Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). Office on International Scholarship and Exchange.

Established in 1947, the USANC was administered by the National Lutheran Council's Executive Committee from 1947-1966. Upon termination of the NLC in 1966, the USANC became a separate standing body. In 1977, it was reorganized again as Lutheran World Ministries, a joint agency of the Lutheran Church in America, The American Lutheran Church, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. The USANC and LWM assisted with the Lutheran World Federation's scholarship and exchange programs throughout the two organizations' existence. LWM was terminated in 1987 with the establishment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.