This collection contains material from the Baptist General Conference Board of Christian Education, as well as material not from the Board but involving Bible school, Christian camping, and other aspects of Christian education. The collection spans 15 cubic feet and dates between 1928 and 1989.

The 1999 Acquisition series contains information sent to the archives from the BGC headquarters. The Policy Manual dates to 1980. The "Spiritual Revolution Handbook" was published by New Life Publishing. The "2nd Man: Monster, Myth, or Minister" was written by Blaine Hughes in 1976. There are two "Courtship, Marriage and Family Life: A Guide for Planning a Church Program" booklets from 1967. The Sex Education folder contains resources for church leaders teaching youth. There are several unsolicited manuscripts that had been sent to the Board of Christian Education for possible publication. The New Building folder holds information on the Baptist General Conference headquarters in Arlington Heights, Illinois, dating to 1980 and 1981. The Clubs folder contains documents on Girls Meeting God, Pioneer club, and Adventure club. The Special Children folder holds documents on working with special needs children and the hearing impaired.

There are 18 folders of correspondence, mostly with Ted Johnson, executive secretary of the Board of Christian Education. The booklet Borders: Electronic Media, Religious Education and the Future was sent to the Board of Christian Education in 1983 as part of the correspondence.

The 2000 Acquisition series contains information sent to the archives from the BGC headquarters. The Club Ministries folder holds information about the Pioneer Clubs, Adventure Club, and other youth clubs. One folder titled "The Growing Church Involves Boys" was from the Christian Service Brigade. Another folder introduced Awana Clubs, a christian program for youth. The Retreat Planning folder for a leadership retreat dates to 1984. The Men's Ministries folder contains mostly articles and worksheets. There are three folders for the Youth Pastors Forum, dating from 1986 to 1988, containing mostly planning information. The Christian Education Leadership Forum file dates to 1985, which holds statistics on different districts in the Baptist General Conference. The three folders on Evangelism contain documents planning a book, statistics on church growth, correspondence, reports from the Evangelism Committee, and articles. A plamphlet written by Emmett Johnson is titled "The Church Gears Up for Inviting People to Christ." A separate pamphlet promotes the Billy Graham School of Evangelism dating to 1988. There are two folders from the Congress on Evangelism, one from 1985 and the other from 1988, holding schedules, notes, and planning documents. Several folders hold planning information for BGC district forums called Consultation on Evangelism, dating to the late 1980s. The Youth Leaders Seminar folder dates to 1985 and 1986. The folder titled Keith Kraakevik Seminar on Spiritual Gifts contains a packet titled "Gifted for Giving." The Large Church Forum took place in 1988 in Minnetonka. The folder Serving Church, Teaching Church Seminar holds documents on the events dating to 1983 and 1984. The Congress on Revival folder dates to 1986 and holds planning documents. The Leaders Forum contains planning documents dating to 1987. The Pastors Conference sponsored by Church Ministries occured in 1988. The District Executive Leadership Forum folder holds workshop documents, mostly from an event in Florida. A seminar put together by L. Ted Johnson was titled Today's Smaller Church: Making a Good Thing Better. The "How To Seminar for Volunteer Older Adult Leaders" dates to the 1980s. The Make Learning a Joy folder holds documents from a seminar put together by Ted Johnson. The Basic Educational Plan folders hold handwritten notes and curriculum documents for local churches. Related materials include a catalog for Pioneer Clubs from 1984-1985 and a Sunday School Planner magazine from 1985. Several other folders contain worksheets and planning information for seminars and forums on singles, aging, small churches, and youth leadership, all dating to the 1980s.

The Lawrence Swanson series holds folders of information kept by Swanson during his time as secretary of the Board of Christian Education. The Manpower: Guidelines for Men's Work in the Church folder contains documents from the Board of Men's Work. The Board of Christain Education minutes date between 1970 to 1976. The Board of Christian Education folders date between 1970 and 1977, containing reports, policies, correspondence, statistics, and long range goals. There is a separate folder of reports from the Board to the Board of Trustees. Another folder contains letters, mostly from Lawrence Swanson. The High Days folder contains planning documents from events in the 1970s. The Christian Education Retreat at Bethel took place in 1977. The booklet "Salvation by Appointment" was written by George Delamarter for the Light and Life Men's Fellowship. Abe Funk compiled a booklet Occupation Army as part of God's Invasion Army. Effective Soul Winning: Systematic Couse for Personal Workers was a booklet by Milo Nixon from the Board of Home Missions. The Needs and Answers folder holds a pamplet of A Profile of Your Church: Outline and Questionnaire.

