Related Ministries
A.E. Mitchell and his family were involved in several ministries starting around the turn of the century with Andrew’s involvement in evangelism in Colorado. Ministry organizations included Youth for Christ, The Navigators, The Foursquare Churches, Go-Ye Fellowship, Saturday Night Jubilee, Far East Broadcasting, Christians in Government, World Vision, Billy Graham Crusades, PFNA, Alpha Gamma Omega, Open Bible Churches, etc.
From left - Hubert Mitchell, Robert A. Cook, Billy Graham, Ted Engstrom - Youth for Christ
David Morken with Billy Graham - Overseas Youth for Christ Crusade
Daughter Jean and husband Kaare Wilhelmsen:
- Go-Ye Fellowship (now GlobalGrace), world missions - India, Iran, Singapore, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Germany, Turkey, Trinidad, Brazil
FEBC (Far East Broadcasting Co) - The Philipines
Daughter Esther and husband Murray Russell
- World missions - Ethiopia and Kenya, and pastorates in the U.S.
Daughter Marietta and husband Joe Smith
- World missions - Woodstock School, Landour, India
Many family members in the next generations have served and are serving in Christian ministries throughout the world.
An early Youth for Christ photo. David Morken is on the back 2nd from left.
A.E., Jennie, and the Wilhelmsens in Trinidad with Open Bible Institute staff and students
Jean and Helen Mitchell in India, back row 1st and 2nd from left. Below, David Morken and Hubert Mitchel with the Youth for Christ Council, 1940s.
Jennie Mitchell’s Ministry at Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, CA
Quote from Chuck Smith about Jennie Mitchell provided by Calvary Chapel:
"I always remember with fondness dear Mother Mitchell who is one of those unusual outstanding
people that you meet once in a lifetime. I’ve met two of them so I must have lived two lives.
Mother Mitchell was one of those beautiful saints of the Lord who had been walking with Jesus for
over eighty years. She was in her nineties [ed. note, eighties-early nineties] when she was around here. Loved the
young people, loved to come around because of The Jesus People. Loved the music groups, the rock
groups. She was a special kind of a person.
The last time I was with her we were flying together back to Pennsylvania where I was to hold some meetings. At that time Daniel Amos was going back with us to do the music for those meetings. She was to leave me in Pennsylvania and was to go over to Africa doing some missionary work over there. In her nineties, heading off to Africa to do some mission work and she said, “If I die in Africa, just bury me there. Don’t bother bringing my body back here. I’ve been around this body long enough. Just bury me there.” She did die in Africa and was buried there.
The thing that I loved about her was that she always wore a corsage. This beautiful little ninety plus year old woman always had this beautiful corsage. If you would ask her about the corsage or what’s the special occasion. She said, “I’m waiting for the bridegroom to come and I want to be ready when he comes for me.” She always wore the corsage in anticipation that her bridegroom is coming to receive her so she wanted to be prepared.
That’s pretty much the attitude that Jesus said we the church should have, being prepared, being ready, “knowing not the day or the hour,” and thus that being ready for the bridegroom to come." - Chuck Smith
A.E. Mitchell
- Evangelism to Miners, Colorado
- Child Evangelism, Colorado churches
- YMCA Counselor and Camp Counseling, Denver, Colorado
- Art and Bible ministry at Angelus Temple and LIFE Bible College
A.E. and Jennie Mitchell
- Jail and Mission ministry, Los Angeles
- Radio Ministry
- Go-Ye Fellowship Founders and Directors (now GlobalGrace)
- Mentors to Chuck Smith (by A.E. and Jennie when he was in LIFE Bible College) and Calvary Chapel young people. Chuck Smith asked Jennie to preach at the church several times, and brought young people to the Go-Ye Prayer Garden. See Chuck’s quote below.
