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About this Collection

The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others.

AR-GCAH-LogoThis SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.

Radio Preservation Task ForceThis audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.

Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

First Black Bishop in the British Methodist Church

Speaker(s): Ermal Boston Kirby, Mike Hickcox (reporter)

Description: The Rev. Ermal Kirby was a professor of ethics at Queen's College in Birmingham, England. He as also about the become the first Black bishop in the British Methodist Church. He said the racial angle to his appointment was significant, but not a real factor in his ministry.

Length: 2:51
Recording Date: 3/22/1997
Recorded at: Spectrum Radio Religion News Studio, Rochester NH