterling
Huston, David E. Johnston, Center directors William Shoemaker, Jim Kraakevik,
Lon Allison, and other administrators and staff
Notes: This series is intended to receive
on a continuing basis a basic minimum of documents that tell the ongoing story
of the BGC. Following are the subareas of this series, with brief notes on contents
where necessary:
Advisory Committee. A group of changing membership that meets once a year to report on selected evangelistic programs and make suggestions about the work of the Center |
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Archives. |
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BGC - Board. Includes the minutes and other documents relating to the governing board of the Center, which has varied over the years from a board of trustees to a joint committee of Wheaton College and the BGEA to a committee of the College board |
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BGC - Brochures. |
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BGC - Brown Bag Seminars. Documents relating to the lunch-time seminars on topics related to evangelism sponsored by the Center, open to the public and held at irregular intervals |
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BGC - Budgets. |
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BGC - Calendars. These are Center-wide calendars of events as well as calendars published by the Center |
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BGC - Clippings. |
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BGC - Director. |
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Donald Hoke. Also contain several folders of the planning of the BGEA staff on the Center in the early 1970s. |
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William Shoemaker |
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David Johnston [Johnston served as interim director after Hoke and after Shoemaker] |
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James Kraakevik |
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Lon Allison |
BGC - Associate Director. |
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John Robinson. Files concerned mainly with early ideas for the Institute of Evangelism and the Intensive Training Programs. |
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Mel Lorentzen. Files subdivided according to Administrative, Advancement, Conferences, and Scholarship, reflecting his responsibilities in these areas and his role in coordinating major events like the Center’s dedication in 1980. |
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Ken Gill. |
BGC - Liaison Committee. Center administrators and BGEA representatives. |
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BGC - Monographs. |
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BGC - Newsletters. Newsletters of the Center as a whole. Newsletters of individual departments are stored with that department’s records |
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BGC - Reports - Annual. |
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BGC - Reports - Quarterly/Six month. |
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BGC - Senior Staff. Minutes of senior staff meetings, involving the director of the Center and department heads |
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BGC - Speaking Engagements. Brief reports on speaking engagements of Center staff |
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BGC - Staff. Lists of all persons employeed by the Center |
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BGC - Websites. Printouts of the first page of the websites of the Center and its departments |
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Conferences. Records of conferences sponsored by the Center as opposed to one of the Center departments. Records of conferences sponsored by a department are stored with that department. The files of the conferences are in chronological order |
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EMIS. |
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Institute - China Studies. |
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Institute - Christianity and Marxism. |
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Institute - Evangelism. |
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Institute - Cross-Cultural Training. |
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Institute - Muslim Studies. |
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Institute - Prison Ministries. |
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Library. |
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Museum. |
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Scholar in Residence. Includes files about the Missionary Scholars in Residence and other scholars who were sponsored by the Center to study at the BGC for varying lengths of time with an eye to producing publications that would benefit the church. |
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Scholarship. |
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Telephone Counseling. Files relating to the training and ministry of telephone counselors who operated out of the Center after every televised BGEA evangelistic event. |
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Special mention is made in the box list of any files for particular conferences
sponsored by a BGC department. Special mention is also made of files relating
to Scholars in Residence or Visiting Scholars who were doing sponsored research
at the Center. If the Archives does not currently have any files for a particular
category, that category is marked "(empty)".
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Provenance
The materials in this collection were in part deposited in the Billy Graham Center Archives by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in June 1975, in part given by private individuals between October 1979 and December 1981, and by the Center administration and departments in yearly additions from 1983 onward.
