Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.)
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Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.)
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African American-operated interdenominational agency emphasizing evangelism in a context of wholistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation; formed by John Perkins in rural Mississippi, 1960; Perkins began developing housing, thrift store and agricultural cooperatives, 1967-1970; Perkins arrested and almost beaten to death, 1970; Perkins relocated to Jackson, 1971; first volunteer summer groups came to Mendenhall, 1971; headquarters relocated to Jackson, 1974; quarterly periodical A QUIET REVOLUTION first published, 1975; Mendenhall operation split off as a separate organization named Voice of Calvary - Mendenhall (later The Mendenhall Ministries), 1978; Lem Tucker became president (1981); Perkins relocated to Pasadena to establish Harambee Christian Family Center and John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development, 1982; affiliated ministries developed: Mendenhall health clinic (1973), Peoples Development, Inc. (1974), Mendenhall thrift store (1977), Herbert R. Jones Christian Youth Center (1978), International Study Center (1978), New Hebron Tri-County Community Health Center (1979), Jackson Family Health Center (1980); Christian Community Development workshops started, 1981.
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African American families
African American leadership
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Christian education
Christian leadership
Church and social problems
Church work with African Americans
Church work with the poor
Church work with youth
College students in missionary work
Community development
Community development
Community development
Evangelicalism
Evangelistic work
Evangelistic work
Integration
Lay missionaries
Medical care
Missions, Medical
Missionaries
Missions
Organizational change
Poverty
Race relations
Reconciliation
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Mississippi
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Mendenhall (Miss.)
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United States
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Jackson (Miss.)
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