Son Hubert Mitchell
- Go-Ye Fellowship, world missions in Sumatra, Indonesia and India (now GlobalGrace)
- Youth for Christ
- Victory Service Club Ministry, WWII, Los Angeles
- Saturday Night Jubilee program, Youth for Christ, Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles
- The Navigators
- Christians in Government, Chicago and Los Angeles
- Televisitation Ministry
- World Vision
- Billy Graham Ministries
- Ministry at Church on the Way, Van Nuys, CA
- Inter-church Ministries
- Foreign Missions Fellowship
Helen Pomeroy Mitchell (wife of Hubert - passed away in
Sumatra in 1940)
- Go-Ye Fellowship, world missions in Sumatra, Indonesia (now GlobalGrace)
- Music ministry at Angelus Temple and Foursquare churches
Rachel Edvardsen Mitchell (wife of Hubert)
- Go-Ye Fellowship, world missions in Sumatra, Indonesia and India (now GlobalGrace) and author of the book “Whom Having Not Seen Ye Love”
Son Bryant Mitchell
- Pastor for the Open Bible Churches - Kansas
- Go-Ye Fellowship Missions (now GlobalGrace)
- Board Member of the PFNA (Pentecostal Fellowship of North America)
- Founding Member of the Christian Fraternity, Alpha Gamma Omega at UCLA
- General Chairman and Missions Director, Open Bible Churches (Writer of two OB history books)
Lola Lee Raney Mitchell (wife of Bryant - passed away in 1969)
- Preaching/healing ministry in Trinidad and Jamaica with Open Bible Churches
- Deeper Life book and tract ministry
- Teacher at the Open Bible College, Des Moines, IA
Lucille Jenkins Mitchell (Wife of Bryant Mitchell)
- Missionary teacher for the Open Bible Churches for 30 years in River Cess Liberia
- Traveled with husband Bryant to visit several mission fields around the world for the Open Bible
Son-in-Law David Morken
- Go-Ye Fellowship, world missions - China, Japan, Afghanistan, Sumatra, etc. (Now GlobalGrace)
- Christian Service Organization for Servicemen, Los Angeles
- World Vision
- Billy Graham Ministries
- Youth for Christ
- Saturday Night Jubilee program, Youth for Christ, Los Angeles
- The Navigators
- Pastor, Lodi, CA
Daughter Helen Mitchell Morken, (David’s wife)
- Armenian Mission Children’s Ministry - Los Angeles
- Co-Pastor of a Foursquare Church, Wooster, OH, 1931
- Go-Ye Fellowship, world missions - India, China, Japan, Afghanistan, Sumatra, etc. (Now GlobalGrace)
See the photo gallery below. Click on the photos to enlarge them, and some have links to content or online sources.
Related Ministries Photo Gallery
Wooster, OH Foursquare Church co-pastored by Helen Mitchell who later married David Morken. She co-pastored with Margaret Beck, 1931. Click on the photo for an article from the Foursquare newspaper.
Andrew and Sadie's daughter Jean Mitchell, 2nd row, 5th from left, and Rachel Edvardsen front row, 6th from right, at the Landour, India language school in preparation for missionary work. Rachel later married Jean's brother, Hubert Mitchell.
Hubert Mitchell in ministry at US churches in prep for Sumatra - Open Bible Messenger magazine
1904 Palisade, CO newspaper notice about Andrew's children's service.
Hubert was an evangelist early in his ministry and preached and ministered in music with piano, accordion and trumpet.
Bryant and Lola Lee on the left with friends from the Foursquare Church's LIFE Bible College. Lola Lee helped design and sew the ladies uniforms. Bryant was in leadership at the school.
Andrew and Sadie's son Bryant and wife Lola Lee pastored a church in Kansas, then served as missionaries and Bible school teachers for the Open Bible Churches. Bryant led the denomination as General Chairman and Missions Director.
Helen Morken - speaker at an Open Bible Child Evangelism Conference
Helen Morken, missionary to Sumatra
Lucille Jenkins Mitchell, 2nd from right, was Bryant Mitchell's second wife after Lola Lee Mitchell passed away in 1969. She was a missionary/teacher in River Cess, Liberia for 30+ years.
