Protocol Minutes, 1982-1986: Contained in this group is the protocol, official and most complete minutes, of the CNLC which met from 27 September, 1982 to 25 June, 1986. There is an index to the minutes in Box 1, folder 1, and in Box 4, folder 7, the report and recommendations of the CNLC to the constituting convention of the new Lutheran church. Protocol Agendas, 1982-1986: Contained in this group are the protocol, official and most complete, agendas prepared for the meetings of the CNLC. They describe the proposed plan of each meeting with reports from the coordinator', reports from various committees and task forces and set forth objectives and recommendations to be acted upon. Included with each agenda were various exhibits which presented the minutes of the previous session, papers, and progress reports for the Commission. Planning Committee - Protocol Minutes, 1982-1985: Contained in this group are the protocol, official and most complete, minutes of the planning committee of the CNLC which was charged with the responsibility of proposing task descriptions for study committees and nominating members of those committees. The Planning Committee met from 28 September, 1982 until 23 January, 1985. An index to the Planning Committee minutes is found in Box 9, folder 1. Planning Committee - Protocol Agendas, 1982-1985: Contained in this group is the protocol, the official and most complete, agendas of the planning committee of the CNLC. The agendas contained an outline of the issues to be considered at each planning committee meeting and various exhibits containing nominees for the different CNLC committees and task forces, theological papers, and reports from the committees and task forces. Communications Received 1982-1987: This group of records is divided into two parts. The first, entitled "annotated and counts" (that is, correspondence on any subject annotated and the number of letters - compiled), was organized according to topic, chronology and CNLC progress report number. The annotated and compiled correspondence was thus presented to the CNLC. Also in this group is the original correspondence received by the CNLC Coordinator, Arnold Mickelson. The correspondence received, both annotated and counts, and the original correspondence was filed according to a code. Code A was correspondence from CNLC members, code B from boards and other official organizations, code C from conventions and councils, code G from groups, and code I from individuals. This code system has been maintained throughout. The topical summaries of the annotated and counts records are in alphabetical order. The original correspondence is numbered and in order according to code and date, exceptions being the documents received after the June 1986 meeting of the CNLC which are found in box 26, folders 4 and 5. Task Force on Boundaries, March 1985-June 1986: The Task Force on Boundaries was created by the CNLC to determine geographic boundaries of Regional Centers for Mission and the geographic boundaries for synods. Paul Kennedy, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA, served as chairperson. Contained in this group are resumes of the meetings_ and reports from open forums held in various locations from March 1985 to July 1985. Also contained in this group are the reports of regional work groups on boundaries. The Task Force on Boundaries established an ad hoc committee of three to review its actions and issue a report to the CNLC in February 1986. Task Force on New Church Designs, March 1983-July 1983: The Task Force on New Church Designs was created by the CNLC "to determine the implications of the church's mission as described in the statement of purpose for the organization of the new church, to identify ecclesiological and organizational issues which must be considered to develop a preliminary design for the new church, to develop an order in which to consider these issues and make decisions about them, so that implications of the issues can be dealt with in proper sequence, to report those task forces, study groups, committees, or hearings which might carry out specific assignments and, for such purpose, be recommended to CNLC, "and to report to the August 1983 meeting of the planning committee. Dr. Franklin D. Fry, Pastor, St. John's, Summit, N.J., served as chairperson. The group contains resumes of the Task Force meetings and its report to the CNLC, 8 July 1983 with appendices on various design task forces. Succeeding the Task Force on Design was the Committee on Design which synthesized and coordinated the recommendations from all the task forces. Task Force on Personnel Matters, February 1985-February 1986: The Task Force on Personnel Matters succeeded an inter-Luther-an Task Force on Human Resources established in 1982 to develop recommendations to the churches on how best to assist employees during the transition to a new Lutheran Church. The Task Force on Personnel Matters was created to develop a comprehensive personnel system for the new Lutheran Church with special attention to the need for "affirmative action regarding gender, racial, ethnic, age, and lay/clergy distinctions." Richard