Winters in Guatamala 1960

The Ralph D. Winter Research Center

The Ralph D. Winter Research Center is focused on the archival holdings of Ralph D. Winter and Donald McGavran, but also hosts consultations on important current issues in missiology.

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Ralph D. Winter's portrait Lausanne 1974 top words

Ralph D. Winter archives

Ralph Dana Winter
December 8, 1924 - May 20, 2009

I am willing to fail. Risks are not to be evaluated in terms of probability of success, but in terms of the value of the goal.

The Ralph D. Winter archives are housed at Latourette Library at William Carey International University in Pasadena, California. The archive is being processed. The first phase of organization has been completed. The second phase of cataloging is in progress and making significant progress.

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Donald McGavran's portrait

Donald McGavran archives

Donald Anderson McGavran
December 15, 1897 - July 10, 1990

Nothing could be better for missions than a bold strategy of actively supporting reproductive churches.

The Donald McGavran archives are primarily housed in two locations. The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College in Illinois, which holds papers from his early years. The Latourette Library at William Carey International University in Pasadena, California holds his papers from 1965 until his death in 1990.

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