Subject Files 1955-1988; 1973-1987.

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Subject Files 1955-1988; 1973-1987.

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The files are a collection of administrative files generated by several individuals. These include Theodore P. Fricke, executive director of the Division of World Missions; Morris A. Sorenson, Jr., and Mark Thomsen, directors of the Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation; and Lester A. Dahlen, Lowell Hesterman, James L. Knutson, Duane A. Olson, M. Douglas Swendseid, and Jack F. Reents, all of whom served as associate or assistant directors or area secretaries. Box 1 contains general correspondence and is separated alphabetically by name of correspondent or agency. The remainder of Box 1 and Boxes 2-10 contain files on individuals, agencies, projects, and other church bodies, arranged alphabetically. There are multiple files on the Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran World Ministries, Missionary Home Leave Housing, National Council of Churches of Christ, Task Forces, and World Council of Churches.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7590132

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Knutson, James L.

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Lutheran Church in America

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Organized June 28, 1962, by consolidation of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran, and the United Lutheran Church in America; began to function formally on Jan. 1, 1963. From the description of Minutes, 1962-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924950 ...

Olson, Duane A.

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Swendseid, M. Douglas(1926-

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Hesterman, Lowell L.

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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...

World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...

Thomsen, Mark W., 1931-

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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...

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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Official name, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; informally known as National Council of Churches USA or variants; earlier name, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America was organized in 1908; it was one of eight organizations which merged to form the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America on November 29, 1950. From t...

American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions

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See ALC 29 Administrative History. From the description of Program Files 1883-1960; 1944-1960. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 52331274 From the description of Financial Records 1932-1960. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 52330708 From the description of Program Files 1883-1960; 1944-1960. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 52330710 See ALC 29 Admin...

American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation

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See also TALC 16 Administrative History, AUG 24/8 Administrative History, LCA 16/5/1 Administrative History, and LWM 1/10/1 Background. From the description of Lutheran Coordination Service Files 1973-1982. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 54074571 See TALC 16/8/3. From the description of Financial Records 1970-1985. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48166246 See TALC 16. ...

Reents, Jack F.

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Dahlen, Lester A., 1917-

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Sorenson, Morris A. Jr.(1927-

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Lutheran World Federation

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Fricke, Theodore P

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