Program Files 1965-1986; 1973-1983.

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Lutheran Church in America. Division for World Mission and Ecumenism. Program Files 1965-1986; 1973-1983.

Program Files 1965-1986; 1973-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52823222

This series comprises records pertaining to the Lutheran Church in America's (LCA) involvement, through its Division for World Mission and Ecumenism (DWME), in mission work in Tanzania. The DWME worked with the ELCT both directly and through the Lutheran Coordination Service (LCS). These records represent interactions with the ELCT on a variety of matters of concerning the church and its synods and dioceses. The records are from 1965-1986, with the majority dating from 1973-1983. Most of the series is correspondence related to LCA financial assistance for work projects, church administration matters, budgets, missionary inquiries, scholarship issues, visa applications, travel arrangements, issues regarding the Junior Seminary, visit arrangements, hiring needs, criteria for project development in the ELCT, language and orientation school, relations between the ELCT and its supporters outside Tanzania, and ELCT work with the young Lutheran church in neighboring Burundi. This series has one sub-series pertaining to administration and support for ELCT dioceses and synods. These records are primarily correspondence related to missionary personnel matters, scholarship applications, the Iambi Leprosy Hospital, project requests, staffing needs, building maintenance concerns, construction projects, financial matters, supplemental loans, continuing education within the synod, and acknowledgments of contributions and gifts to the ELCT from overseas organizations. Most records are written in English, but several are written in Swahili.

4 boxes (2.0 cubic ft.)

swa,

eng,

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