Reports

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This series consists of reports, correspondence, notes and other documents pertaining to the 1993 Synod Convention, the Michigan District Council and the Flint Circuit Mission Committee. Files associated with this series are file numbers 30-33.

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This series contains documents relating to the accreditation process of the College. The majority of the files deal with the step-by-step process that led to the college being accredited by the North Central Association (NCA) in 1985. Also included in this series are self-study reports and information on Faculty Development.

Scope and Contents Series 6 contains documents, minutes, reports, and correpondence relating to the Committee on Inter-Church Relations. Files 149-169 are found in Box 8 and are: 149. Meetings and Reports150. Statements151. Defining Church Fellowship152. Holy Communion153. New Synodical Conference Proposal154. ELS (Evangelical Lutheran Synod) Convention, June 14-19, 1987155. CLC (Church of the Lutheran Confession)...

Scope and Contents This series consists of primarily correspondence, as well as reports and other documents, with other Lutheran church bodies, both inside and outside of fellowship with WELS. Included are:The American Lutheran ChurchThe Augustana SynodThe Church of the Augsburg ConfessionThe National Lutheran CouncilThe Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran ChurchThe Orthodox Lutheran ConferenceThe Slovak...

Scope and Contents This series contains the records submitted to the BHM from each of the various district mission boards. Included are early field reports, minutes from meetings of the individual boards, correspondence, various financials, and prospective field reports. [Note: In respect to home missions, several congregations in Colorado and California maintain independent governance, apart from their administrative governance within the Dakota-Montana District and the Arizona-California District,...

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This series consists of correspondence, reports and other documents dealing with school and education issues, particularly after World War I. Included are documents on education legislation post-World War I and correspondence dealing with the Lutheran High School of Milwaukee.

Scope and Contents This series consists of brochures, calendars, catalogs, correspondence and other documents used to promote Martin Luther Preparatory School to the youth of the synod and to recruit them for enrollment. This series also includes two recruitment visual aids – the 1983 “A Step to Service” filmstrip with accompanying cassette tape and the 1988 “A Place to Grow” video. This series also includes a cassette tape with recordings from past MLPS Christmas concerts mailed to congregations across the...

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This series contains documents relating the study of prep schools in the Synod, especially as it related to the Northwestern Campus. Included are reports, statistics, and correspondence related to the Prep School Study Committee, Northwestern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, SD, and Martin Luther Preparatory School in Prairie du Chien, WI. The series also contains documents relating to amalgamation and the eventual closing of the college and move to Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN.

Scope and Contents This series consists of reports, correspondence, agendas, minutes and other documents pertaining to nearly fifty years of work by the GBHM and its successor the Board for Home Missions. Subseries 1 includes minutes from the General Board for Home Missions and the General Synodical Committee. Subseries 2 includes about forty-five years of reports, as well as evaluation and informational documents sent to the WELS home missions, such as the Home Mission Handbook, the “New Mode” Evangelism...

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Series 8 contains files related to missions. These files are found in Box 8 and are numbered:

175. Reports, Albums, and Yearbooks

176. Miscellaneous