# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S852
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

848 MISSIONS

Recently the Executive Secretary of Foreign Missions, the Rev,
O. H. Schmidt, returned from an extended visit of our churches in
the Orient, in the Philippine Islands, in China, and in India. The
convention will be pleased to hear his report,

corresponding responsibility to our mission fields, also in foreign
lands, can we hope to build Successfully for the future. .

It was encouraging to hear that in the Ambur field, begun
in 1895, real progress had been made, In this area 30 congregations
are organized on a subsidy basis, Three congregations are self-
Supporting. Youth work is Progressing, The “Each One Reach
One” program is carried on, though in a modified form. Christians

The development of a self-governing and a self-supporting
Church is a slow process, and it dare not be rushed. We are happy
to note the progress made. There are definite signs of the building
of a Church that will more and more realize its responsibility to
carry on the work not only in their own midst but also to the
neighboring communities,

Negro Missions in the U.S.A. and in Africa. —~ As members
of the Synodical Conference, we are deeply interested in Negro
Missions both at home and abroad. The report of the meeting of

their pastors, It grants them an opportunity to share in the de-
velopment of Negro Missions, The appointment of Regional Mis-
sion Committees was suggested. The guarantee of a greater meas-

Expansion of Negro Missions. — There is still much land to
Possess, especially in the large metropolitan centers of the North.

To aid the Missionary Board in its Mission Expansion and
Church Extension Program, Synod’s Board of Directors set aside
$50,000 from the Peace Thankoffering for this purpose,