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.A Division of Lutheran Cooperation in Latin America was created in 1951 to assist the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in establishing its Committee on Latin America, founded in 1952. In 1956, the Division became the Department of Lutheran Cooperation in Latin America under the NLC's newly created Division of Lutheran World Federation Affairs (DLWFA).
The Department also acted as the Administrative Committee of the LWF's Committee on Latin America. Stewart W. Herman, Jr. served as Secretary of the DLWFA and of the Department of Lutheran Cooperation in Latin America (1956-63).
From the description of Minutes and Agenda, 1956-1966. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 36956775
