Council of Lutheran Church Men.

The National Lutheran Committee on Scouting (NLCS) was originally part of the Council of Lutheran Church Men (CLCM) and its predecessor bodies. In 1931 the CLCM, then known as the American Federation of Lutheran Brotherhoods (AFLB), began a Boys' Work Committee. In 1936 the committee was established permanently as one of Boy Scout work. The name Lutheran Committee on Scouting was not adopted until 1943 at a meeting in Chicago. The purpose of the NLCS was to advise the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America regarding Scouting in Lutheran churches, govern the Pro Deo et Patria Award (begun in 1943), and produce literature regarding and publicity for scouting in the Lutheran Church.

In 1966 the National Lutheran Committee on Scouting became autonomous, leaving sponsorship by the CLCM. The name was changed to the National Lutheran Commission on Scouting, and it sought a wider cooperation among Lutheran organizations. Discussions began as early as 1962 for the NLCS and the Lutheran Committee on the God-Home-Country Program to become affiliated with the developing Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. (LCUSA). In 1967 the organizations merged and became the Department of National Youth Agency Relationships within the newly formed Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.