Vangerud, Director.' of Support: Services, Office of Support to Ministries ALC, served as chairperson. Contained in this group are the resumes of Task Force meetings from March 1985 until February 1986 and its report. to the CNLC which included proposed personnel policies, relocation policies, leadership training policies, position descriptions, and recruitment procedures for the new church. Task Force on Purpose, February 1983-July 1983: The Task Force on Purpose was established by the CNLC to develop a statement of purpose for the new Lutheran Church which would express its sense of mission utilizing the reports of the Task Force on Theology and on Society. Dr. Darold Beekmann, bishop of the Southwest Minnesota District, ALC, served as chairperson. Included in this group are resumes of Task Force meetings from April 1983 to July 1983, its report to the CNLC, 19 July 1983, its report. to the CNLC, 19 July 1983 and an explanation entitled "Information about Purpose" on how the CNLC planned to utilize the Task Force report. Task Force on Theology October 1982-June 1983: The Task Force on Theology was created by the CNLC to consider "both doctrine and its pertinence for the daily life of persons and social institutions" and study a "confession of faith, including the understanding of Holy Scripture and other norms, [the] nature and membership of the church, [and the) mission and ministry of the church." Dr. Fred Meuser, President of Trinity Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, served as chairperson. Included in this group are resumes of the Task Force meetings from November 1982 to June 1983, drafts of the report and the final report to the CNLC, 4 June 1983. Included also is an explanation entitled "Information about Theology" and a Spanish translation of the report to the CNLC. Task Force on Society, October 1982-August 1983: The Task Force on Society was created by the CNLC to do a "descriptive analysis of political, economic, social, cultural, demographic, and ethnic characteristics and trends in contemporary societies." Dr. Robert Marshall, Professor, Lutheran Southern Seminary and former LCA President, served as chairperson.Contained in. this group is roster information on the committee members, reports and resumes of the various meetings of the task force, and the report to the CNLC, 19 June 1983. Also included is an explanation "Information about. Society" that explains the report. Contained in the group are 32 position papers on various theological and sociological themes written to provide background information for the task force. These would be of particular importance in understanding the positions of the task force and were written by such fine figures as Robert Benne, Charles Bergstrom, George Lindbeck, Mary Pellauer, Albert. Pero, Richard Salzmann, Myles Stenshoel, and David Vikner. Committee to Coordinate Reports of Task Forces on Theology and Society, August 1983: The Committee to Coordinate Reports of Task Forces on Theology and Society was created to receive the final reports of the task forces and make recommendations based on them to the CNLC. William Diehl, noted business leader from Allentown, PA., served as chairperson. Contained in this group is the report to the planning committee of the work of the committee to coordinate. Committee on Lutheran Unity, 1982: The Committee on Lutheran Unity was created by the ALC, AELC, and LCA to recommend a procedure for the formation of a new Lutheran Church. It established a theological work group which it asked to identify guidelines and processes by which a successor group might address theological concerns. The CNLC received the papers developed at the request of the CLU and made them available as resource papers. Included in this group are nine theological position papers (that of Craig Lewis was never finished or received - Box 35 File 12). See also Masters, Box 62, File 29, for final report, March 1982. Committee on Design, 1983-1985: The Committee on Design was created to receive reports from design task forces and through "a process of synthesis and coordination of recommendations from task forces to recommend to the CNLC a narrative design for a new Lutheran Church." Design task forces were authorized to deal with ecumenical and interfaith relationships; global missions; church development in the U.S.A.; specific ministry; services and resources for congregational ministry; education; social ministry through homes, institutions, and agencies; church in society; communication/interpretation; resources; and pensions, health, and related insurance benefits. Dorothy Jacobs, laywoman from Austin, Texas, served as chairperson. In this group are minutes of the various meetings, the committee report to the CNLC, 20 February 1985 (design narrative), and the reports of the design task forces which reported to the committee. Work Group on Constitution and Bylaws, October 1983-March 1986: The Work Group on Constitution and Bylaws was created to recommend to the CNLC a constitution and bylaws for the new Lutheran Church acting upon the .information supplied by the Committee on Design. The relationship of the Work