World Council of Churches Records, 1893-1997

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
4492716 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
World Council of Churches
Repository:
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
Physical Description:
117 boxes (117 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Additional Description:
http://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/locations/burke/fa/wab/ldpd_4492716.pdf
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Description

Summary

Records and documents relating to commissions, committees, conferences, and General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches including pre-Amsterdam, 1948 World Council of Churches in process. Includes various committees and commissions, including Life and Work, Faith and Order, Evangelism, World Council of Churches and International Missionary Council merger, Churches and International Affairs, Laity, Women in the Church, World Christian Youth, Church and Society, Churches Participation in Development, Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service, and History of the Ecumenical Movement.

Records and documents relating to commissions, committees, conferences, and General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches including pre-Amsterdam, 1948 World Council of Churches in process. Includes various committees and commissions, including Life and Work, Faith and Order, Evangelism, World Council of Churches and International Missionary Council merger, Churches and International Affairs, Laity, Women in the Church, World Christian Youth, Church and Society, Churches Participation in Development, Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service, and History of the Ecumenical Movement.

General Note

Part of William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library Collection

In Archives.

Using the Collection

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Press releases, memoranda, agenda, articles, pamphlets.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Processing Information

Press releases, memoranda, agenda, articles, pamphlets Cataloged Lynn A. Grove 08/09/88.

Subject Headings

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Name
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
International Missionary Council CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Assembly CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Church and Society CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Commission on Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Commission on Life and Work CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Commission on the Churches' Participation in Development CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. History of the Ecumenical Movement CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Laity CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Sub-unit on Women in Church and Society CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World Council of Churches. Youth Department CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Christian union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ecumenical movement CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID