Quiet Emergency - Missionary Stories Lost and Found transcript

Quiet Emergency - Missionary Stories Lost and Found

Lecture given Monday, September 16, 2013, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Library archives preserve troves of missionary letters, reports, and photographs. Stories of faith may be recovered from these neglected documents. How will missionary records of the digital age be preserved? Join the conversation with your ideas, strategies, and practices to rescue our future past."
Date: September 16, 2013
Creator: Berryhill, Carisse
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tracing Your Religious Roots - Resources and Procedures transcript

Tracing Your Religious Roots - Resources and Procedures

Lecture given Wednesday, February 25, 1998, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 25, 1998
Creator: Holley, Peggy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Writing Congregational Histories - Why, How and What transcript

Writing Congregational Histories - Why, How and What

Lecture given Wednesday, February 24, 1999, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 24, 1999
Creator: Loveland, Emera
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birth and Death of the Early Scottish Restoration transcript

Birth and Death of the Early Scottish Restoration

Lecture given Monday, June 27, 2005 at Abilene Christian University: "Eighteenth-century Scotland produced an active restoration movement under the leadership of John Glas and Robert Sandeman. Within 40 years more than 50 congregations were spread across Scotland, England, New England and Canada. But by 1999 the movement was extinct. Why? What happened? What can be learned?"
Date: June 27, 2005
Creator: McMillon, Lynn A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Went Wrong? Is There a Message for Us? transcript

What Went Wrong? Is There a Message for Us?

Lecture given Monday, June 27, 2005 at Abilene Christian University: "Eighteenth-century Scotland produced an active restoration movement under the leadership of John Glas and Robert Sandeman. Within 40 years more than 50 congregations were spread across Scotland, England, New England and Canada. But by 1999 the movement was extinct. Why? What happened? What can be learned?"
Date: June 27, 2005
Creator: McMillon, Lynn A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Sumposium with Religion, Politics, and Science - Religion, the Hidden Story: The Church's Attitude transcript

Joint Sumposium with Religion, Politics, and Science - Religion, the Hidden Story: The Church's Attitude

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 24, 1998
Creator: Martin, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History
Writing Congregational Histories - Why, How and What transcript

Writing Congregational Histories - Why, How and What

Lecture given Wednesday, February 24, 1999, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 24, 1999
Creator: Loveland, Erma
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Portrait of Renewal in Churches of Christ Today transcript

A Portrait of Renewal in Churches of Christ Today

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "The Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement aimed from its beginning to renew the church to what God wants it to be. This is a rich legacy from which to draw for renewal in today's church. Garrett and Doug Foster of Abilene examine our heritage and current efforts to be a church after God's heart."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Foster, Douglas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Remarkable Leader transcript

A Remarkable Leader

Lecture given Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Abilene Christian University
Date: June 25, 2003
Creator: Roach, Tony
System: The Portal to Texas History
God's People Are Holy For The World: Exodus 19 transcript

God's People Are Holy For The World: Exodus 19

Lecture given Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "You will be for me a kingdom of priests. (Exodus 19:6)"
Date: September 22, 2009
Creator: Reynolds, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restoration History: Irene Young Maddox transcript

Restoration History: Irene Young Maddox

Lecture given Monday, February 21, 1994, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 21, 1994
Creator: Young, M. Norvel
System: The Portal to Texas History
A New Look at Models of Church Leadership - How Much Flexibility is there in a Biblical Model of Shepherding? transcript

A New Look at Models of Church Leadership - How Much Flexibility is there in a Biblical Model of Shepherding?

