Angola and Botswana Records 1977-2000

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Angola and Botswana Records 1977-2000

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This series comprises records created or retained by persons responsible for coordinating ELCA mission activities relating to Botswana. 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) walked with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana (ELCB) in mission efforts. The records date from 1977-2000. 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 three accessions received into the ELCA Archives and as such includes records of the program directors mentioned in this series' background: the Rev. James L. Knutson, the Rev. Daniel W. Olson, and the Rev. Benyam A. Kassahun. Record types include typewritten business correspondence, reports, budgets, printed e-mail correspondence, partnership agreements, legal agreements, legal judgments, financial statements, audit reports, newsletters, and assistance applications. Subject matter includes student scholarships, theological education, mission cooperation, drought relief, and the split from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) of the ELCB predecessor, the Botswana circuit in the ELCSA's Western Diocese. While the series is primarily about mission efforts related to Botswana, the series does contain two folders of correspondence regarding the possibility of seminary students from Angola Lutheran Church studying at seminaries in the United States and correspondence related to peace efforts amidst civil strife in Angola. While this series includes records related to the ELCB 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.

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Knutson, James L. (1927- )

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Division for Global Mission

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) mission efforts or accompaniment in Botswana began with one of its predecessors, The American Lutheran Church (TALC). Lutheran Church involvement in Botswana began with mission efforts of Lutheran churches in Germany, Finland, and Sweden. But any direct involvement of an ELCA predecessor occurred in 1970s and early 1980s through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, which had a Botswana circuit in its Western Diocese. In th...

Olson, Daniel W. (1937 - )

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Kassahun, Benyam A.

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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 ...

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 (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation

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See also TALC 16 Administrative History, AUG 24/8 Administrative History, LCA 16/5/1 Administrative History, and LWM 1/10/1 Background. From the description of Lutheran Coordination Service Files 1973-1982. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 54074571 See TALC 16/8/3. From the description of Financial Records 1970-1985. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48166246 See TALC 16. ...