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| Size | About 350 items (14.5 linear feet) |
| Abstract | The Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (FGBMFI) is a faith-based organization created by Demos Shakarian in 1951 in an effort to merge faith in God with business practices. It is a fellowship of business people that operates in over 100 countries; there are many regional chapters throughout the United States. Materials include original audio cassette tape recordings, the majority of which were made at FGBMFI chapter meetings, conventions, and outreach efforts in North Carolina. These tapes contain sermons, music sessions, and testimonies from different people associated with the FGBMFI. Recordings of two speakers are featured. The first set is of Solomon Ono, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, containing 22 audio cassette tapes from his sermons and testimonies, October 1974-October 1977. The second set is of the Reverend Dr. C. Paul Willis of the Cathedral of His Glory in Greensboro, N.C., containing 92 audio cassette tapes from his sermons and testimonies, February 1979-January 1992, with the bulk of the tapes recorded before 1984. There are also a small number of commercial recordings, including recorded radio programs and a series of tapes of evangelist Pat Robertson. Also included is a list of speakers, 1969-1996; showing who spoke or testified at various North Carolina FGBMFI chapter meetings, chiefly at the Durham-Chapel Hill chapter. |
| Creator | Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. |
| Language | English. |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Historical Information
The Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (FGBMFI) is an organization that was created in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1951 by Demos Shakarian. Born 21 July 1913 in Downey, Calif., Shakarian was a dairy and beef farmer before beginning the first chapter of the FGBMFI ministry. Demos Shakarian's son, Richard Shakarian, took over the FGBMFI upon his father's death in 1996.
Created to merge faith in God with business practices, the FGBMFI is a fellowship of business people that operates in over 100 countries, including extensive regional chapters throughout the United States.
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Scope and Content
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (FGBMFI) materials include original audio cassette tape recordings, the majority of which were made at FGBMFI chapter meetings, conventions, and outreach efforts of the businessmen's religious organization in North Carolina. These tapes contain sermons, music sessions, and testimonies from different people associated with the FGBMFI. Recordings of two speakers are featured. The first set is of Solomon Ono, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, containing 22 audio cassette tapes from his sermons and testimonies, October 1974-October 1977. The second set is of the Reverend Dr. C. Paul Willis of the Cathedral of His Glory in Greensboro, N.C., containing 92 audio cassette tapes from his sermons and testimonies, February 1979-January 1992, with the bulk of the tapes recorded before 1984. There are also a small number of commercial recordings, including recorded radio programs and a series of tapes of evangelist Pat Robertson.
Also included is a list of speakers, 1969-1996; showing who spoke or testified at various North Carolina FGBMFI chapter meetings, chiefly at the Durham-Chapel Hill chapter.
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Series 1. Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International Recordings, 1971-1994 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
This cassette series consists of religious-oriented tapes, the majority of which were made at the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (FGBMFI) chapter meetings, conventions, and outreach efforts. The cassettes contain sermons, music sessions, and testimonies from people associated with North Carolina FGBMFI regional chapters. There is a concentration of recordings from the Durham-Chapel Hill chapter, along with a number of tapes from other regional chapters, including those in Burlington, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C.
Also included are a series of tapes of evangelist Pat Robertson and radio programs that were recorded for sale. These tapes appear at the end of the series beginning with tape number FS-5444.
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Series 2. List of Speakers, 1969-1996
Written outline of speakers from the Durham-Chapel Hill FGBMFI, Durham, N.C., 1969-1996 and speakers from several other North Carolina chapters. The list was prepared by Alex Jones, president, 1982-1985 and 1991-1996.
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List of Speakers #20306, Series: "2. List of Speakers, 1969-1996 " Folder 1 |
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Items Separated
Audio cassettes FS-5116 through FS-5475 have been separated.
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