Lecture given Monday, September 16, 2013, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The panel will explore various creative and effective ways for elders to lead within the context of biblical norms."
Date: September 16, 2013
Creator: Money, Royce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mentoring Is a Ministry that Keeps On Building - Help, I Need a Mentor transcript

Mentoring Is a Ministry that Keeps On Building - Help, I Need a Mentor

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Many people are talking about mentoring. Ministers, church leaders and other Christ-followers want a mentor. This class is for those who want a mentor and for those who want to be a more effective mentor."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Martin, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History
1805: A 200-Year Perspective - Part 3 transcript

1805: A 200-Year Perspective - Part 3

Lecture given Monday, June 27, 2005 at Abilene Christian University: "1805 was a critical year in the life of the newly coalescing Restoration Movement. The experiences of Thomas Campbell, Barton W. Stone, Elias Smith and Abner Jones further confirmed and solidified these leaders in their conviction that those committed to Christ are to be united in deed and word."
Date: June 27, 2005
Creator: Olbricht, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
When Peace Breaks Out - A Righteous God Extends His Hand transcript

When Peace Breaks Out - A Righteous God Extends His Hand

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "God conflict? Paul escorts you to the front row to witness and participate in God's outbreak of peace. Allow God's righteousness to guide your discovery of your birthright as peacemaker."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Cope, Joey
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Promise in God's Darkness transcript

The Promise in God's Darkness

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 3:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Some of our Biblical ancestors - Abram, Jacob, Moses, Esther, Mary - experienced God's darkness in ways that led to new life. In our own experience of darkness and despair, can we discern God's promise to be with us always?"
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Norris, Kathleen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recovering a Gift for the Restoration - Freedom in Jesus transcript

Recovering a Gift for the Restoration - Freedom in Jesus

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 24, 1998
Creator: Foster, Doug
System: The Portal to Texas History
Campus Evangelism, Campus Revival, and Spiritual Awakening - What on Earth is God Doing on the Campus Today? transcript

Campus Evangelism, Campus Revival, and Spiritual Awakening - What on Earth is God Doing on the Campus Today?

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In the 1960s, campus evangelism was the most exciting and controversial movement among Churches of Christ. Led by Jim Bevis and Rex Vermillion, the short-lived ministry touched more than 40,000 students and some 400 campuses. Campus Evangelism "closed its doors" in 1970. Jim Bevis, co-founder of CE, shares his perspective of what happened."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Bevis, Jim R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restoration History Lectures - Restoration in Russia transcript

Restoration History Lectures - Restoration in Russia

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 1991, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 20, 1991
Creator: Jones, Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Founding Documents, Future Directions - The Religious Identity of Abilene Christian University transcript

Founding Documents, Future Directions - The Religious Identity of Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "ACU's founders were clearly members of the Churches of Christ, yet the documents they wrote to bring the school into existence opposed defining the college as serving any one group; it was to be simply a Christian school. This lecture looks at the founding documents of ACU as well as other Christian colleges formed in the 19th and 20th centuries to see how they defined themselves and how that can inform who we are today."
Date: September 20, 2006
Creator: Foster, Douglas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Religion Heritage of ACU - Charles Roberson: Minister, Professor, Chair transcript

The Religion Heritage of ACU - Charles Roberson: Minister, Professor, Chair

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "ACU's commitment to teaching the gospel of Christ has continued throughout its 100-year history. We will examine this continuity through the lives of three couples from different eras: Jesse P. and Daisy Sewell; Charles and Catherine Roberson; and LeMoine and Shirley Lewis. Their lives and religious perspectives continue to shape ACU today in powerful ways."
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: Loveland, Erma Jean & Olbricht, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Apostle of Christian Freedom transcript

The Apostle of Christian Freedom

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University
Date: June 18, 1996
Creator: Gieger, Loren
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Year in the Life of a New-Monastic Community transcript

A Year in the Life of a New-Monastic Community

Lecture given Monday, September 20, 2010, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The love of God is the most powerful force in the world, able to break down walls humanity constructs. Come and hear stories of God's faithfulness from those who pray for God's kingdom to come to Abilene."
Date: September 20, 2010
Creator: Flach, Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Story and Vision… Stone-Campbell Movement transcript

The Story and Vision… Stone-Campbell Movement

Lecture given Monday, June 27, 2005 at Abilene Christian University: "More than 10 years in the making and with the effort of more than 300 contributors, the "Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement" is a landmark in the 200-year history of this religious effort. The general editors tell the story of the book and something of the fascinating insights it provides."
Date: June 27, 2005
Creator: Foster, Douglas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History