National Lutheran Council

The National Lutheran Council was formed on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. Its Administration Committee provided counsel to the Executive Director regarding general administration procedures and prepared and recommended the administration budget. The Committee on Budget directed the financial matters of the Council. A Personnel Practices Committee focused on job classification, salary ranges, new positions, and policy. In addition, a Property Committee was established to handle property and building affairs.

The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was founded on September 6, 1918, as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. By the 1940s, the NLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureaus. In 1966, the NLC became the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.

The National Lutheran Council was founded on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran beliefs and activities, and provide overseas emergency relief to Lutheran areas and churches devastated by World War I. By the 1940s, the NLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureaus. In 1966, the NLC became the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.

The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was established on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. Throughout NLC history, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) cooperated, on a limited scale, with the NLC in service to military personnel, campus ministry, immigration and welfare work, and domestic mission programs. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, this growing cooperation, coupled with a desire to reorganize the NLC following the.

Merger of its participating bodies into two churches (Lutheran Church in America and The American Lutheran Church) instigated a series of doctrinal conversations and Inter-Lutheran Consultations. Discussion of the formation of a new cooperative agency was initiated in 1963 and in January 1967, the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. was established.

The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was founded on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. By the 1940s, the NLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureaus. In 1966, the NLC became the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. Founding bodies of the NLC include: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North.

America, Evangelical Joint Synod of Iowa and Other States, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America, Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, Lutheran Free Church, and the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The Inter-Lutheran Consultation (ILC) was formed in 1963 by the National Lutheran Council (NLC) (an agency of the Lutheran Church in America and The American Lutheran Church), the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), and the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to discuss the formation of a new agency in which the bodies could participate. Sub- Committees were established to discuss and plan the structure of the new agency as well as address the agency's role in specific areas of service. The ILC's efforts came to fruition on January 1, 1967 with the formation of the Lutheran Council in.

The U.S.A. (LCUSA). As the successor agency to the NLC, the LCUSA had a membership which represented 95% of American Lutherans.

The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was founded on September 6, 1918, as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran beliefs and activities, and provide overseasemergency relief to Lutheran areas devastated by World War I. Founding church bodies included: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, Evangelical Joint Synod of Iowa and Other States, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America, Evangelical Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, Lutheran Free Church, and the.

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In the 1940s, theNLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureaus. In 1966, the NLC became the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.

The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was founded on Septmeber 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. By the 1940s, the NLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureaus. In 1966, the NLC became the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. Founding bodies of the NLC include: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church in the United States, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America.

Evangelical Joint Synod of Iowa and Other States, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America, Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, Lutheran Free Church, and the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Organized in 1918 as permanent council of Lutheran Churches in the United States.

Members were United Lutheran Church in America, Augustana Synod, United Danish Church, Icelandic Synod, and Buffalo Synod (all of which combined to form the Lutheran Church in America), and Norwegian Lutheran Church, Joint Synod of Ohio, Iowa Synod, Lutheran Free Church, and Danish Lutheran Lutheran Church (all of which combined to form the American Lutheran Church).

The National Lutheran Council, an agency of U.S. Lutheran church bodies established in 1918, administered domestic programs, publicized Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provided overseas mission programs and relief. In 1923, the NLC was instrumental in the formation of Lutheran World Convention (LWC), a world-wide Lutheran body established to provide relief to Lutheran areas devastated by World War I. After the LWC became the Lutheran World Federation in 1947, the NLC's Executive Committee served as the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC).

When in 1966, the NLC was succeeded by the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A., the USANC became a separate standing organization. In 1977, the USANC was reorganized as Lutheran World Ministries (LWM). In 1987, LWM was terminated and USANC activities transferred to the newly established Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was founded on September 6, 1918, as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran beliefs and activities, and provide overseas emergency relief to Lutheran areas devastated by World War I. Founding church bodies include: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, Evangelical Joint Synod of Iowa and Other States, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America.

Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, Lutheran Free Church, and the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In the 1940s, the NLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureaus. In 1966, the NLC became the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.