Fellowship 6 - American Lutheran Church (ALC)

This folder contains correspondence from the Presidents of both the ALC and the LCMS with other correspondence regarding ALC-LCMS Fellowship. The following specific items have also been identified.

• Outline: ALC - LCMS Fellowship in the Context of Current Inter-Lutheran Relationships by Ralph Bohlmann (3 pages; February 24, 1973)
• Critical Reaction to: What Commitment to the Sola Gratia of the Lutheran Confessions Involves (6 pages)
• Public Letter from David W. Preus to the LCMS (March 29, 1974)
• Meeting Minutes: The ALC - LCMS Commission on Fellowship (March 19, 1970)
• Meeting Minutes: The ALC - LCMS Commission on Fellowship (November 18, 1970)
• Meeting Minutes: The ALC - LCMS Commission on Fellowship (January 19, 1973)
• 11-page document regarding ALC Fellowship missing title page (no author; no date)
• Statement on Doctrinal Concerns: adopted by the Church Council of The ALC on June 23, 1966
• Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis) - A Faculty Statement on the Feast of the Ascension (1967). Alfred O. Fuerbringer and Richard R. Caemmerer
• The View of Scripture as Taught in the American Lutheran Church: A Statement of Reassurance. Kent S. Knutson (12 +1 pages; not for publication; March 17, 1971)
• Meeting Minutes: The ALC - LCMS Commission on Fellowship (September 12, 1973)
• Tentative Schedule: ALC - LCMS Commission on Fellowship (January 2-3, 1974) with correspondence
• Preamble concerning Union of Congregations of the ALC and LCMS / Guidelines concerning Union of Congregations of the ALC and LCMS (December 1970)
• Press Release: September 23, 1969
• Report of LCMS Representatives to the ALC-LCMS Commission on Fellowship (4 pages, 1974?)
• Untitled Paper (21 pages; presented at the 1968 Central Regional Pastoral Conference of the Northern Illinois District together with a paper by F. Dean Lueking on the question of Altar-Pulpit Fellowship with the ALC)
• Meeting Minutes: The LCMS Commission for Liaison in Fellowship with the American Lutheran Church (November 25, 1969)
• Resolutions on Lutheran Unity adopted by the Omaha Convention of the ALC in October 1968)
• Concerning Union of Congregations of the ALC and LCMS (2 pages)
• Meeting Minutes: The ALC-LCMS Commission in Fellowship (January 2-3, 1974)
• Meeting Minutes: Standing Committee - Division of Theological Studies (LCUSA: March 4-6, 1971) with Exhibits
• Church Relations Proceedings, ALC Convention (October 9, 1972). Dictated by Ralph Bohlmann
• (Proposal) Statement on Mormon Baptism. Division of Theological Studies (LCUSA: March 4-6, 1971)
• A Statement of the Participating Bodies in the Lutheran Council in the United States of America Regarding Lutheran Unity (April 9, 1970)
• Tentative Outline: Concepts of the Place and the Role of the Ministry in the Lutheran Church Bodies Participating in LCUSA
• Speech: Contemporary Lutheran Perspectives by David W. Preus. New York City: Lutheran Forum; September 26, 1976; 10 pages)
• Meeting Minutes: The ALC-LCMS Commission on Fellowship (April 26-27, 1974)
• Interpretation of an Action of the Standing Committee of the Division of Theological Studies by Kent S. Knutson (1 page)
• Report of the Standing Committee on Inter-Church Relations (1972: ALC; pages 457-486)