Lutheran Housing Coalition.

The Lutheran Council in the USA (LCUSA) was founded in 1967 as an inter-Lutheran agency of The American Lutheran Church (TALC), the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (SELC)(which became an LCMS nongeographic district in 1970), and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). The Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) joined LCUSA in 1978 and the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America became a member in 1982. LCUSA coordinated the work of the participating church bodies in mission planning; ministry to students, immigrants, and other groups; theological education, dialogues, and studies; service to military personnel; public relations; and government liaison activities. In 1973, the LCUSA's Division of Mission Services and Division of Welfare Services merged to.

Become the Division of Mission and Ministry (DMM). DMM conducted regional mission planning consultations, clinical pastoral education work, social ministry programs, and cooperative work with LCUSA related agencies regarding domestic disasters, housing, ministry with veterans, and social services. The LHC was established in 1972 by the LCUSA church bodies under the LCUSA General Secretary for administrative relationship and staff support. LHC coordinated LCUSA church bodies' efforts in establishing and implementing programs in housing designed to benefit low and middle income people. In 1973, the program was transferred to the DMM. LHC's status as an adjuct agency of the LCUSA was terminated in 1981 at which time administrative and fiscal control of the program was taken over by Lutheran Social Service.

System. The LCUSA was terminated in 1987 at the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).