Files, 1933, 1938, 1948-1960 (bulk 1950-1960).

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Files, 1933, 1938, 1948-1960 (bulk 1950-1960).

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The H. Conrad Hoyer files (1933, 1938, 1948-1960) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, addresses and speeches, surveys and studies, articles, and publications from Hoyer's tenure as head of the Commission on American Missions (1942-1944) and as executive secretary of the Division (1945-1960). Files relate to Commission and later Division activities in and for temporary communities; regional home mission; home mission conferences and institutes; African-American missions, churches, and communities; Jewish missions; cultural and foreign student exchanges; urban church survey and planning; Lutheran church membership transfer and. Contact program; the rural church and community; publication of literature; and spiritual ministry to and resettlement of DPs (displaced persons). Correspondents include: NLC and Division officials and staff; Division Committee members; participating church body mission board directors and executive secretaries; participating church body presidents; Lutheran mission officials; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. officials; and Lutheran pastors and lay persons.

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National Lutheran Council. Commission on American Missions.

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Hoyer, H. Conrad (Harvey Conrad), 1907-

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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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Official name, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; informally known as National Council of Churches USA or variants; earlier name, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America was organized in 1908; it was one of eight organizations which merged to form the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America on November 29, 1950. From t...

National Lutheran Council. Division of American Missions. Executive Secretary (1945-1960 : Hoyer)

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The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was formed on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. In 1942, a Commission on American Missions was established to meet the needs of Lutherans in temporary communities formed by World War II production. By 1945, the Commission received Division status and expande...