National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1930-1948 : Long)

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Ralph H. Long (1882-1948) served as the NLC's third executive director from 1930 until his death in 1948. an ordained pastor, Long previously served as stewardship secretary for the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (1927-1930). The Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War was formed in the Fall of 1943 by the NLC and the Emergency Planning Council of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to identify Lutheran clergymen among the prisoners in U.S. camps, support them in providing a ministry for their men, provide literature such as service books and prayer books, and provide a ministry of Lutheran chaplains or.

Clergymen to prisoners of war camps. Upon completion of its work in 1946, the Commission was terminated.

From the description of Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War Files, 1940-1947. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 36206303

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creatorOf National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1930-1948 : Long). Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War Files, 1940-1947. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library
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associatedWith Long, Ralph H., 1882-1948. person
associatedWith Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. Emergency Planning Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Michelfelder, S. C., 1889-1951. person
associatedWith National Lutheran Council. Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War. corporateBody
associatedWith Ramme, Charles L., 1884-1970. person
associatedWith Sanjek, Louis, 1889-1976. person
associatedWith Scheding, W. L., 1883-1947. person
associatedWith Schmitt, Karl Walter, 1882-1958. person
associatedWith Strieter, T. W. person
associatedWith World Council of Churches. corporateBody
associatedWith Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. corporateBody
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United States
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Lutheran
Lutheran Church
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1940

Active 1947

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