Records of Moody Memorial Church, 1864-1987.

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Records of Moody Memorial Church, 1864-1987.

Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946.

71 boxes (33.2 cubic feet)

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Chafer, Lewis Sperry, 1871-1952

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Lewis Sperry Chafer was born on February 27, 1871 in Rock Creek, Ohio. He was the youngest of Thomas and Lomira Chafer's three children. Thomas was a parson and died when Lewis was 11. To support the family, Lewis' mother taught school, then later kept boarders in their home, and the children earned what they could at odd jobs. Lewis met Ella Loraine Case at Oberlin College, and they married on April 22, 1896. Lewis' early training was in music, but he became convinced that God was calling him t...

Philpott, P. W. 1865-

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Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982

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Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1848-1925

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Sudan Interior Mission

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Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, later in Charlotte, North Carolina. Abyssinian Frontiers Mission was united with Sudan Interior Mission in 1927. From the description of Records of the Sudan Interior Mission, 1901-1989, n.d. (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702132646 ...

Ironside, H. A. 1876-1951.

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Moody Bible Institute

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Founded by Dwight L. Moody in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. From the description of Records of the Moody Bible Institute, 1913. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152847 ...

Africa Inland Mission

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China Inland Mission

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The China Inland Mission was a Protestant mission agency working in China until 1950. It later took the name Overseas Missionary Fellowship and redirected work to other Far Eastern countries. From the description of Records of the China Inland Mission, 1872-1955 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702148533 ...

LaSalle Street Church (Chicago, Ill.)

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Dixon, A. C. 1854-1925

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Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899

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American evangelist and publisher. From the description of Dwight L. Moody letter to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1898 June 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648018911 Dwight Lyman Moody was an American evangelist. Born in Massachusetts, he achieved some success in business in Chicago, where he became involved in Sunday school and later was a popular public speaker. Although not an ordained minister, he recruited Ira Sankey, and the two toured America and En...

Rader, Paul, 1879-1938

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Dallas Theological Seminary.

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Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.)

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Independent conservative Protestant church; founded by Dwight L. Moody in Chicago, 1864; one of the leading churches of Chicago and of Fundamentalism-Evangelicalism in the U.S.; originally called the Illinois Street Church, 1864-1871; after the building burned in the Chicago Fire, the congregation built a new structure at Chicago Avenue, which gave the church its name until it was renamed the Moody Church in 1900. From the description of Records of Moody Memorial Church, 1864-1987. (...

Borden, William, -1913

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

Smith, Gipsey, 1860-1947.

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Redpath, Alan

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