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. In 1951, it created a Division of Lutheran Cooperation in Latin America to assist the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in establishing its Committee on Latin America, founded in 1952. The Division and LWF committee were headed by Stewart W. Herman, Jr., whose offices were headquartered in New York City. Functions of the Division were to assist the indigenous Lutheran churches of Latin America in developing and coordinating spiritual activities; conduct missionary work in Latin America upon assignment by the NLC; act for the NLC partipating bodies in a program of inter-church aid and a spiritual ministry to immigrants in Latin America; and to act in general for the U.S.A. National Committee of the LWF in the conduct of activities in Latin America. In 1956 the Division became the Department of Lutheran Cooperation in Latin America under the NLC's Division of Lutheran World Federation Affairs (DLWFA).
Churches of Latin America in developing and coordinating spiritual activities; conduct missionary work in Latin America upon assignment by the NLC; act for the NLC partipating bodies in a program of inter-church aid and a spiritual ministry to immigrants in Latin America; and to act in general for the U.S.A. National Committee of the LWF in the conduct of activities in Latin America. In 1956 the Division became the Department of Lutheran Cooperation in Latin America under the NLC's Division of Lutheran World Federation Affairs (DLWFA).
From the description of Minutes and Agenda, 1951-1955. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 37498349
