he NLC concentrated on overseas relief, but during World War II it focused on domestic programs.
In 1930 three German origin churches formed to become the American Lutheran Church. In 1960 the American Lutheran Church, United Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church merged to form The American Lutheran Church. In 1963 The Lutheran Free Church joined them. In 1962 the ULCA merged with three other Lutheran churches to form the Lut
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