Kenya Records 1982-2005; 1988-2005

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Kenya Records 1982-2005; 1988-2005

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This series comprises records created or retained by persons responsible for coordinating ELCA mission activities in Kenya. These records were generated during the course of documenting, monitoring, and publicizing projects, programs, and general updates pertaining to the efforts to practice the accompaniment model of mission whereby the ELCA's Division for Global Mission (DGM) walks with the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC) in mission efforts. The records are from 1982-2005, but the bulk date from 1988-2005. The date range precedes the existence of the ELCA because certain records were retained permanently by the area program director and as such were kept in this series for continuity purposes. This series comprises several accessions received into the ELCA Archives and as such includes records of the program directors mentioned in this series' background: Carol J. Birkland, Lynda M. Tidemann, and Gaylord M. Thomas. Record types include correspondence, meeting minutes, project proposals, progress reports, audit reports, financial statements, budget proposals, project reports, agenda, exhibits, memoranda, and topical papers and resource materials. The series includes minutes, correspondence and financial reports related to the KELC and also include records that pertain to specific departments of the KELC such as its youth desk and women's desk. There are also records that document the activities of the Joint Mission Committee of Kenya (JMCK) and also the Project for Christian Muslim Relations in Africa (ProCMuRA), including its issues of its newsletter from 1992-1995. While this series includes records related to specific governing councils, committees, and assemblies, it does not have complete sets of these minutes and in most cases, there are many gaps in the records. This caveat also holds true for church publications, audit reports, financial statements, and membership statistics. It appears that whatever was sent to DGM is what comprised the files. It cannot be ascertained if consistent efforts were made to fill in any gaps in the records.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Division for Global Mission.

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See also AUG 24/9/1 Background, LCA 16 5/1/2 Background, LCA 28/2/3/2/1 Background. Mission work related to Kenya began as the Kenya Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Then Kenya Synod started in 1956 as a way to minister to the large number of members of the ELCT who had moved to Mombasa and Nairobi. In 1992 the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church became an independent church. In 1988, the first year of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ame...

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 ...

Thomas,Gaylord M.

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Tidemann, Lynda M.

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Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Birkland, Carol J., 1945-

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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Formed by the merger, as of Jan. 1, 1988, of the Lutheran Church in America, the American Lutheran Church (1961-1987), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; includes 65 synods and ca. 11,000 congregations, with headquarters in Chicago, Ill. From the description of Minutes, 1987-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71123254 The goal of the American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission Oral History Project, and its continuation, the Evangelical Lutheran ...

Lutheran Church in America. Division for World Mission and Ecumenism

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See LCA 28/5/3 Background. From the description of Guyana Correspondence and Subject Files 1971-1978. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48086325 See LCA 28 and LCA 28/5. From the description of Subject Files 1965-1987; 1971-1987. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48086317 From the description of Lutheran Church in America. : Division for World Mission and Ecumenism. Subject Files by ...