Accessions 75-3, 79-119, 81-16, 81-19, 81-78, 81-86, 81-128, 81-152| Some of the most frequently used acronyms in this table are: | |
| BGC | Billy Graham Center |
| BGEA | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association |
| COBE | Committee on Biblical Exposition |
| EFMA | Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies |
| FOCA | Fellowship of Christian Athletes |
| ICS | Institute of China Studies |
| IEWCS | Institute of East-West Christian Studies (formerly the ISCM) |
| IFMA | Interdenominational Foreign Mission Agencies |
| IOE | Institute of Evangelism (later the IOSE) |
| IMS | Institute of Muslim Studies |
| IPM | Institute of Prison Ministries |
| ISAE | Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals |
| ISCM | Institute for the Study of Christianity and Marxism (later the IEWCS) |
| IOSE | Institute of Strategic Evangelism (formerly the IOE) |
| Moody | Moody Bible Insitutute |
| SGA | Slavic Gospel Association |
| TEDS | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |
| WEF | World Evangelical Fellowship |
SELECT LIST OF BGC CONFERENCES AND EVENTS (based on a list prepared by Dotsey Welliver) |
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Most, but not all of these events, were held in the Center building. |
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Dates |
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Co-Sponsors |
5/72 |
Birmingham Consultation |
16 |
Planning session for a Billy Graham center |
BGEA |
4/76 |
Conference on Singles |
300 |
Effective singleness |
BGC |
8/76 |
International Institute on Evangelism |
25 |
Pastors from Latino churches study strategies for evangelism |
BGC |
9/17/76 |
Dedication of site |
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BGC |
3/21-15/77 |
Int. Institute on Evangelism |
25 |
Follow-up with Latino pastors |
BGC, Mexican Frat. Of Evang. & Church Gr. |
9/28/77 |
Groundbreaking ceremony for Center |
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12/77 |
Evangelicals Face the Future (Atlanta, Georgia) |
300 |
Approaches to world evangelization |
BGC |
12/11-14/78 |
Continuing Consultation on Future Evangelical Concerns: An Evangelical Agenda: 1984 & Beyond (Overland Park, Kansas) |
60 |
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BGC |
10/13/79 |
Cornerstone ceremony |
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BGC |
11/1-2/79 |
Bible in American Culture conference |
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Lilly, WC |
9/13/80 |
Building dedication. Addresses by Billy Graham and Charles Malik, among others; followed by a Gospel concert with George Beverly Shea and others and a dramatic presentation by Jeanette Clift George on the life on Fanny Crosby |
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BGC, BGEA |
9/14/80 |
BGEA evangelistic service |
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BGC, BGEA |
9/80 |
Forum on the Church’s Future |
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Approaches to world evangelization |
BGC |
4/29-5/1/81 |
China Consultation |
50 |
Cooperation in China ministry |
ICS, ECO |
5-7/81 |
Summer Institute of Missions |
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BGC, Wheaton College Grad School |
6/81 |
Preaching for Commitment Workshop |
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Preeminence of preaching |
BGC |
3/26-27/82 |
Symp., Marxist Challenge to Christian Commitment |
100 |
Christian concerns about Marxism |
BGC, SGA |
4/14/82 |
The Gospel In Song: 1860-1930 |
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Museum feature in Center auditorium |
Museum |
4/27-30/82 |
China Consultation |
50 |
Cooperation in China ministry |
ICS, ECO |
5/20-23/82 |
Conference on Christian Coalition Service |
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BGC, Christian Legal Society |
5/82 |
Chicago Area African Studies Conference |
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Fellowship & exchange of info |
Archives & Library |
6/7-18/82 |
Preaching for Commitment Workshop: Power in the Pulpit |
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Instruction in proclaiming gospel |
BGC |
6/14-18/82 |
Church Leaders Seminar |
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Lay people in partnership with pastors |
