MC510 Signs and Wonders Collection
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Title: MC510 Signs and Wonders Collection
Dates: 1981-1989
Collection Number: CFT00182
Creator/Collector:
Wagner, C. Peter
Wimber, John
Fuller Theological Seminary
Extent: 8 Boxes, 4.2 linear feet
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: MC510 was a course that took place at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA from 1982-1985 under the leadership of John Wimber and
C. Peter Wagner. The course was approved in Fall 1981 and given the name “Signs, Wonders, & Church Growth.” The growing reputation
was largely due to the particular teachings on miraculous healing and in-class practice of praying for the sick. The MC510
Signs and Wonders collection includes class materials, class records, and correspondence regarding MC510: Signs, Wonders,
& Church Growth; MC511: Healing Ministry and Church Growth; and MC550: The Ministry of Healing in World Evangelization.
Language of Material: English
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MC510 Signs and Wonders Collection. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Acquired from C. Peter Wagner on June 8, 1999.
Biography/Administrative History
MC510 Signs and Wonders was a course that took place at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA from 1982-1985 under the leadership
of John Wimber and C. Peter Wagner. The course was approved in Fall 1981 and given the name “Signs, Wonders, & Church Growth.”
In Summer 1983, the name was changed to “Healing Ministry and Church Growth.” The name changed again in Winter 1984 to “The
Miraculous in Church Growth.” MC510 drew attention from students, faculty, and outside sources (such as Christian Life Magazine).
The growing reputation was largely due to the particular teachings on miraculous healing and in-class practice of praying
for the sick. Controversy surrounded the course in its few short years. As a result, a task force of 10 members (including
Wagner and Paul Pierson, the Dean of the School of World Mission) was assembled to evaluate and respond to feedback. In January
1986, Pierson announced the discontinuation of MC510.
Scope and Content of Collection
The MC510 Signs and Wonders collection includes class materials, class records, and correspondence regarding MC510: Signs,
Wonders, & Church Growth; MC511: Healing Ministry and Church Growth; and MC550: The Ministry of Healing in World Evangelization.
Dates of the materials range from 1981-1989. Formats include manuscripts, typescript, print publications, audio cassettes,
audio CDs, and VHS tapes. This collection also includes two sets of seminar notes by Charles H. Kraft on “Christianity With
Power” (1990) and “Deep Level Healing” (1992).
Church growth
Gifts, Spiritual
Healing -- Religious aspects
Miracles
Supernatural
Powers (Christian theology)
Fuller Theological Seminary. School of World Mission.
Fuller Theological Seminary. School of Intercultural Studies.