Papers of Robert Van Kampen, 1944, 1959-1982.

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...

Wheaton College (Ill.)

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Billy Graham Center

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Center for research and training in evangelism; Billy Graham Evangelistic Association committee formed to gather historical materials related to Graham and the BGEA, 1970; concept developed into an institution consisting of 1) an archives, library, and a museum, all emphasizing the history of evangelism, particularly Graham's ministry and 2) institutes to provide leadership and training in evangelism; selected Wheaton College as the site for the center, 1974; dedicated in September 1980 when it ...

Billy Graham Evangelistic Trust.

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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...

World Wide Pictures, Inc.

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Religious film production company; formed in 1951 as a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association subsidiary to produce and distribute films, most of which would combine a fictional or true story of a person's conversion with scenes from an actual BGEA crusade; most films were available for distribution to churches, but occasionally to the general public through release in commercial theaters; WWP's presidents were Dick Ross and William Brown; until 1988, production was done in WWP's Burbank, CA, off...

Billy Graham Training Center (Asheville, N.C.)

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World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund.

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World Congress on Evangelism 1966 Berlin, Germany

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International meeting to promote and plan for world evangelism. The Congress of conservative Protestant leaders from around the world was co-sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and CHRISTIANITY TODAY magazine. Its agenda dealt with ways of increasing cooperation between Christians in evangelistic work and studying that work in different parts of the world. It was a model for the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization and the 1983 and 1986 International Conf...

Van Kampen, Robert

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Businessman; born Robert Cornelius Van Kampen, 1910; worked as executive for banks and commercial businesses (1927- ); served various Christian institutions including the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (member of board of directors, 1957- ) and its subsidiaries, and Wheaton College (1948- ); married Dorothy Payne Ruisch (1933) and had three children. From the description of Papers of Robert Van Kampen, 1944, 1959-1982. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30767896 ...

International Congress on World Evangelization (1974 : Lausanne, Switzerland)

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