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American Lutheran Conference: from the ALC and Predecessor Bodies collection

 Collection
Identifier: LORG-005-001

Scope and Contents

Convention and miscellaneous publications

Dates

  • Existence: 1930 - 1954

Biographical / Historical

The American Lutheran Church (ALC or sometimes TALC) was a Christian Protestant denomination in the United States and Canada that existed from 1960 to 1987. Its headquarters were in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Upon its formation in 1960, the ALC designated Augsburg Publishing House, also located in Minneapolis, as the church publisher. The Lutheran Standard was the official magazine of the ALC.

American Lutheran Church was the merger of:

· The "Old" American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)

· Lutheran Free Church (1897-1963)

· The Evangelical Lutheran Church (formally Norwegian Lutheran Church in America) (1917-1960)

· United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1963)

Extent

.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Source

Title
American Lutheran Conference (ALConf, 1930-1954)
Subtitle
Cooperative body NOT denomination
Author
Kristen Wall
Date
2018-06
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Lutheran Organizations Record Groups, Seminary Archives, United Lutheran Seminary Library, Gettysburg, PA Repository

Contact:
61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg PA 17325 United States of America