Lutheran World Convention/Lutheran World Federation Files, 1945-1966.

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Lutheran World Convention/Lutheran World Federation Files, 1945-1966.

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Files (1945-1966) contain correspondence, reports, and news releases produced during Paul C. Empie's tenure as NLC assistant executive director (1944-1948) and executive director (1948-1966). Lutheran World Convention (LWC) correspondence, contained in one folder, includes reports and papers from S.C. Michelfelder, American Section of the LWC representative, and Ralph H. Long, NLC executive director, regarding the condition and needs of German refugees, LWC finances and projects, relief cooperation with the World Council of Churches, and World War II developments. One file contains Empie's correspondence with American. Lutheran pastors and seminary professors concerning Lutherans' efforts in combatting the forces of communism. The remainder of the collection regards Lutheran World Federation activities, relief efforts, projects, and staff problems; and Lutheran bishops visits to the U.S. Correspondents include and regard Bishop Otto Dibelius of the Evangelical Church in Germany; Bishop Hanns Lilje of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover (Germany); Carl E. Lund-Quist, LWF Executive Secretary; Edwin Moll, LWF representative in Palestine; and Frederick M. Otto, LWF representative in Berlin, Germany. Correspondence with Franklin Clark Fry. President of the United Lutheran Church in America, and Fredrik A. Schiotz, President of the American Lutheran Church, regard mission work in Latin America, resettlement activities, and LWF-Commission on World Mission activities.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Dibelius, Otto, 1880-1967

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Lutheran World Convention

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The Lutheran World Convention (LWC) was founded by the National Lutheran Council and the Allgemeine Evangelisch-lutherische Konferenz to coordinate international Lutheran relief efforts after World War II and to promote Lutheran fellowship and cooperation throughout the world. John A. Morehead (1867-1936) was instrumental in its organization and served as executive committee chair (1923-1929) and president (1929-1935). The LWC's successor, the Lutheran World Federation, was established in 1947. ...

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