BGC |
6/21-25/82 |
Evangelism Strategy Workshop |
300 |
Design local church evang. strategy |
BGC, BGEA |
6/-7/82 |
Summer Institute of Missions |
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BGC, Wheaton College Grad School |
6/25/82 |
The Gospel In Song: 1860-1930 |
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Museum feature in Center auditorium |
Museum |
6/25-7/2/82 |
Urban Ministers Workshop |
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Challenges in urban ministry |
BGC |
7/2/82 |
Evangelism & Church Growth |
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Understanding church growth |
Archives |
9/18/82 |
Dedication of Barrows Auditorium |
400 |
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BGC |
8/13-14/82 |
Missions Think Tank |
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held at Techny, Illinois |
BGC |
10/15-16/82 |
Evangelism Think Tank |
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BGC |
4/13-15/83 |
Evangelical Christianity and Modern America |
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Communicating evang. perspectives |
ISAE |
6/20-7/2/83 |
Wheaton ‘83 Church Consultation |
420 |
Nature & Mission of the Church |
BGC, WEF |
5/30-6/3/83 |
Evangelism Strategy Workshop |
100 |
Design local church evang. strategy |
BGC, BGEA |
5-7/83 |
Summer Institute of Missions |
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BGC, Wheaton College Grad School |
6/6-10/83 |
Preaching for Commitment Workshop |
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Instruction in proclaiming gospel |
BGC |
2/10-11/84 |
Muslim Awareness Seminar |
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Understanding Islam |
BGC |
5-7/84 |
Summer Institute of Missions |
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BGC, Wheaton College Grad School |
6/4-8/84 |
Missions Impact Workshop |
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Topics of concern for missions |
BGC, COBE |
6/11-15/84 |
Preaching for Commitment workshop 1 |
75? |
Instruction in proclaiming gospel |
BGC |
6/16-22/84 |
Evangelism Strategy Workshop |
125 |
Design local church evang. strategy |
BGC, BGEA |
6/25-29/84 |
Preaching for Commitment workshop 2 |
75? |
Instruction in proclaiming gospel |
BGC |
9/15/84 |
Consultation on Evangelism with Wheaton faculty |
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BGC, Wheaton College |
10/24-26/84 |
Jonathan Edwards and the American Experience |
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Edwards’ historical context & influence |
ISAE |
3/20-22/85 |
Christian Theology in a Post-Christian World |
200 |
Fundamentals of Christian belief |
ISAE |
5/23-24/85 |
Consultation on Vital Issues in Missions |
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BGC, EFMA, IFMA |
5/85 |
Task of Evangelical Higher Education |
150 |
Current state of Christian higher ed. |
ISAE, Christ. Coll. Coali. |
5/85 |
China Consultation |
45 |
Cooperation in China ministry |
ICS |
6/17-21/85 |
Evangelism Strategy Workshop |
150 |
Maximizing gospel outreach |
BGC |
6/24-28/85 |
Preaching for Commitment Workshop |
200+ |
Art of biblical exposition |
BGC, COBE |
7/8-12/85 |
Beautiful Life Women’s Conference |
400+ |
Spiritual development of women |
BGC |
11/25/85 |
Community Hymn Sing |
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BGC |
11/85 |
Ethnic Think Tank |
25 |
Issues in ethnic ministry |
IOE |
3/86 |
Conference On Evangelizing World Class Cities |
300 |
Papers on urban evangelism |
BGC, TEDS, Moody |
6/86 |
Preaching for Commitment Workshop |
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Instruction in proclaiming the gospel |
BGC |
6/16-19/85 |
School of Evangelism |
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BGEA, BGC |
6/16-19/86 |
A Century of World Evangelization |
100 |
Increasing scholarly investigation |
ISAE |
6/30-7/2/86 |
Justice and Mercy Conference |
450 |
Prison ministry issues |
IPM |
9/29-30/86 |
Lectures on Preaching |
30 |
Albert Outler on John Wesley |
ISAE |
10/23/86 |
Wilson Suite of the Center dedicated in honor of Grady Wilson, T. W. Wilson, and George Wilson |
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BGC |
5/87 |
Tentmaking and Mission |
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Relationship of tentmaking and missions |
