Records of Christianity Today, International, 1954-[ongoing].

Graham, Billy, 1918-2018

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Evangelist, radio preacher, and author; born William Franklin Graham on November 18, 1918 in Charlotte, N.C.; graduated from Florida Bible Institute (1940 and Wheaton College (1943); ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, 1940; achieved national prominence in 1949 through his evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles; founded Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1952; had extensive evangelistic ministry throughout the world, 1949- ; authored many books and received many awards and honors; organiz...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Cushing, Richard James Cardinal, 1895-1970

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Richard James Cushing (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder of new churches, schools, and institutions. Unlike his predecessor, he was on good terms with practically the entire Boston elite, as he softened the traditional confrontation between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant upper-class. He built useful r...

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963

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Epithet: writer and scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000021 C. S. Lewis was an Oxford professor, a Christian apologist, and a novelist, essayist and critic. From the description of C.S. Lewis collection. [1939]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667850821 One of Britain's foremost literary and philosophical scholars, C. S. Lewis was Professor of Medieva...

Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973

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Lemuel "Nelson" Bell (1894-1973) was a general surgeon and Presbyterian missionary. He was also the father-in-law of Billy Graham. Evangelist Billy Graham (b. 1918) attended Bob Jones University and recieved an honorary degree from the university in 1948. Bob Jones (1883-1968) is a religious broadcaster and the founding president of Bob Jones University. His birth name is Robert Reynolds Jones Sr. A fundamentalist, evangelical minister, he founded Bob Jones University in 1926 as an alternative t...

Henry, Carl F.H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003

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Carl French Henry, 1867-1929, was a Universalist minister who pastored the Throop Memorial Universalist Church in Pasadena, California, 1915-1929. He was married to Rena M. Henry and they had one child, a daughter, Helen Henry. From the description of Carl French Henry collection, 1892-1957. (Graduate Theological Union). WorldCat record id: 52526433 Evangelical Protestant theologian, professor and author; born January 22, 1913, in New York City, earned undergraduate degree a...

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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Official name, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; informally known as National Council of Churches USA or variants; earlier name, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America was organized in 1908; it was one of eight organizations which merged to form the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America on November 29, 1950. From t...

Bright, Billy

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Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971

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A private trust company and successor to the Pew Memorial Foundation, the Glenmede Trust Company was chartered in 1956 to administer three Pew family trusts. By the mid-1980s Glenmede's dual identity, as both for-profit financial management company and not-for-profit philanthropic institution, proved unwieldy. In 1987 the not-for-profit activities were spun off as The Pew Charitable Trusts, thereby establishing an identity separate from the the Glenmede Trust Company. J. Howard Pew served on the...

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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Evangelistic organization, founded in 1950 to: operate Billy Graham's ministry in a business-like way; provide a non-profit entity to receive donations for crusades and related ministries; plan and coordinate evangelistic meetings throughout the world; and with its agents and subsidiaries produce radio and television programs, films DECISION magazine, and books and records. The BGEA was instrumental in: founding the magazine, CHRISTIANITY TODAY, and Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center; sponsor...

Murch, James DeForest, 1892-1973

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Robbins, Paul D., 1936-

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Lindsell, Harold, 1913-1998

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Evangelical Protestant educator, theologian, writer, and editor; born on December 22, 1913; educated at Wheaton College, University of California, Berkley, and New York University; professor of missions and church history at Columbia Bible College, 1942-1944; professor at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1944-1947; professor of missions at Fuller Theological Seminary, 1947-1964; Associate editor of CHRISTIANITY TODAY, 1964-1967; professor of Bible at Wheaton College, 1967-1968; editor of C...

McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002

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Native of Ypsilanti, Michigan; clergyman, president and founder of the International Council of Christian Churches, editor of the Christian Beacon, and founder of the Twentieth Century Reformation Hour, and affiliated organizations. From the description of Carl McIntire publications, 1933-1993 (bulk 1960s-1970s). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84082396 From the description of Carl McIntire publications, 1933-1983 (bulk 1960s-1970s). (University of Michigan). W...

Jones, Bob, 1883-1968

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Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

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Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985

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American Evangelical pastor, scholar and churchman; born July 6, 1905; pastor of Park Street Church 1936-1969; first president of the National Association of Evangelcials, 1942-1944; president of Fuller Theological Seminary, 1947-1954, 1959-1963; president of Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1969-1979; leader in many other Evangelcial protestant organziations; died 1985. From the description of Ephemera of Harold John Ockenga, 1979. (Wheaton College). WorldCat ...

Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

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Yancey, Philip

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Christianity Today International

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Evangelical magazine publishing company, founded in 1956 by L. Nelson Bell and Billy Graham, among others; the company publishes CHRISTIANITY TODAY, LEADERSHIP and other publications intended for Evangelical Protestant pastors and laypersons. From the description of Records of Christianity Today, International, 1954-[ongoing]. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 26448758 ...

Jarman, W. Maxey

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Myra, Harold Lawrence 1939-

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McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990

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Missionary and mission administrator, author, educator, founder of Church Growth Movement; born to missionary parents in India, 1897; educated at Butler College, Yale Divinity School and Columbia University; married Mary Elizabeth Howard, 1922; served as missionary in India with Disciples of Christ, 1923-1954; lectured and studied church growth patterns, 1955-1960; Director of the Institute of Church Growth in Eugene, OR, 1961-1965; dean of Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Mission a...

National Religious Broadcasters (U.S.)

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Professional association for Protestant radio and television broadcasters; primary activities include annual conventions, training programs, and serving as a forum on issues of concern to Evangelicals and Fundamentalists in the United States. From the description of Records of National Religious Broadcasters, 1922-1991. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 50431289 ...