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Baptist General Conference Board of Trustees collection, 1889-2011

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-10

Scope and Contents

The Board of Trustees collection spans eight boxes of 12 cubic feet. The collection dates from 1889 to 2011.

The copies of letters by the Corresponding Secretary are bound together in a ledger, dating from 1896 to 2006. They are in Swedish.

The Executive Committee series holds three ledgers of meeting minutes in Swedish dating from 1889 to 1909. The folders contain primarily meeting minutes and recommendations to the Board.

The Correspondence series dates from 1975 to 1982. These letters are primarily from Warren Magnuson, General Secretary to members of the Conference on behalf of the Board.

The List of Board of Trustees folder contains member lists dating from the 1960s and 1970s.

The Reports by Warren Magnuson dates to the 1970s and are reports from the General Secretary.

The Reports to Districts from the Board of Trustees folder dates to the 1970s.

Milwaukee Church Planting folder dates to 1977 regarding the Home Missions department campaign in Wisconsin.

The Committee on Aid to Canadian Seminary Students dates to 1978 and was created to assist Canadian seminary students at Bethel.

The Vancouver Bible College folder dates to the 1970s, particularly involving options if the college were closed.

The United Mission for Christ folders date mostly to the 1970s and 1980s. They contain budgets, meeting minutes, and recommendations from the committee.

The Study Commission on Organizational Relationships, or SCOR, folder dates to the 1970s, containing structural relationships between different groups within the BGC administration.

The Hannah Gustafson estate folder involves distributing the monies from the estate to various aspects of the BGC.

The Motion 18 folder dates to the 1970s regarding the by-laws involving the duties of the Board of Trustees. The folder holds meeting minutes, correspondences on the subject, and responses to the request for input.

The dated folders contain mostly agendas and meeting minutes from Trustee meetings. There are also some reports, budgets, handbooks, and other supplementary information. Some folders come from members of the Board.

The Board of Overseers series contains booklets of Agendas and Information for meetings. In the folders hold meeting minutes, reports, and other supplemental information.

Dates

  • 1889 - 2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for researcher use.

Historical Note

The Board of Trustees within the Swedish Baptist General Conference was originally known as the Executive Committee, which later became a subcommittee within the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees was renamed to the Board of Overseers midyear 1987.

The United Mission for Christ was formed in 1963 as a program of financial implementation of the missionary and educational objectives of all the departments of the Baptist General Conference. The committee was organized directly under the Board of Trustees.

Extent

12 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Swedish

Arrangement

This collection was arranged mostly chronologically by meeting dates.

Custodial History

It is unclear when this collection was donated to the History Center.

Title
Baptist General Conference Board of Trustees collection, 1889-2011
Author
Rebekah Bain
Date
December 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The History Center: Archives of Bethel University and Converge Repository

Contact:
3900 Bethel Drive
Arden Hills MINNESOTA 55112 United States