Subject Files, 1978-1987.

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Subject Files, 1978-1987.

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Office on Mission, Service, and Development subject files (1978- 1987) contain correspondence, reports, minutes and agenda, statements, memoranda, grant proposals, mission agency newsletters, news releases, and news clippings regarding Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) funding for individual mission projects in the U.S. and abroad; establishement of a Center for Global Mission at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinios); financial support for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service's (LIRS) Central America Concerns program; support for victims of tortures in Venda, South Africa; missionary consultations and studies; and. Cooperation with and support of international and national mission organizations and agencies. Files are those of Office Directors Robert J. Marshall, Carl M. Fisher, and Philip A. Johnson.

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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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