Voices of Faith at Work in the World

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. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.

This 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.
 

This 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:

Poor People's Campaign

Speaker(s): John Adams, Del Shields (host)

Description: The Rev. John P. Adams, National Council of Churches Liaison to the Poor People's Campaign at Resurrection City in Washington, DC. The campaign was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and led by Ralph Abernathy after King's assassination. "Resurrection City" was an encampment on the Washington Mall. Issues in this program include: militancy, coalition of minorities, proposal for a guaranteed annual income, an unresponsive Congress, poverty, cost of Resurrection City, the nature of those in poverty, and church involvement in government issues.

Length: 58:03
Recording Date: June 7, 1968
Recorded at: WRVR Radio, New York City