Mission and Conversion

Jesuit Society Archives

The Archives of the House of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus includes digitized versions of primary and secondary sources related to Jesuits and their mission activities.

Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College

The Mennonite Library and Archives includes digitized photographs and other images and visual sources including drawings, ledgers, church records, choral books, etc. on Mennonite settlement in the US and Russia as well as missionary activity in Africa and the US among Native tribes.

African-American Catholics of the United States

African American Catholics of the United States contains over 200 images of African American clergy, religious, and laity, plus others in ministry to them, in parishes and schools, religious communities, and lay organizations since 1900. Archives staff selected the images from the records of the Black and Indian Mission Collection, the Catholic Negro-American Mission Board, and … Read more

Russian Methodism Digital Archive

The Russian Methodism Digital Archive is an ongoing project collecting sources on the history of Russian Methodism, including a scrapbook, hymns, and newsletter.

Dictionary of African Christian Biography

Digital, open-access resource that uses biography to document the 2000 year history of Christianity in Africa; biographical figures include men and women, clergy and lay people, Africans and expatriates from around the world.

Boston University History of Missiology Website

Searchable database of texts related to Protestant missionary theology, strategy and activity from the 17th-20th centuries, including “classic” texts in mission history as well as biographical sketches and works by mission thinkers.