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Mission: SHARE! collection, 1963-1976

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-24

Scope and Contents

The Mission: SHARE! collection spans one cubic foot over two boxes.

There are two folders of background information on the campaign, dating primarily to the 1960s. Documents involve the United Mission for Christ, Bethel College and Seminary, and the Foreign Mission Board.

Two Franklin Nelson folders contain documentation kept by Nelson during the campaign. These include minutes, correspondence, lists of church visits, and distributions of funds.

The Trustees, Ed Hales folder contains material involving Edward Hales, Director of Stewardship for the Baptist General Conference. The documents examine the need for a new campaign.

The Campaign Committee folder holds meeting minutes, budgets, and organizational materials. There is also a First Year Report from 1971.

The Home Missions folder holds information on financial needs for ministries under the Home Missions Department.

The Foreign Missions folder contains documents describing distributions of funds to international missions in Mexico, Argentina, Japan, India, and Brazil. Ethiopia and the Philippines have their own folders.

There are two Mission Share booklets put out in 1970 to explain the campaign to donors.

Two Contributions folders list names of individuals and churches who donated to the campaign.

The Contribution Correspondence folder holds letters thanking donors for their financial aid.

Three Distributions folders contain the projects toward which money was allocated, including foreign missions, home missions, and Bethel.

The Binder contains alphabetized lists of contributors, as well as the distributions to different projects.

Dates

  • 1963 - 1976

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for researcher use.

Historical note

Mission: SHARE! was a capital campaign by the Baptist General Conference that began in 1970. The Campaign Committee was headed by Ellis Edlof, Jr. Funds were distributed to foreign missions, North America missions, Bethel College, and Vancouver Bible Institute.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is primarily arranged according to original folder order.

Custodial History

The majority of the collection came from Franklin Nelson, member of the Conference Campaign Committee.

Title
Mission: SHARE! collection, 1963-1976
Author
Rebekah Lopez, archivist
Date
November 2025
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