Oral history collection of the Archives of Cooperative Lutheranism, 1976-1985.

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Oral history collection of the Archives of Cooperative Lutheranism, 1976-1985.

Tapes, transcripts, and edited memoirs of interviews with clergy and lay leaders of the American Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, and other church bodies. Subjects include inter-Lutheran and ecumenical relations, rural church work, blacks in church, development and theology of individual Lutheran churches, immigrant and refugee work, relief and mission work abroad, youth and student work, the experiences and careers of interviewees, and others.

126 memoirs.

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Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.

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Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (U.S.)

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Archives of Cooperative Lutheranism (Lutheran Council in the USA)

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Collecting area: Material concerning inter-Lutheran cooperation in the United States. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504646 ...

Lutheran Church

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)

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The American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) was formed by the merger of the American Lutheran Church (1930-1960), the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church. Representatives from each of the constitutent churches formed the Joint Union Committee in 1950 to effect the merger. Presidents of the constituent bodies at the merger were Henry F. Schuh (ALC), William Larsen (UELC) and Fredrik A. Schiotz (ELC). Schiotz was elected president of the new church body; Norman A. M...

American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)

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The ALC met as a delegate body biennially in October, the time and place of which was determined by the president and Board of Trustees. All boards and standing committees sent their reports to the president at least sixty days before the convention, so that he could have them printed and sent to the delegates twenty days before the biennial meeting. From the description of Official Reports for Church Conventions 1932-1960. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat r...

Lutheran Church in America

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Organized June 28, 1962, by consolidation of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran, and the United Lutheran Church in America; began to function formally on Jan. 1, 1963. From the description of Minutes, 1962-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924950 ...