Great Plains
Scope and Contents
The Baptism and Membership Questionnaire collection dates to 1994 and 1995 and covers two boxes of one cubic foot.
The district folders contain the questionnaire responses from churches around the country that were sent back to the Baptist General Conference. One folder of international responses contain results from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Japan.
The Correspondence folder contains letters, mostly from pastors regarding the resolutions by the Board of Overseers.
The Meetings of the Study Advisory Committee folder contains meeting agendas and minutes.
The Back up materials folders hold recommendations, resolutions, memos and correspondence, and other contextual materials to this study regarding baptism requirements for church membership.
The Task Force findings and recommendations folder holds the compiled data from the questionnaire results, as well as the Task Force's recommendations to the Board of Overseers regarding baptism and church membership.
The Department responses to Norm Anderson resolution folder holds the resolution from 1994, and responses from Bethel, Board of World Missions, and the Executive Director of Home Missions.
Dates
- 1994 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for researcher use.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the The History Center: Archives of Bethel University and Converge Repository