Established in 1977 as the successor body of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC), Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) was a joint agency of the Lutheran Church in America, The American Lutheran Church, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. The Office on Mission, Service and Development worked closely with the Lutheran World Federation's (LWF) Commission on Church Cooperation and Commission on World Service in determining budgetary allocations for mission relief around the world. It also held "root causes" studies at the LWF's initiation. In 1987, the LWM was terminated and its USANC responsibilities were assumed by the Office/Department for Ecumenical Affairs of the newly created Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
From the description of Root Causes of Social and Economic Injustice Files, 1981-1982. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 39345605