IOE |
6/87 |
Outreach to Chinese Immigrants in Chicagoland |
30 |
Strategy for reaching Chin. immigrants |
ICS |
6/8-11/87 |
Pastors’ Wives Conference |
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Fulfillment in ministry |
BGC |
6/8-11/87 |
MidAmerica Conference on Biblical Preaching |
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Instruction in proclaiming the gospel |
BGC |
6/12/87 |
Symposium on Witnessing Through Worship |
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Designing a service for evang. results |
BGC |
6/15-18/87 |
BGEA School of Evangelism |
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BGC, BGEA |
6/19/87 |
Symposium-Evangelizing Thru Music & Drama |
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Using music and drama to evangelize |
BGC |
7/13/87 |
Building a Women’s Program in the Local Church |
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Jill Briscoe on ministry by women |
BGC |
8/87 |
Training Seminar in Mexico |
8 |
How to direct libraries |
Library |
10/26-30/87 |
China Consultation |
70 |
Networking in China ministry |
ICS, IFMA, EFMA |
10/30-30/87 |
China Awareness-Ministry Seminars |
63 |
Raise China aware. And prep. for min. |
ICS, OMS |
1/7/88 |
Body of Christ in Sri Lanka |
80 |
Breakfast briefing (Ajith Fernando) |
BGC, EMIS |
1/25/88 |
Symbolic Defense: Strategic Defense Initiative |
45 |
Multi-Media Lecture-Dr. Linenthal |
ISAE |
3/88 |
Religion and American Politics |
250 |
Relationship betw. Rel. and Amer. pol. |
ISAE |
3/88 |
Zwemer Institute Muslim Awareness Seminar |
40 |
Issues in Muslim outreach-Woodberry |
IMS |
3/24/88 |
Update on Philippines |
50 |
Breakfast briefing (Evelyn Fernandez) |
BGC, EMIS |
6/88 |
Appreciating Overseas-Born and American-Born Chinese Distinctives |
25 |
Preparing for ministry to OBC’s and ABC’s |
ICS |
6/17-19/88 |
Millennium Commemoration |
61 |
History of faith in Russia |
IEWCS |
6/20-24/88 |
BGEA School of Evangelism |
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BGC, BGEA |
7/7-9/88 |
Congress on the Church and Disabled |
606 |
“Power Perfected in Weakness” |
IPM |
7/13-15/88 |
A Heritage at Risk: The Evangelical Archives Conference |
30 |
Preserving documents of American Evangelicalism |
Archives |
7/20-23/88 |
BGEA School of Evangelism |
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BGC, BGEA |
7/25-29/88 |
Korean World Mission ‘88 |
1400 |
Mobilizing Koreans for world evang. |
KWM |
9/88 |
Christian & Other-Faith Dialogue |
60 |
Akbar Haqq, public lecture |
BGC, WC |
9/28-10/1/88 |
Evangelicals, Mass Media & American Culture |
200 |
Relationship between evang. & cult. |
ISAE |
11/9-12/88 |
Christian Broadcasters to the Soviet Union |
70 |
Christian broadcasting in USSR |
IEWCS |
12/3/88 |
Consultation on Soviet Christian Emigration |
125 |
Soviet emigration issues |
IEWCS |
1988 |
Charles W. Colson Scholarships begun |
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IPM |
1/89 |
Mission Link Conference |
60 |
Ongoing training for missionaries |
BGC |
2/27-3/4/89 |
Mini Workshops on Comm. Health & Adult Ed. |
60 |
Adult learning and comm. dev. |
Est. Cont. Ed, MAP |
3/30-4/1/89 |
Christian Revivalism in International Perspective |
150 |
Relationship of revivalism to culture |
ISAE |
3/89 |
Symposium on Outreach to PRC Scholars |
35 |
Helping Chinese churches minister to PRC scholars in North America |
ICS |
4/26/89 |
Current Trends in China Ministry - Dr. Donald Dale |
25 |
What God is doing in China |
ICS |
5/4-6/89 |
Ministry in a Global Context (held in Philadelphia) |
130 |
Women & church, S. Afr., technology |
ISAE |
5/31/89 |
Cons. On Ethnic/Urban Evangelism in Chicagoland |
17 |
Characteristics of Chicago ethnic communities and how to reach them |
IOE |
10/6/89 |
To Russia with Love: East West Sister Churches (Brown-bag seminar) |
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Lecture by Kjeli-Axel Johanson on how churches in western Europe and the United States can make contact with individual churches in the Soviet Union |
ISCM |
10/12/89 |
State of Christianity in Canada |
40 |
Public lecture - Dr. George Rawlyk |
ISAE |
10/23-26/89 |
China Consultation |
60 |
Networking for China ministry |
ICS, IFMA, EFMA |
10/27-28/89 |
China Awareness - Ministry Seminars |
