Collection 475
[April 29, 2003]
Nyborg, W. Scott, 1923 -
Interview; 1993
One Audio Tape (.02 cubic feet)
Brief Description
Interview with Nyborg in which he describes his childhood, work with High School Evangelism
Fellowship; the 1957 Billy Graham New York Crusade; the Sermons from Science exhibit at the
1964-1965 New York World’s Fair; Office of Worldwide Evangelism-in-Depth (OWED) for
Latin America Mission; In-Depth Evangelism Associates (IDEA); Reality Seminars with Latin
America Mission; Christ for the City-Miami; co-workers Ruben Lores, Rene Padilla, Orlando
Costas and John Huffman; attitudes of the American church towards the rest of the world; affect
of Hurricane Andrew on Miami.
Biography
Full name |
W. Scott Nyborg |
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Birth |
1923, in Tacoma, Washington, United States |
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Family |
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Parents |
Parents immigrated to the United States from Norway, 1917. Father was a pastor in the Evangelical Free Church denomination. |
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Siblings |
5 brothers & sisters |
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Marital Status |
Married to Jane A. Newell in 1950s |
Education |
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?-1960 |
Graduated Columbia Bible College, Columbia , South Carolina |
Career |
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AT&T, personnel department |
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?, 1957 |
High School Evangelism Fellowship, oversaw high school clubs in Brooklyn & Queens |
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(?) 1950s, 1960-1963 |
Gospel Volunteers of the World (Camp-of-the-Woods) |
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1963 |
Christian Businessmen’s Committee |
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1963-1965 |
Director of Sermons from Science at the New York World’s Fair, 1964-1965, for Moody Institute of Science |
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1966-1970 |
Latin America Mission, worked in Office of Worldwide Evangelism-in-Depth (OWED) |
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1970-1976 |
Latin America Mission, seconded to In-Depth Evangelism Associates (IDEA) |
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? |
Latin America Mission, Reality Seminars |
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1986-199? |
Latin America Mission, director of Christ for the City-Miami |
Scope and Content
Scott Nyborg was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on January 15, 1993, at the office of Latin America Mission in Miami, Florida. The events described in the interview cover the time period 1917-1993.
T1 (approximately 75 minutes). Family background, employment with High School Evangelism Fellowship, training nature of the fellowship, working for High School Evangelism Fellowship again during the 1957 Billy Graham New York Crusade, starting new high school clubs with new converts, director of Sermons from Science at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, beginning to work for Office of Worldwide Evangelism in Depth (OWED) within Latin America Mission in Miami, Ruben Lores (concerned with tension between missions and the national church overseas), ending of Evangelism-in-Depth, mentality of the church to have programs for everything (towards church growth rather than conversion), working in In-Depth Evangelism Associates (IDEA), OWED programs around the world: Japan, Phillippines, Nigeria, Zaire, Portugal, United States (eastern Pennsylvania, DuPage County, Illinois), contrasting OWED programs with Evangelism-in-Depth in Latin America, creation and purpose of the Reality Seminars - tackling paternalistic, narcissistic and provincial attitudes of American church towards the world, reactions to seminars, Carlos Rene Padilla (prophetic voice, bold stand for word of God, passion for social issues and evangelism), Clayton L. “Mike” Berg, Orlando E. Costas, getting involved in Christ for the City, challenge of Ray Bakke to minister to the city of Miami as an organization, objective of Christ for the City to confront every part of the city with the claims of Jesus Christ through the local churches, interests for Christ for the City in programs that cross denominational, ethnic and racial barriers, participating in Inter-Faith Coalition in response to Hurricane Andrew, church planting in Hialeah, Florida, involvement in Quest 95 sports evangelism, importance of prayer to change the hearts of pastors towards the people of Miami, the affect of Hurricane Andrew on the attitudes of the people of Miami, character of John Huffman, openness to do the will of God at Latin America Mission, interdenominational character of Latin America Mission.
Provenance
The materials in this collection were given to the Archives of the Billy Graham Center by Scott Nyborg in January 1993.
Accession: 93-07
April 2003
Christian F. Sawyer
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 93-07
Type of Material: Audio Tapes
The following items are located in the AUDIO TAPE file.
All of the tapes below are reel-to-reel, 3-3/4 ips, one side only.
T# |
Length |
Contents |
Dates |
T1 |
75 min |
Interview of W. Scott Nyborg by Paul Ericksen. |
January 15, 1993 |