Come to the Meeting
This section contains examples of perhaps the most basic type of poster - that which gives the day, time and place of some event in which the creator of the poster hopes people will be interested. These posters all announce evangelistic meetings of one type or another, some in detail, others with the greatest possible simplicity.
The Seven Evangelists
Poster advertising "The Seven Evangelists" holding meetings at Bierod's Beer Garden in Louisville, Kentucky. B. Fay Mills (1857-1916), the round picture in the middle of the poster, was the main...
Stort Svensk Möte
Poster advertising a Swedish service at the Moody Tabernacle Choir, located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. The Moody Church (of which the Moody Tabernacle was a part) was...
The Covert Sisters
Poster advertising services by "The Covert Sisters" at the newly built Harvey Gospel Tabernacle in Harvey, Illinois. Dimensions: 6''x11''.
City Wide Gospel Campaign: The Blue Mountain Evangelists.
Thomas Theodore Martin (1862-1939) was a preacher and author, as well as organizer of the Blue Mountain Evangelists, a teams of evangelists and Gospel singers who spoke across the America...
The Original Gypsy Smith
Rodney Gypsy Smith (1860-1947) was both an evangelist and Gospel singer. He held meetings throughout the United States and Great Britain, first for the Salvation Army and then as an...
Bosworth Evangelistic Campaign
Fred Francis Bosworth (1877-1958) was a prominent independent Pentecostal evangelist. The other side of the poster contains four columns of endorsements, mainly from pastors who participated in his meetings in...
Revival!!
Poster advertising series of meetings of evangelist John R. Rice at the Back to the Bible Tabernacle in Kankakee, Illinois. The poster is from the Herbert J. Taylor Papers (1893-1978)....
G.I. Gospel Hour
Poster announcing weekly fellowship, Bible study, and prayer in Manila, ca. 1945. After the Allied forces pushed the Japanse Army out of the Phillipines at the end of World War...
Christ Risen
Poster announcing GI Gospel Hour services in Yokohama, Tokyo, and at Johnson Air Base, c. 1946. As the Allied forces launched their campaign to sweep back over the Pacific during...
YFC European Farewell Rally
"Detroit's Voice of Christian Youth Presents the Giant Youth for Christ International European Farewell Rally." In 1946, Torrey Johnson (1909-2002) led a YFC evangelistic team that included Billy Graham, Charles...
Life in Top Gear
Youth for Christ Presents ˜Life in Top Gear," 1946. Poster printed for the Liverpool, England, Youth for Christ Club during the YFC European Tour with Torrey Johnson, Billy Graham and...
Undom for Kristus
"Ungdom for Kristus," 1946. Poster Announcing the American Youth for Christ evangelists at various sites around Oslo, Norway, on April 12 and 13, 1946. This YFC campaign, which visited several...
Youth for Christ Jeugd-Rally
This poster advertised one of many YFC meetings for teenagers and young adults, led by young American evangelists and held throughout northern and western Europe in the years after World...
Camp Meeting
"Camp Meeting," ca. 1947. Poster advertising a Missouri camp meeting featuring the musical talents of the Palermo Four, a family of traveling evangelists popular in the 1940s. The Palermo brothers,...
Great Days with Billy Graham
Poster advertising Youth for Christ meeting in Grand Rapids, MI with Billy Graham, 1947. After Billy Graham and the Youth for Christ team returned from their 1945 and 1946 tours...
Singspiration Sailings
Poster advertising Voice of Christian Youth's late-summer cruise with featured musician J. Stratton Shufelt, most likely in 1950. "Boat Leaves Foot of Woodward" refers to the waterfront on the Detroit...
Does Evangelism Scare You?
"Does Evangelism Scare You?" 1951 Newspaper advertisement, taped into a scrapbook on black paper, for a meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, led by evangelist Jack Shuler (1918-?). Dimensions: 9"...
Tom Skinner
Poster advertising an evangelistic crusade by Tom Skinner, a former Harlem gang leader turned evangelist. On the poster is a stylized sketch of a gang fight occurring under a marquee...
Kaleidoscope
"Kaleidoscope," c. 1970. Poster advertising a youth evangelistic event for teenagers sponsored by the Metro Youth for Christ organization of New York City, New York, USA. Dimensions: 19-1/2'' x 22-3/4"....