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The Vanguard (Vol. 27, No. 7), Sep 1980, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Missouri Synod congregations should seek to sponsor Haitian refugees and expand their ministry with handicapped parishoners.

Those were just two of literally dozens of recommendations and resolutions passed at the third biennial convocation of black Missouri Synod congregations. Delegates and visitors from more than half of the synod's 200 black congregations participated in the four-day meeting in mid-July in Chicago.

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 6), Aug-Sep 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

In November, 1964, The Lutheran Witness commented on the Nobel Prize awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There were those who immediately responded to the article, criticizing both Dr. King and the Witness for casting him in a favorable light.

It is to be expected that there will be some who take exception also to a statement made recently by the President of the American Lutheran Church, Dr. Fredrik A. Schiotz: "Many well-intentioned people have been critical of Dr. King, calling him a Communist. The time for indulging in this luxury is over. It is time for all who …

The Vanguard (Vol. 12, No. 7), Oct-Nov 1965, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

In October 1963, some students at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, decided to do something about the young children they often saw playing on the Augsburg campus. After some inquiry, they learned that many of these children--all of whom were from the immediate neighborhood of this city campus--were receiving little attention and guidance from their homes. Consequently, a few Augsburg students · acquainted themselves with the children and began meeting once a week with small groups of them and the present program known as the Augsburg Children's Group was begun.

The Vanguard (Vol. 10, No. 5), July 1963, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

What goes into an institute? Well, at least three people go into intensive study to emerge with challenging papers for the participants to hear. And there's a lot of planning on the part of those who come. For St. Louis people it was the problem of chartering a bus. For others it was transportation pools. For some it was arranging for the care of the children during the absence of the parents. There were those who came to learn, but also had the added assignment of preparing devotional exercises during the Institute or participating as servers in the Communion service.

The Vanguard (Vol. 5, No. 3), Apr 1958, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

A facet of the economic recession which is upon us may be a slowing down of the· process of racial integration in business and industry. Perhaps it may already be in evidence and men are now beginning to say, as they have said before: "The Negro is the last to be hired and the first to be fired." It is probable, though, that when and if we move out of this economic slump the process of the integration of Negroes and other minority group members will continue. Some think -- and I am inclined to go along with them -- …