Lutheran World Federation Indonesia Files 1954-1974; 1956-1971

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Lutheran Church in America. Division for World Mission and Ecumenism. Lutheran World Federation Indonesia Files 1954-1974; 1956-1971

Lutheran World Federation Indonesia Files 1954-1974; 1956-1971

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67836791

This series comprises records pertaining to the LWF's mission work in Indonesia. They are from 1954-74, with the bulk dating from 1956-71. They were generated by several foreign (North American and European) members of the Theology Faculty at Nommensen University (operated by the HKBP) who served as local representatives of the LWF. The records provide a picture of their day-to-day efforts to forward mission work. These files were received by the Lutheran Church in America Board of World Missions upon its direct inheritance in January 1970 of the Indonesian mission work of the LWF. It has been decided to place these files into LCA record group 28, though many of the records predate the existence of the Lutheran Church in America in 1962. Record types include: correspondence, reports, budgets, minutes, bank statements, cash journals, invoices, receipts, insurance policies, and sheets of statistics. Subject matter addressed include: dealings with the leadership of the HKBP; housekeeping and salary details for area missionaries; cash balances of LWF accounts controlled by the LWF representatives; the costs and bureaucratic challenges of bringing automobiles and other goods into Indonesia; visits by outside clergymen and mission officials.

7.5 boxes (4.6 cubic ft.)

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