45 |
Promote public awareness for China |
ICS, OMS |
4/7/90 |
Christian Persps. On Western & Soviet Atheism |
75 |
Issues in atheism |
IEWCS |
6/9-15/90 |
Conference on Glasnost and the Church |
51 |
Ministry in Eastern Europe |
IEWCS |
9/90 |
Consul. On Halfway House for Ex-Offenders |
25 |
Aftercare for ex-offenders |
IPM |
1/91 |
Evangelism Consultation with Faculty |
12 |
Issues in Evangelism |
IOE |
Spring/91 |
Women in Evangelism Series |
1600 |
Lectures from women in evangelism |
IOE, WC |
5/2-4/91 |
Ethical Foundations for Market Economy in USSR |
53 |
Role ethics should play in USSR mark |
IEWCS |
5/9-11/91 |
Consultation on Partnership in World Mission |
65 |
Working consultation on world miss. |
BGC |
5/91 |
Ethnic Evangelism Conf. |
30 |
Issues in ethnic evangelism |
IOE |
6/11-13/91 |
Prison Ministry Conference |
270 |
Networking for prison ministry |
IPM |
6/17-20/91 |
BGEA School of Evangelic |
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BGC, BGEA |
6/13-15/91 |
Evangelicals, Voluntary Agencies, & Amer. Public |
125 |
Volunteerism in America |
ISAE |
6/24-29/91 |
Prison Ministry Chaplain Development |
50 |
Good News Jail and Prison Min. |
IPM, Good News |
6/27-30/91 |
MANNA for Muslims Conference |
100 |
Networking for Muslim outreach |
IMS |
10/91 |
Ethics and Economics Conference (in Moscow) |
65 |
Realities of econ. system in USSR |
IEWCS |
11/91 |
Evangelism Professors Consultation |
10 |
Issues in evangelism |
IOE |
11/19/91 |
New Immigrants & Amer. Religion Pluralism |
60 |
Public lecture-Stephen Warner |
ISAE |
12/3/91 |
Religion & Ethnicity |
20 |
Public lecture-John Lee |
ISAE |
12/16/91 |
Consultation on Christian Education in the USSR |
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IEWCS |
4/8-11/92 |
Evangelicalism in Transatlantic Perspective |
200 |
Interaction from both sides of Atlantic |
ISAE |
5/28-31/92 |
MANNA for Muslims Conference |
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Practical appl. N. Am. Muslim ministry |
IMS, MANNA Project |
6/14/92 |
Chaplaincy Training |
130 |
Training for prison ministry |
IPM |
7/27-8/1/92 |
Korean World Mission ‘92 |
2500 |
Mobilizing Koreans for world evang. |
KWM |
9/3/92 |
Support for Theo. Edu. In former Soviet Union |
17 |
Networking in Theo. Ed. In former SU |
IEWCS, OCTEM, Deyneka |
9/4/92 |
Networking and Database Sharing in East Eur.Min. |
11 |
Networking for E. European ministry |
IEWCS, etc. |
9/4/92 |
Church in Post-Marxist Russia |
55 |
State of church in former USSR |
IEWCS, etc. |
10/2/92 |
Russia in Flux: Reflect. Of a Russian General |
135 |
Major General Nikolai Stolyarov |
IEWCS |
10/11/92 |
Community Sing |
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led by Cliff Barrows |
BGC |
10/15/92 |
Cultural Decadence & Evangelical Response |
80 |
Colloquium-Paganism in Suburbs |
ISAE |
10/17/92 |
How to Start a Church Archives |
20 |
Evang. Church Lib. Association |
Archives |
10/21/92 |
Home School Treasure Hunt |
18 |
Program on church history for home schooled children |
Archives |
12/4-5/92 |
Western Christ. Assist. For Post-Soviet Economies |
41 |
Issues in providing. assist. to post-sov. econ. |
IEWCS |
2/11/93 |
Christ. Leadership & Theo. Edu. in former S. Union |
73 |
Theo. Ed. Issues in former USSR |
IEWCS, OCTEM, Deyneka |
4/13/93 |
Working Group, Chic. Area Ministries to Muslims |
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Motivating & facilitating coop. |
IMS, CFN |
4/16/93 |
Christian Higher Educ. in former Soviet Union |
66 |
Networking to improve Christian Higher Ed. in former Soviet Union |
IEWCS, InterVarsity, IICS, Campus Crusade, Christ. Coll.Coal., Deyn. |
4/29-5/1/93 |
Women in Evangelical History |
25 |
Explore work being done on women in American Evangelicalism |
ISAE |
5/13/92 |
Rededication of Museum |
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Museum |
5/21-22/93 |
MANNA for Muslims Consultation |
23 |
Working consultation |
IMS, MANNA Project |
5/7/93 |
Treasures of Wheaton: Women in Ministry |
70 |
BGC portion of program was on Women’s Union Missionary Society |
Archives, Wade, Buswell |
6/10-13/93 |
Arabs in Mission |
43 |
Launching AWEMA in N. America |
IMS, AWEMA |
6/22-26/93 |
Mgt. for Effective Prison Ministry |
22 |
40 hrs. focused on prison min. issues< | |