Denominational Publications

The American Lutheran Church and Its Predecessors

• Yearbooks contain lists of missionaries and annual reports of mission work.
• The Lutheran Standard, general church periodical, 1960-1987.
• A Biographical Directory of Pastors of The American Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1962) and A Biographical Directory of Clergymen of The American Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1972) contain information on ordained missionaries.
• ALC World Mission Review was published annually during the 1970s and 1980s.

American Lutheran Church (German), 1930-1960
(merged into The American Lutheran Church, 1960)

• Yearbooks contain lists of missionaries.
• The Lutheran Missionary, monthly publication 1921-1944.
• The Lutheran Standard, general church periodical, 1930-1960.

Evangelical Lutheran Church (Norwegian), 1917-1960
(Known as the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, 1917-1947)
(merged into The American Lutheran Church, 1960)

• Yearbooks contain lists of missionaries and annual reports of mission work.
• Who's Who Among Pastors in All the Norwegian Lutheran Synods of America, 1843-1927 (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1928) contains information on ordained missionaries.
• A Biographical Directory of Pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1952) contains information on ordained missionaries.
• The Missionary, published 1938-1957.
• Yearbooks of the Board of Foreign Missions, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, published 1936-1944.
• Lutheran Herald, general church periodical 1917-1960.

United Evangelical Lutheran Church (Danish), 1896-1960
(merged into The American Lutheran Church, 1960)

• Yearbooks
• The Ansgar Lutheran, weekly periodical, contains many articles on mission.
• The Word Goes Forth: A Summary of U.E.L.C. Missions (Blair, Neb.: Lutheran Publishing House, 1957).

Lutheran Free Church (Norwegian), 1897-1963
(merged into The American Lutheran Church, 1963)

• Supplement to A Biographical Directory of Pastors of The American Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1963) contains information on ordained missionaries.
• LFC Horizons, mission reports of the LFC, published annually 1952-1960.
• Be Urgent In Season and Out of Season: The Story of LFC Missions (Women's Missionary Federation of the LFC, 1961).

• Yearbooks contain lists of current and retired missionaries.
• World Encounter, mission periodical, published 4-5 times per year, 1963-1987.
• Series of leaflets published between 1975 and 1980, LCA World Series, give good brief overviews of mission work in 18 countries.
• The Lutheran, general church periodical, 1963-1987.

United Lutheran Church in America (German), 1918-1962
(merged into the Lutheran Church in America, 1962)

• Yearbooks contain lists of missionaries and annual reports of mission work.
• Annual Report of the Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America, published 1919-1961.
• The Foreign Missionary, monthly mission periodical.
• The Lutheran, general church periodical.

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (Swedish), 1860-1962
(merged into the Lutheran Church in America, 1962)

• Yearbooks contain lists of missionaries and annual reports of mission work.
• Yearbooks of Augustana missions: Augustana Overseas and Augustana Missions
• Foundation for Tomorrow by S. Hjalmar Swanson (1960) summarizes all Augustana mission work and has a biographical directory of all missionaries.
• Augustana Ministerium, 1850-1962 by Conrad Bergendoff (Augustana Historical Society, 1980) includes information on ordained missionaries.
• Kina Missionären, mission magazines published 1908-1925.
• The Augustana Foreign Missionary, mission magazine published 1926-1938.
• The Lutheran Companion, general church periodical.

American Evangelical Lutheran Church (Danish) 1894-1962
(known as Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894-1952)
(merged into the Lutheran Church in America, 1962)

• Santal Mission publications. See India bibliography.

Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Suomi Synod) 1890-1962
(merged into the Lutheran Church in America, 1962)

• Yearbooks contain annual reports of the Board of Foreign Missions.
• 1962 yearbook has good summaries of Suomi Synod missions in the "Annjual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions" and in the "Final Report of Suomi Synod President.

• Biographical Directory of Clergy (Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress, 1988) includes information on ordained missionaries.
• Annual International Personnel Directory contains photographs and address of missionaries and other information.
• Yearbooks contain lists of missionaries (except 1988).
• World Encounter was published from 1988 to 1992.
• Global Contact is published several times a year.
• The Lutheran, general church periodical, published articles about global topics.

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