Administrative Files, 1947-1959.

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Administrative Files, 1947-1959.

The records are the official files of the Christian Life Commission beginning in 1947. The generally cover the administrations of Hugh Brimm and A.C. Miller. The records include publications, correspondence, and subject files. Issues prominent in the records are: race relations, temperance, labor relations, marriage and divorce, pornography, and religious liberty.

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Moyers, Bill D.

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Bill Moyers was born in Hugo, Oklahoma in 1934. He began his career in journalism at age sixteen as a cub reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas. He went on to enroll at North Texas State College and study journalism, later transferring to continue his studies at the University of Texas at Austin. While there, Moyers wrote for the Daily Texan, UT’s student newspaper. He also married Judith Suzanne Davidson, with whom he eventually had three children. In 1956, he ...

Criswell, Wallie Amos, 1909-2002.

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Southern Baptist Convention, Social Services Commission.

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McClellan, Albert Alfred, 1912-2004.

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Dobbins, Gaines S. (Gaines Stanley), 1886-1978

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Ordained Baptist minister, 1913; pastor, Gloster, Miss. 1914-15; New Albany, Miss., 1915-16; member editorial staff, Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, 1916-20; professor religious education and church administration, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1920-1956; treasurer, 1933-42; acting president, 1950-51; dean, School of Religious Education, 1953-56; professor church administration, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 1956-66; lecturer, Samford University, 1967. From...

Dowis, S. F. (Solomon Franklin), 1891-1967

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Holcomb, Thomas Luther, 1882-1972.

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Southern Baptist clergyman and Executive secretary of the Sunday School Board from 1935-1953. From the description of Records, [microform] 1953. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 166141155 ...

Gore, Albert, 1907-1998

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Politician, Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Arnold Gore : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122620266 ...

Weatherspoon, J. B. (Jesse Burton), 1886-1964

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Campbell, Will D.

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Mississippi native, World War II veteran, author, minister, civil rights activist, lecturer. From the description of Campbell (Will D.) papers, ca. 1950-2001. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 48761951 ...

Pollard, William Ramsey, 1903-1984.

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Miller, Acker Calvin, 1891-1984.

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Dehoney, William Wayne, 1918-2007.

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Dehoney served as Southern Baptist pastor in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. He was president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1964-1966. He was active in the Baptist World Alliance, and served on their Executive Committee. While pastor at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, he founded BibleLand Travel, later Heritage Travel, and today Dehoney Travel. The company offers seminary trips to the Holy Land and other countries. From the description of Collection,...

Wooley, Davis Collier, 1908-1971.

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Valentine, Foy Dan, 1923-2006.

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Fields, W. C. (Wilbur Clemont), 1922-

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Fields, a native of Louisiana, was a graduate of Louisiana College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Served as pastor to churches in Louisiana, Kentucky and Mississippi. From 1956 to 1959 he was editor of the Baptist Record, the Baptist newspaper for Mississippi. In July of 1959 he came to work for the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, serving as assistant to the Executive Secretary and Director of Public Relations. The title for this positi...

Routh, Porter Wroe, 1911-1987.

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Hays, Lawrence Brooks, 1898-1981.

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Storer, J. W. (James Wilson), 1884-1970

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Dr. James Wilson (J. W.) Storer was President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1953-1955, and President of the Executive Committee from 1952-1953. Following his tenure as pastor of First Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1931 to 1956, Dr. Storer was the Executive Secretary for the Southern Baptist Foundation until his retirement in 1967. He also worked with other denominational agencies as a member of the Relief and Annuity Board and Foreign Mission Board. Dr. Storer served on the Boar...

Maston, T. B. 1897-1988.

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Graham, William Franklin, b 1918

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Allen, Clifton J. (Clifton Judson), 1901-1986

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Author is General editor, Broadman Bible commentary; formerly Editorial secretary, Baptist Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention. From the description of Two inseparables for our ministry / Clifton J. Allen. 1970. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 41268909 Southern Baptist pastor, denominational leader, and Sunday School Board Executive. Graduate of Furman University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Th.M. and Ph.D). Served as pastor to churches in ...

Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986

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Southern Baptist pastor, editor, educator, and denominational leader. Pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1929 to 1968. President of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1947-1948. From the description of Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, 1973-1981. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 26980241 From the description of Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, [microform] 1973-1981. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id...

Cauthen, Baker James, 1909-1985.

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Southern Baptist Convention. Christian Life Commission

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The Christian Life Commission is a Southern Baptist Convention agency that provides scriptural analysis on current social issues and moral responsibilities of the Christian life. Housed in the Southern Baptist Convention Building in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1947 the Commission succeeded the Social Services Commision that started in 1913. In 1997, the Christian Life Commission was renamed the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to describe its focus on religious liberty and church/state relat...

Koinonia Farms.

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Grey, J. D. (James David), 1906-1985

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Clement, Frank Goad, 1920-1969.

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Binns, Walter Pope, 1895-1966

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