American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)

found: LC manual auth. cd.(The American Lutheran Church, incorp. Jan., 1961, was created through the merger of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the American Lutheran Church, which was f. 1930. In 1963 the Lutheran Free Church merged into the American Lutheran Church)

found: The Lutheran, Jan. 27, 1988:masthead (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) p. 24 (merger of Lutheran Church in America, American Lutheran Church, Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; ALC closed 12/31/87)

found: Wikipedia, searched February 1, 2021(under Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada: Lutheran church body active in Canada from 1966 through 1985; predecessor body: American Lutheran Church--Canada District; in 1986, merged with the Lutheran Church in America--Canada Section to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Canada

found: Wikipedia, searched January 15, 2021(under The American Association of Lutheran Churches: American Association of Lutheran Churches; confessional Lutheran body formed on November 7, 1987, as a continuation of the American Lutheran Church; split from that body over doctrinal differences surrounding the merger of the American Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches that formed the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; offices originally in Bloomington, Minn., then moved to Fort Wayne, Ind. in 2007; in pulpit and altar fellowship with the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod; also a member of the International Lutheran Council) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_Lutheran_Churches

found: Its Progress report, no. 1:t.p. (Commission for a New Lutheran Church; CNLC) p. 27 (established by the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, the American Lutheran Church, and the Lutheran Church in America)