Voices of Faith at Work in the World

About this Collection

The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.

This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
 

This audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.

Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

The Charter for Racial Justice Policies: A History

Speaker(s): unknown

Description: The Charter for Racial Justice was adopted by the 1980 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. This production may have been a promotion for that effort in 1980. It explains the history of the charter, and the group's effort to promote racial equality. In 1941, the national Methodist women's group voted to hold meetings only in those places where all members could be entertained without any form of racial discrimination. In 1952, the organization adopted its first Charter for Racial Justice, modeled after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the world community in December 1948. The charter was updated in 1962, and 1978, and then adopted by the General Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Length: 27:22
Recording Date: Possibly 1980