Group to the Committee on Design was such that "the more fluid narrative description of the Committee [could be] translated into precise constitutional language." Kathryn Baerwald, ALC General Secretary, served as chairperson of the Work Group. Contained in this group are model constitution drafts for the churchwide unit, synods, and congregations as well as roster information, resumes of meetings and the report to the CNLC 15 February 1986. Work Group on Legal Matters, November 1983-November 1986: The Work Group on Legal Matters was created by the CNLC to decide what questions need to be asked of counsel, formulate the questions to be asked, state the context of the questions, provide background information for counsel, review the opinions of counsel, interpreting counsel's opinion, seeking clarification for counsel, discerning unintended consequences involved in counsel's advice, and recommending legal counsel be retained for such questions as were not referred to the counsel of the merging churches. William Ellis, an attorney from New York, served as chairperson. Included in this group are agendas and resumes of the meetings, reports to the CNLC, copies of articles of incorporation and documents from six notebooks arranged as received. Of special interest are questions dealing with pension issues (book one), title search for registered names (book two), questions of legality of racial/ethnic/gender quotas (book three), personnel policies (book four), the controversy regarding the name Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Eielsen Synod (book five) and articles of incorporation (book six). Included in the group is the report, of the work group to the CNLC, 2 November 1984, and copies of articles of incorporation for synods, June 1986. Work Group on Office Site, 1983-1986: The Work Group on Office Site was created by the CNLC to propose a procedure for the selection of the site for the churchwide offices of the new Lutheran Church. E. Stanley Enlund, Burr Ridge, Illinois, chaired the Work Group which reported 23 January 1984 to the CNLC and called for a Site Evaluation committee to evaluate sites according to the criteria of centrality for the Lutheran population, accessibility for domestic air travel, access to major media, availability of a qualified work force, and costs. A successor Work Group on Office Site was created June 1984 to continue site selection evaluation. Arnold Mickelson, CNLC Coordinator, served as chairperson of the Work Group. Considered closely were Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Washington D.C., with closest consideration given to Chicago, Minneapolis, and New York. The Work Group reported to the CNLC, 6 November 1985 and recommended that Chicago be the main location of churchwide offices, New York be the location for ecumenical and inter-national offices, Washington D.C. be the location for offices for governmental relations, Minneapolis and Philadelphia be the locations for publication operations and Minneapolis be the location of offices for "pension and benefit programs. In this group are the agendas, resumes of meetings, and report to the CNLC, as well as the promotional materials submitted by the various cities under consideration for churchwide offices. of particular interest are the materials submitted by Milwaukee. Ad Hoc Committees, Task Forces, and Work Groups, 1983-1986: Various ad hoc committees, task forces, and work groups were coordinated by the CNLC to deal with specific issues confronting the commission including ministry, pensions, relations with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the Archives of Cooperative Lutheranism, and the Constituting Convention of the new church. Each had officers and submitted reports to the CNLC. In this group are the reports, resumes of meetings, and background papers of the various ad hoc committees, task forces and work groups. Subject Files, 1982-1987: Contained in this group are resumes of CNLC meetings, planning committee meetings, annotated correspondence alphabetized, correspondence which the coordinator received from synod and district bishops and miscellaneous files of research papers and news clippings. Masters, 1982-1987: Included in the group entitled "Masters" are miscellaneous CLNC material, documents from the planning committee, committee on design, and other committees, material on the constitution and bylaws, financial summaries and correspondence received from the synodical and district bishops. As the name implies, the "Masters" were master copies of letters and reports which were later duplicated for distribution. Of particular note are the financial records (Box 62, folders 5-22) which summarize the expenditures of the CNLC. Published Reports, Spanish-Language Translations, 1983-1986: In this group are the seven published progress reports of the CNLC and the final report and recommendation to the ALC, AELC, LCA and the constituting convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, May 1987. Also included are the reports of the Task Force on Theology and the Task Force on Society and Spanish-language translations of the reports (incomplete).
