Gambia and Ghana Records 1982-2002; 1988-2002

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Gambia and Ghana Records 1982-2002; 1988-2002

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This series comprises records created or retained by persons responsible for coordinating ELCA mission activities in Ghana. 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 Good News College and Theological Seminary (GNCTS) in mission efforts. The records are from 1982-2002, but the bulk date from 1988-2002. 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: the Rev. Daniel W. Olson, the Rev. Benyam A. Kassahun, and the Rev. Eva Jensen. Record types include typewritten business correspondence, email correspondence, budget requests, annual reports, agenda, newsletters, assistance applications, topical papers, budgets, balance sheets, transmittal letters, financial grant notifications, meeting minutes, constitution. The bulk of the records pertain to the support for the mission of the GNCTS. In addition to the records pertaining to the GNCTS, there are several folders of correspondence with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana. Subject matter of this series pertains primarily to the work of the GNCTS. Nevertheless, several folders of records address the issue of Liberian refugees in Ghana during the time of civil strife in Liberia. There is also one folder of correspondence related to Gambia, but it does not have formal relationship with the ELCA. While this series includes records related to the GNCTS and its work, in many cases, there are gaps in the records. 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. Arrangement of the records in chronologically.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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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 ...

Olson, Daniel C. (Daniel Carl), 1955-

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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 ...

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 ...

Jensen, Eva B. Vedel

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Division for Global Mission.

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In Ghana, mission accompaniment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and its predecessors, is with the Good News College and Theological Seminary (GNCTS), formerly known as the Good News Training Institute. This institute, founded in 1971 for the training of pastors and church leaders, had as its goal to offer training to leadership of churches in West Africa. The GNCTS receives from the ELCA and the Mennonite Mission Board scholarships as well as other financial assistanc...

Kassehun, Benyam A.

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