Lutheran Council in the USA. Division of Mission and Ministry. International Mission and Ministry Program.

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. In 1973, the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) organized a traveling consultation which brought eight overseas church persons to selected areas of the U.S. to observe a broad spectrum of church life. A national consultation was held at the end of their visit to discuss their impressions. Follow-up activities regarding this Mission on Six Continents project were taken up by the Division of Mission and Ministry's International Mission and Ministry program.

This program was transferred to the USANC in 1976. The LCUSA was terminated in 1987 at the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).