Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary.

Established in 1947, the USANC was administered by the NLC 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 LWM, a joint agency of the Lutheran Church in America, The American Lutheran Church, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. The USANC and LWM closely cooperated and collaborated with the activities of the WCC (founded in 1948 as an international organization designed to promote cooperation and unity among all the churches of the world). In 1987, LWM was terminated with the establishment of the.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.