Correspondence, Program Files 1952-1963.

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Correspondence, Program Files 1952-1963.

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The records contain correspondence, financial records, subject files, the proceedings of several conferences, and a record of the process leading up to the merger of the ULCA, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Suomi Synod), and the American (Danish) Evangelical Lutheran Church to form the Lutheran Church in America. A portion of the records relates to Augustana and Suomi. Part of the correspondence is arranged by date, the rest by the group or person (board members, president of board, congress, etc.) with whom Erb was corresponding. A major portion of the files that Erb had designated "conference files" dealt with a major mission policy conference held in 1957. The files dealing with the merger contain documents from the individual church bodies approaching the merger, as well as records from the Joint Committee on Luthern Unity, which crafted the details of the merger. Financial records, though divided into Financial Reports and Treasurer's Reports, as indicated by their cover titles, include much of the same kind of information, covering different time spans. They are arranged chronologically. Subject files, arranged alphabetically, range from cooperative work with other bodies and conferences to U.S. missionary furlough property owned by ULCA to publications and statements of the BFM. Box 2 contains records from the correspondence, conferences, and merger sections, placed together in a legal-sized box due to their size.

6 boxes.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Joint Commission on Lutheran Unity.

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Erb, Earl S.

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While attending Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Earl S. Erb set a school track and field record that stood for twenty years by running the mile in four minutes, twenty seconds. Years later the Rev. Earl S. Erb would employ an even faster form of transportation, the airplane, to log approximately 500,000 miles while traveling in his capacity as executive secretary for the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) and then its successor, th...

American Evangelical Lutheran Church

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United Lutheran Church in America. Board of Foreign Missions

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The Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America (See ULCA 19 Administrative History) divided the oversight of its mission work among several secretaries. Paul P. Anspach was called as Secretary for Malaya and China in 1953. His title soon changed to Secretary for Malaya and Hong Kong. In 1958 he began teaching in the School of Missions, and Warren C. Johnson took over the Malaya and Hong Kong work, with Anspach serving as an advisor. Johnson had previously served as Secret...

United Lutheran Church in America

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Formed in 1918 by the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, and United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, including 45 synods in 26 states and Canada, in 3,747 congregations. From the description of Minutes, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924945 ...

Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America changed its name in 1947 to the Augustana Evangelical Luthern Church; Swedish Lutheran church; commonly known as Augustana Lutheran Church; 1962 combined with other churches to form the Lutheran Church in America which became the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. From the description of Minutes, 1895-1962 (bulk 1934-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924961 ...