Lutheran Council in the USA. Records and Information Center.
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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. The Records and Information Center was established in 1980, as the successor body of the.
Research libraries of the Offices of Research, Statistics, and Archives (1967-1973) and Research, Planning and Development (1973-1980). The Center provided research and records management services, and conducted research projects and statistical compilations. In 1987, the LCUSA was terminated with the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
From the description of Subject Files, 1980-1987. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 38889596
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creatorOf | Lutheran Council in the USA. Records and Information Center. Subject Files, 1980-1987. | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library |
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associatedWith | Archives of Cooperative Lutheranism (Lutheran Council in the USA) |
associatedWith | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. |
associatedWith | Houck, John R., 1923- |
associatedWith | Jensen, Walter A., 1917- |
associatedWith | Kendrick, Alice M. |
associatedWith | Lutheran Council in the USA. Office of Research, Planning, and Development. Research and Information Center. |
associatedWith | Lutheran Council in the USA. Office of Research, Statistics, and Archives. |
associatedWith | Oral History Association. Membership Committee. |
associatedWith | Wittman, Elisabeth, 1953- |
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