Lucille Jenkins Mitchell in River Cess, Liberia
Hubert Mitchell and David Morken in Sumatra with Go-Ye Fellowship
Western union telegram from Hubert Mitchell concerning Youth for Christ. Click on the image for the Wheaton archives resource.
Dawson Trotman of the Navigators. Hubert Mitchell and David Morken ministered with the Navigators worldwide. To read a sample of a "Dear Gang" newsletter which mentions Hubert and David, from April, 1948 click on the image.
Youth for Christ group - Hubert Mitchell in the middle shaking hands with gentleman.
The crowd at the Sat. night Youth for Christ Jubilee headed by Hubert Mitchell and David Morken, Church of the Open Door, 1946
Youth for Christ Executive Council, 1946. Left to right are David Morken, Richard Harvey, Hubert Mitchell (President), Dr. Torrey Johnson, Dr. Frank C. Phillips, Bob Pierce, Paul Peterson
Youth for Christ group: From left, Hubert Mitchell, Robert Cook, Billy Graham, Ted Engstrom. Click on the photo for YFCs history.
Hubert Mitchell at the Youth for Christ Sat. Night Jubilee at Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles, 1946. Click on the photo for a June, 1945 Variety article about the Jubilee and Hubert.
Variety Magazine, front page, June, 1945 - An article about Hubert Mitchell and the Saturday Night Jubilee in Los Angeles. Click on the image and download the PDF of the article. Page 1 of 2.
Variety Magazine, front page, June, 1945 - An article about Hubert Mitchell and the Saturday Night Jubilee in Los Angeles. Page 2 of 2.
Billy Graham at an early Youth For Christ meeting
1949 Newspaper Announcement - Youth for Christ meeting with Billy Graham speaking. Hubert Mitchell managed this Saturday Night Jubilee at Church of the Open Door
Newspaper article from 1947 about David Morken and the Youth for Christ Saturday night Jubilee
Hubert with runner Gil Dodds (in white t-shirt) at a Youth for Christ event
David Morken and Robert A. Cook at a Youth for Christ event. Robert Cook was a well-known radio personality, and all of his radio shows are now available with searchable transcripts at www.walkwiththeking.org. Click on the photo to go to the site. Good friends David Morken and Hubert Mitchell and mentioned on several of his radio programs.
Hubert Mitchell at the Servicemen's Center in Los Angeles
1946 Youth for Christ gathering with David Morken and Hubert Mitchell. Click on the photo for Marilee Pierce Dunker's blog about this photo.
Andrew Mitchell and Hubert Mitchell on either side of Billy Graham at the 1960 Baptist World Congress in Brazil. Click on the photo for Rev. Graham's address at the convention. Hubert played the piano for the services.
Kaare Wilhelmsen with FEBC (Far East Broadcasting Company) in Manila, The Philippines, in 1963. He received the news about Pres. Kennedy being shot while with the FEBC.
The government of Afghanistan ordered the church the Wilhelmsens and the Morkens were ministering in to be torn down.
Tehran, Iran where the Wilhelmsens were
Andrew and Sadie's son Bryant Mitchell in Mexico with Open Bible Missions
Kaare and Jean Wilhelmsen with Helen Mitchell Morken and friends in Afghanistan with Go-Ye Fellowship
Hubert Mitchell's televisitation teaching record.
Chicago City Hall - Hubert Mitchell's ministry was here - Christians in Government
Los Angeles City Hall - Hubert Mitchell's ministry was here - Christians in Government
A.E. and Jennie were popular speakers in the churches of Southern California
A.E. and Jennie were popular speakers in the churches of Southern California. This article mentions their jail ministry.
A.E. and Jennie were popular speakers in the churches of Southern California
David and Helen Morken - missionary report from Sumatra page 1 of 2
David and Helen Morken - missionary report from Sumatra page 1 of 2
Bryant Mitchell Open Bible Message magazine article after his death in 1997.
Alpha Gamma Omega, a Christ-centered fraternity Bryant Mitchell helped found at UCLA in 1927. It now has chapters all over the U.S. Click on the image to go to their website.