Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation General Files, 1953-1984.

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Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation General Files, 1953-1984.

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Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation files (1953-1984) were created by the Executive Director of the National Lutheran Council (NLC) and the General Secretaries of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM). Files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters, and publications regarding the USANC's cooperative efforts in carrying out the program of the Lutheran World Federation- Department of World Mission (LWF-DWM) and its successor body, the Department of Church Cooperation (LWF-DCC). Files regard activities, mail votes, and staff matters of the USANC's Advisory Committee on Church Cooperation and Service (1971-1976); funding for LWF-DWM and LWF-DCC programs, LWF and USANC staff matters and meetings, LWF and USANC sponsored consultations, and specific mission projects. Notable correspondents include LWF-DWM and LWF-DCC Directors Fridtjov Birkeli, Arne Sovik, Carl-Johann Hellberg, and Risto Lehtonen; and USANC Office of Church Cooperation and Service Director Levon H. Spath. General Secretaries of the USANC and LWM included Paul C. Empie (1967-72, 1974-1975); Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1972-1974); Paul A. Wee (1976-1986); and Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987).

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Sovik, Arne

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Empie, Paul C.

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Lutheran World Federation. Dept. of Church Cooperation.

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Hellberg, Carl-J.

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Mau, Carl H., Jr., 1922-1995.

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Wee, Paul A., 1937-

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Lutheran World Federation. U.S.A. National Committee. General Secretary (1967-1972, 1974-1975 : Empie)

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The successor body to the Lutheran World Convention, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) was founded in 1947 as an international, free association of Lutheran churches dedicated to fostering world-wide Lutheran cooperation and unity in faith, mission, study, and ecumenical participation. The LWF's Department of World Mission was established in 1952 to direct LWF mission work around the world and sponsor consultations on world mission topics. In 1970, this Department became the Depar...

Lutheran World Federation. Dept. of World Mission.

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National Lutheran Council

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The National Lutheran Council 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. Its Administration Committee provided counsel to the Executive Director regarding general administration procedures and prepared and recommended the administration budget. The Committee on Budget directed the financial matters of...

Lutheran World Ministries, Agency

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Established 1967 as the USA National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation, it became Lutheran World Ministries in 1977. From the description of Records, 1966-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155503766 Established in 1947, the USANC was administered by the NLC Executive Committee from 1947-1966. Upon termination of the NLC in 1966, the USANC became a separate standing body. In 1977, it was reorganized again as Lutheran World Ministries, a joint agency of the Luthera...

Spath, Levon H., 1921-

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Birkeli, Fridtjov.

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Lehtonen, Risto

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