Chronology
1941 Founding of American Scientific Affiliation
1941 J. Vernon McGee begins the “Open Bible Hour” radio ministry
1941 Founding of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
1941 Founding of Young Life
1941 Founding of Awana Clubs International in Chicago, Illinois
1942 Founding of Wycliffe Global Alliance (formerly Wycliffe Bible
Translators)
1942 Founding of National Association of Evangelicals
1943 Founding of Officers’ Christian Fellowship
1945 Founding of Youth for Christ International
1947 Founding of Fuller Theological Seminary
1947 Founding of Accrediting Association of Bible Institutes and Bible
Colleges
1947 Carl F. H. Henry publishes The Uneasy Conscience of Modern
Fundamentalism
1947 Harold Ockenga coins the term neo-evangelicalism
1947 Billy Graham crusade ministry begins
1949 Billy Graham Los Angeles Crusade gains national attention
1949 Founding of the Evangelical Theological Society
1950 Founding of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
1950 Founding of Denver Seminary (formerly known as Conservative
Baptist Theological Seminary)
1950 Founding of World Vision International
1951 Founding of Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru)
1951 Founding of collegiate chapter of Navigators
