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:

A Call to Address World Hunger

Speaker(s): Harry Haines

Description: Description: This sermon was given at the 1977 Virginia Annual Conference, United Methodist Church. Dr. J. Harry Haines (1917-2007) was director of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) from 1966 to 1983 and a missionary for 21 years prior to that. In this talk, he speaks of what he had just seen in Hanoi, Vietnam. He tells of meetings with other major faith groups, focusing on the church's mission to feed the hungry. He tells of work being done in Liberia, Northern Kenya, and islands off the coast of Africa. He compares income levers across the globe. At his passing, Haines was described as “a saint, a model of Christian commitment, hard work, and inspiration” by the Rev. R. Randy Day, chief executive of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, the parent organization of UMCOR. “For years he was Mr. United Methodist Relief, rallying the church to aid people affected by natural disasters, wars and poverty.”

Length: 19:14
Recording Date: June 13, 1977
Recorded at: Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Virginia