Lutheran Council in the USA. Division of Mission and Ministry. Social Ministry Planning 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. The Division supplied staff service, through it Social Ministry Planning program, to the Commission on Ministry With Disabled Persons, a body organized by LCUSA in 1980 and composed of representatives from the LCUSA's church bodies. In 1983, the Commission undertook a study to determine the number of disabled person in Lutheran congregations, the role pastors play in serving the disabled and their families, and the pastors' awareness level of resources and services for the disabled.

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