Papers of Victor E. Cory, 1958-1962.

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Papers of Victor E. Cory, 1958-1962.

Correspondence, reports, lists and other materials relating to Cory's participation in the 1962 Greater Chicago Crusade as a member of the Laymen's Committee. $b The folder also contains information about the naming of DECISION magazine, the opposition of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America (IFCA) to the Chicago crusade, and a critique from Harold Warren to Charlie Riggs of the BGEA's policy of working with Roman Catholic and liberal Protestant churches.

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