National Lutheran Commission for Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare.

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Founded on October 19, 1917 by eleven cooperating Lutheran church bodies (Church of the United Brethren, Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Joint Synod of Iowa and Other States, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, Icelandic Evangelical Lutheran Synod in America, Lutheran Free Church, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South).

To conduct and organize the spiritual care of Lutheran soldiers in World War I. The Commission was dissolved on May 19, 1922.

From the description of Minutes and reports, 1917-1922. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 35454814

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creatorOf National Lutheran Commission for Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare. Minutes and reports, 1917-1922. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library
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associatedWith Canadian Lutheran Commission for Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare. corporateBody
associatedWith Church of the Lutheran Brethren. corporateBody
associatedWith Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America. corporateBody
associatedWith Evangelical Joint Synod of Iowa and Other States. corporateBody
associatedWith Federal Council of Churches corporateBody
associatedWith Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Freas, William, 1880-1946. person
associatedWith General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America. corporateBody
associatedWith General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States. corporateBody
associatedWith Gold, Howard R., 1878-1959. person
associatedWith Icelandic Evangelical Lutheran Synod in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Jacobs, Charles M., 1875-1938. person
associatedWith Knubel, Frederick Herman, 1870-1945. person
associatedWith Larsen, Lauritz, 1882-1923. person
associatedWith Lutheran Brotherhood of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Lutheran Bureau. corporateBody
associatedWith Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. corporateBody
associatedWith Lutheran Free Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Markley, Mary E., 1881-1954. person
associatedWith Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Riter, Frank M., 1855-1935. person
associatedWith Smith, Charles J., 1882-1967. person
associatedWith Stolee, Michael J., 1871-1946. person
associatedWith Stub, J. A. O. ( 1877-1944. person
associatedWith United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Navy corporateBody
associatedWith United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South. corporateBody
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United States
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Lutheran
Lutheran Church
World War, 1914-1918
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Active 1917

Active 1922

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