Papers of Joseph H. Oldham and Betty Gibson 1912-1975

International Missionary Council.

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The International Missionary Council was established at London in 1921. It became associated with the World Council of Churches in 1939, and, in 1961, it became integrated with the WCC as its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. From the description of International Missionary Council Archives, 1910-1961 (inclusive) [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122555600 From the guide to the International Missionary Council Archives, [microform], 1910-1961 (inc...

Joseph Holdsworh Oldham and Betty D. Gibson

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Joseph Houldsworth Oldham was a pioneer in ecumenical mission work. He was born in 1874 of Scottish parents in India. After a short trip to India in 1897 (where he married Mary Fraser in 1898) he returned to study theology at New College in Edinburgh in 1901. He was the organising secretary for the 1910 World Missionary Conference, held in Edinburgh. In 1912, Oldham founded the International Review of Missions, which became the most prominent missionary periodical in the world. In 1...

Gibson, Elizabeth D.

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World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...

Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969

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Epithet: Editor `The Christian News-Letter' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00012b Joseph Houldsworth Oldham, pioneer of ecumenical missionary and social concern, was born in 1874 of Scottish parents in India. He was educated in Edinburgh and at Oxford from where he graduated in 1896. A religious conversion prompted Oldham to travel to India in 1897 to work with the YMCA where he stayed fo...