The Future Projections folder holds planning and goal documents dating to the 1970s.

The Statistical Study of the Sixties folder holds a document prepared by George McNeill. It is a Statistical Study of the Baptist General Conference showing the General Data of the Entire Conference and the District Data.

The Discipleship folder contains a bibliography of books on discipleship, planning documents for Double in a Decade, and a pamphlet called "The Tri-I Concept: Inspiration, Instruction, Involvement."

The District Seminars folder holds correspondence planning Christian education seminars in different BGC districts.

The Vacation Bible School folders date between 1966 to 1969. The folders hold mostly curriculum information, particularly film strip scripts, including "Charlie's Friend." There are also statistical reports of attendance.

The Camping folder holds camping statistics, guidelines for BGCampers, a pamphlet called "Choosing A Camp For Your Child" from 1966 to 1967, and a pamphlet called "'Marks' Of Quality...for Christ-centered Camping" from the Christian Camp and Conference Association. The Trout Lake Camp booklet contains program information for a District Christian Education Leader's Conference from 1964. There are two Camp Director's Manuals for use at Camp Hickory from 1961, written by Robert Norstrom. There is a folder holding the Committee on Program Development for Camp Hickory. Ethel Ruff and Ruth Nethercott wrote Summer Camptivities: A Handbook to Summer Bible Camps, published by the Alberta Baptist Young People in 1946. There are two booklets of Christian Camp Counselor's Handbooks called "Camping Guideposts", written by Lloyd Mattson in 1962.

The Loyalty Campaigns were a series of programs to encourage Sunday School attendance. The folders in this series date between 1955 to 1972.

The Christian Education Board Reorganization folder dates to 1968, when the Boards of Men, Women, and Bible School-Youth were combined into a Christian Education Board.

The Statistics folder holds data from churches, districts, and programs within the Board of Christian Education.

The National Brotherhood was a Men's Fellowship group. The folder dates from 1948 to 1949.

The Conference Men Articles folder holds Standard articles from 1963 to 1970.

The Headquarters Building Committee folder dates to 1968 and 1969. It holds documents about a possible move of the BGC headquarters to St. Paul.

The Farragut Apartments folder dates to 1962, holding asset and liability information on the building that housed Home Missions and the Bible School Department.

The Enlargement Campaigns were a series of programs to increase attendance for Bible School. The folders date between 1954 to 1977.

The Christian Education Congresses were held right before the annual meetings for the BGC, starting in 1961. The folders in this series date from 1961 to 1977. They hold programs, fliers, reports, and newsletters.

The Board of Publications and Bible School/ Youth Meetings folder dates from 1953 to 1969, containing meeting minutes from joint meetings of the two boards.

The Board of Bible School and Young People's Work folder dates to 1946 to 1968. It holds correspondence, articles, financial documents, lists of camps, and meeting minutes.

The Director's Council folder contains meeting minutes from 1973 to 1977.

The Long Range Planning Committee folder holds mostly meeting minutes, but also reports and goals, from 1960 to 1970.

The Financial Reports folder dates from 1970 to 1971.

The Christian Education Institutes were a series of workshops held by the Midwest Baptist Conference.

The District Christian Education Leader's Conferences were held by the BGC with leaders from the various conference districts.

The Christian Education Conference in 1964 was sponsored by the New England Christian Education Board of the Baptist General Conference of N.E. at Trinity Baptist Church in Brockton, Massachusetts.

A program from the Iowa Christian Education Conventionettes from 1964 is titled "Ministering Unto Discipleship."

The "Called To Teach" booklet was edited by Lois LeBar in 1955 and was a scriptural method for teachers in the local church. It was published by Wheaton College.

Forty Years in Faith: A Brief History of Minnehaha Academy, 1913-1953 was written by Phyllis Englund and Gertrude Sandberg.

The "Minnesota Boys Town, Incorporated" was a case study by Gordon Bear and Donald Peterson. It was written for a sociology course at Bethel in 1964.

"Because they came... True Missionary Stories from Ethiopia for Juniors and Junior Highs" is a booklet written by Maxine Gravee and published by the Board of Foreign Missions in 1968.

The "Opportunity Unlimited" booklet are conference notes from the Assemblies of God regional Sunday school convention in 1957.

The Action '71 folder is empty, but shows branding from the Board of Christian Education.

The Board of Christian Education 5-Year Plan was written by L. Ted Johnson.

The Director of Youth Ministries folder dates between 1983 and 1985, containing handwritten notes, planning documents, and meeting minutes.

