Subject Files, 1964-1987.

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Subject Files, 1964-1987.

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Division of Service to Military Personnel subject files (1964-1987) contain correspondence; minutes; memoranda; chaplains' reports; Lutheran Council in the USA (LCUSA) participating church body social statements; church body chaplaincy procedures and applications; Division publications and manuals; U.S. Armed Forces chaplaincy regulations, policies, manuals, and publications; magazine articles; and news clippings regarding the Division's activities in providing church body endorsements of chaplains for military service, maintaining close contact with the U.S. Armed Forces establishment and Lutheran chaplains; providing chaplain training workshops and programs; and publishing materials for ministry to military personnel. Subjects addressed by church body statements, articles, and news clippings include military and civilian. Chaplaincy, conscientious objection, draft registration, drug abuse, nuclear armament, and war and peace issues. Correspondence is that of the Division's Executive Secretaries William J. Reiss and Magnus P. Lutness and their staff including Bertram C. Gilbert, Milton Ernstmeyer, Victor H. Schroeder, and James E. Shaw. Other correspondents include other LCUSA officials and staff; participating church body officials; U.S. Armed Forces Chiefs of Chaplains; U.S. government officials; and Lutheran chaplains.

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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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Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

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Lutness, Magnus P., 1921-

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Lutheran Council in the USA. Division of Service to Military Personnel.

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(For history of the Lutheran Council in the USA (LCUSA), see OCLC #38922091.) The Division of Service to Military Personnel sought to coordinate the efforts of its participating church bodies in ministering to men and women in the military. The LCUSA was terminated in 1987 at the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. From the description of Subject Files, 1964-1987. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 39231091 ...

American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)

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The American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) was formed by the merger of the American Lutheran Church (1930-1960), the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church. Representatives from each of the constitutent churches formed the Joint Union Committee in 1950 to effect the merger. Presidents of the constituent bodies at the merger were Henry F. Schuh (ALC), William Larsen (UELC) and Fredrik A. Schiotz (ELC). Schiotz was elected president of the new church body; Norman A. M...

Schroeder, Victor H., 1920-1997.

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Ernstmeyer, M. S. (Milton S.)

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Lutheran Church in America

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Gilbert, Bertram C., 1921-

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Shaw, James E.

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Reiss, William J., 1909-

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