Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Papers of Francis McClelland Ure
- Dates:
- 1890-1987
- Creators:
- Ure, Francis McClelland
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 12 Boxes, 6 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Papers of Francis McClelland Ure. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection of this itinerant Pentecostal evangelist includes teaching outlines, sermons notes, church bulletins, advertisements of upcoming meetings, poems (a few of which are published), financial and medical records. Also part of the collection are the wartime correspondence and military medals of Ure's father, Walter Ure, who served in the Union Army as a physician during the Civil War.
- Biographical / historical:
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Best known for her popular Personal Evangelism courses, Frances McClelland Ure (1890-1987) was born in Allegheny, now the Northside section of Pittsburgh, in 1890 to Walter Ure, a Scottish immigrant and his wife Margaret Grove Ure. She was ordained as a pastor in the church which she established on Long Island, Farmingdale Gospel Church, a branch of the Pittsburg Bible Institute. There was a mention at her farewell when she left Farmingdale that she would be going as a missionary to Belgian Congo for five years. Returned from missionary service in the Belgian Congo, she took up her primary ministry - training in personal evangelism. She taught classes for Sunday school teachers in many Assemblies of God and Open Bible Standard Churches, specializing in Personal Evangelism. She was a well-recognized teacher in this field, highly recommended by many prominent ministers and traveled all over the country offering her courses
- Acquisition information:
- The gift of Dr. Russell Spittler who was her executor from 1983 until the time of her death, 9/20/1987.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1890-1987
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Supervised use only. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.
- Terms of access:
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All rights reserved.
- Preferred citation:
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Papers of Francis McClelland Ure. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
- Location of this collection:
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135 North Oakland Ave.Pasadena, CA 91182, US
- Contact:
- (626) 584-5311