The Older Adults folder dates from 1983 to 1985, holding correspondence, handwritten notes, a job description, and resources.

The Christian Education Manuals binder holds documents on Conference Youth Fellowship, evangelism, missions, and library lists.

There is a ledger from the Swedish Baptist Young People's Union of Chicago, holding financial information from 1928 to 1941. The BYPU/ CYF folder holds information from the Baptist Young People's Union and Christian Youth Fellowship, such as programs, articles, the constitution of the organization, and information about Youth Week. The Reports were from Gunnar Hoglund to the CYF General Council in 1967 and 1968. Two Youth Week packets date to 1965 and 1966. The Local Youth Guide was a handbook to help with youth programs through the Conference Youth Fellowship.

There are two folders of Program Resources. They hold resources for a Youth Resource Team, Outreach, and Youth Ministry.

The YRT Administrative Portfolios were implemented and used by First Bpatist Church in White Bear Lake. YRT stands for Youth Resource Team, and the portfolio helps to develop a team ministry.

"Vote for Sunday School" was a booklet of messages from the 15th Annual National Sunday School Convention.

The ABC-Bok is a small booklet in Swedish for teaching children to read.

The Sunday School and Home Quartely was a serial publication from the Conference Press. This collection holds Vol. 46 No. 3, Vol. 51 No. 3, Vol. 52 No. 2 and No. 2, Vol. 53 No. 3, and Vol. 54 No. 3.

The Girls Meeting God folder is from a girls' club. It holds documents about payments, personnel, and newsletters.

The Development Committee folder holds minutes from 1971 to 1977 on budgets, financing, and campaigns.

There are four folders from the Curriculum Development Committee. They hold correspondence, minutes, news articles, and outlines for curriculum guidelines.

The Policies folder holds policies regarding organization of the Board of Education, financial administration of the Board of Education, and a document on extension Bible classes by Lawrence Swanson.

The Photos folder holds images of staff and events, some of which are labeled.

There are two Happy Birthday, Sunday School! folders of resources to commemorate Sunday school's bicentennial in 1980.

The Church Profile from the Baptist General Conference is a filmstrip and audiocassette set.

Another large folder holds program materials for a Vacation Bible School Missionary Program called North America on Tell-A-Mission.

The "Blending Together: Exploring Missions in Intergenerational Clusters, Family Cluster, Missions Education" kit contains a cassette tape recording of Dale Bjork, Herb Skoglund, and Keith Kraakevik. It also holds two brochures and several worksheets.

The "Developing a Balanced Christian Education Program" kit contains a cassette, programmed text, participant's guides, and worksheets.

The "Ministry with Senior Adults" kit contains a ministry handbook, a guide for an estate plan, a copy of Mature Living: A Magazine for Christian Senior Adults, a mission action group guide, a copy of The Standard, and other packets of information.

The three "Missions Education" kits contains programmed texts, missions photographs, worksheets, and booklets.

The "Small Bible Study Groups" kit contains one cassette, several booklets, and several worksheets.

The "Ministry Through Baptist Conference Women" kit contains a binder of participant guides and brochures, as well as a cassette tape.

The "Youth...Who Are They?" kit contains worksheets, brochures, and a vinyl record.

The "Leaps and Bounds...A Look at Junior Highs" kit holds a cassette tape, the book Where was the Church when the youth exploded? by Stuart Briscoe, and many worksheets.

There are three "Christian Service Brigade" kits, all on the topics of Understanding and Reaching Boys. They contain a cassette tape, and audio reel, booklets, and worksheets.

The "Saved From Drowning and Other Missionary Stories" kit holds three vinyl records recording stories from Ethiopia, Assam, Brazil, God's Invasion Army, and the Philippines. It also holds a large notebook of images to accompany the stories.

The "Burned Feet and Other Missionary Stories" kit contains three vinyl records of stories on God's Invasion Army, Brazil, American Indians, Argentina, and Alaska. It also holds a large notebook of images to accompany the stories.

The "Missions by Telstar: Ten True to Life Missionary Stories" kit holds a booklet of stories by Lloyd Mattson, as well as a large notebook of images to accompany the stories.

The "Highways to Missionary Adventures: Ten True Life Stories of Missions at Home" kit contains a booklet of mission stories, as well as a large notebook of images to accompany the stories.

The "Missionary Prayer Line: Ten True-Life Missionary Stories From Around the World" kit contains a booklet of stories by Lloyd Mattson, as well as a large notebook of images to accompany the stories.