National Conference of the Chinese Churches in America Collection

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Title:: National conference of the Chinese churches in America
Creators:: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Abstract:: Original papers (carbon copies, photocopy); transcripts of taped discussions; published proceedings; correspondence.
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], National conference of the Chinese churches in America, GTU 96-3-02, The Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Biographical / historical:: This collection contains the proceedings of the first conference, held in San Francisco, May 1955, the second conference, 1958, and "The Chinese in the United States and the Chinese Christian churches" by Horace R. Cayton and Anne O. Lively, a survey conducted prior to the first conference to provide information and points of discussion. C.C. Hung discusses the beginnings and purpose of the conference (see File Folder 2), "We all have a sustained interest in our ministry. We all need to share our problems and experiences. There are many things that we cannot do as a single church or a single denomination, but in unity and cooperation we can achive our goal. We should not be discouraged if we cannot find a solution for all our many problems, but at the very least we will have a better understanding of the existence of the problems and face them more realistically." Papers and discussions included evangelism, worship styles, leadership, differences between China born and American born Chinese, the teaching and use of both Chinese and English, social service needs in the community, and stewardship and financial issues.
Physical location:: 2/F/5
Physical description:: 1 box ; 2 in.

Subjects:: Chinese -- United States -- Religion -- Congresses
Chinese Americans -- Religion -- Congresses
Chinese -- United States -- History -- Sources
Chinese Americans -- History -- Sources
Chinese Americans -- Social conditions -- Congresses
Church work with Asian Americans -- Congresses
Evangelistic work -- United States -- Congresses
Names:: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Dept. of the Urban Church
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Dept. of Racial and Cultural Relations
Louie, Paul
Cayton, Horace R.
Lively, Anne O.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by The Graduate Theological Union Archives staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Gabriela A. Montoya
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: 1996. Cataloged: May 28 1996.

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], National conference of the Chinese churches in America, GTU 96-3-02, The Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Location of this collection:: Graduate Theological Union

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