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:

Presentation at First Session - 1968 United Conference

Speaker(s): Unknown Announcers

Description: Dramatic spoken and musical presentation detailing the history of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches in British and U.S. contexts. This presentation was made at the first session of the United Methodist Church at the uniting conference held in Dallas Texas in April 1968. This was a major presentation with orchestra and chorus. It appears this recording was made on the first day of the united church, April 23, 1968.

Length: 31:46
Recording Date: April 23, 1968
Recorded at: General Conference (Uniting Conference,) Dallas TX