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  • Description: This is a collection of historical diaries and journals written by prominent Presbyterian clergymen who each impacted Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and more broadly theological education in Virginia during the 18th and 19th centuries. Smith’s diary, spanning the years from 1836 to 1890,...
  • Description: Since its foundation, the World Council of Churches has published several journals in relation to specific topics linked to the ecumenical movement : “Risk: magazine about renewal in the churches” was published by the Youth Departments of the WCC and the World Council of Christian Education from ...
  • Description: The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) advises the WCC on critical situations in the world and on opportunities to support initiatives for peacemaking and justice. The commission helps the WCC identify challenges to the churches and guide them in shaping a coherent ecumeni...
  • Description: The WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism reflects the richness of global Christianity in its structure. Over the centuries, forms of mission have changed; and during the past two centuries they have become more diverse than ever. As result of mission that was carried out to a large exte...
  • Description: The Assembly is the highest governing body of the World Council of Churches, and normally meets every eight years. A WCC Assembly is a special time in the lives of member churches, ecumenical partners and other churches, as it brings together more than 4,000 participants, coming from all over the...
  • Description: The Commission on Faith and Order undertakes theological studies so that the churches may reach sufficient agreement across their diversity and grow in mutual care and accountability. First launched as a movement in 1910, it became a commission of the World Council of Churches in 1948. Its more t...
  • Ecumenical Press Service

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    Description: The Ecumenical Press Service (EPS) published from 1947 to 1994 under the auspices of the World Council of Churches and its previous title International Christian Press and Information Service (ICPIS) published from 1933 to 1946 was a weekly newsletter providing information on trends of thoughts ...
  • Spence Cross Collection

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    Description: Mary Bray Spence of Gulfport, Florida began collecting crosses while recuperating from a serious accident. She asked friends who were traveling to send her crosses and continued to build the collection following her recovery. The collection includes a wide variety of crosses and crucifixes repre...
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    Description: The John Bulow Campbell Library at Columbia Theological Seminary promotes intellectual discovery, collects and enables access, and provides information relevant to the curriculum and traditions of the Church and the Seminary. The library collections now include over 154,000 volumes of monographs ...
  • Description: Puerto Rico Evangélico was the official organ of a confederation of Protestant denominations in Puerto Rico from 1912 to 1973. It was published twice per month for 62 years, amounting to nearly 1,500 issues. This collection also includes a portion of two denominational journals that preceded the ...