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Record Creator: | Methodist Church (U.S.). Commission on Christian Higher Education |
Title: | Records of the Commission on Christian Higher Education |
Date Span: | 1956-1960 |
Abstract: | The Commission on Christian Higher Education was a special commission established by the General Conference of The Methodist Church to develop ideas and programs to strengthen the bonds that bind the Methodist institutions of learning to the church. |
Quantity: | 0.52 cu. feet |
Resource ID: | gcah.rg.1092 |
The 1956 General Conference of The Methodist Church established the Commission on Christian Higher Education to direct the quadrennial emphasis on higher education. The primary task of the Commission was to strengthen the bonds that bind the institutions of learning to the church, to lead the schools and colleges of the denomination to a thorough commitment to Christian standards and ideals, and to lead the church in an effort to under gird the schools with adequate moral and financial support.
The Commission had several meetings and several sessions with various groups around the denomination. It reported to the 1960 General Conference of its various actions during the quadrennium and plans on how to integrate its suggested program into the work of the Board of Education.
This material contains the minutes of the Commission along with reports, publications and Correspondence.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Commission on Christian Higher Education, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
1336-2-5: 1 | Minutes: Organization Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 8, | 1956 |
1336-2-5: 2 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Philadelphia, PA, January 10- 12, | 1957 |
1336-2-5: 3 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Nashville, TN, August 1, | 1957 |
1336-2-5: 4 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Cincinnati, OH, January 10- 11, | 1958 |
1336-2-5: 5 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Dallas, TX, March 20- 21, | 1958 |
1336-2-5: 6 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Washington, DC, September 29- 30, | 1958 |
1336-2-5: 7 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Kansas City, MO, January 8- 10, | 1958 |
1336-2-5: 8 | Minutes: Executive Committee, New York, NY, September 23, | 1959 |
1336-2-5: 9 | Minutes: Executive Committee, Atlantic City, NJ, January 9, | 1960 |
1336-2-5: 10 | Minutes: Commission, Philadelphia, PA, January 10- 12, | 1957 |
1336-2-5: 11 | Minutes: Commission, Cincinnati, OH, January 10- 11, | 1958 |
1336-2-5: 12 | Minutes: Commission, Kansas City, MO, January 8- 10, | 1959 |
1336-2-5: 13 | Minutes: Commission, Atlantic City, NJ, January 7- 9, | 1960 |
1336-2-5: 14 | Correspondence | 1957-1960 |
1336-2-5: 15 | District Convocations | 1958-1959 |
1336-2-5: 16 | Reports of Committees | 1957-1960 |
1336-2-5: 17 | Reports to the Council of Bishops | 1956-1959 |
1336-2-5: 18 | Projected Program | 1960-1964 |
1336-2-5: 19 | Publications: Progress Reports, Blueprint on Christian Higher Education, etc. | 1957-1960 |
1336-2-6: 1 | Packets: Share the Wealth of Ideas, #1 through #8 | 1956-1959 |
1336-2-6: 2 | Statistics | 1956-1960 |