# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1119
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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MISSIONS 447

India
king a bit more in detail of the various countries in which
nm work is carried on under the guidance of this Board, we
y. that in India there was a steady forward march, unaffected
e various political and economic happenings, at least. not in
ous way. Our missionaries repeatedly state their conviction
“his is a time of opportunity for Christian work in India and
“ Sfigy-a: time when such work is urgently needed. While figures do
“potstell the whole story, they do indicate a good bit of the story.
§We therefore thank God that the number of souls and communi-
gants-grew from 20,765, respectively 7,211 in 1950, to 23,642, re-
“gpectively 8,589 as of January 1, 1953. A very significant growth
" §3:that of the number of native pastors, from 35 on January 1, 1950,
to 07 on January 1, 1953. Together with a conscious effort at in-
tensification and expansion in or near all our present fields, it was
- also possible to extend our work into new fields, such as Papanasam
near Vallioor, and the Valuvanad field near the Wynaad, and reach-
ing out also toward Bombay. Medical mission work has seen a de-
cided advance with the coming of Dr. Bulle and nurses Gron-
bach and Rasch to Ambur, and a large building program under
way there, made possible by a grant of $70,000 by the Lutheran
Women’s Missionary League. In addition to the persons just named,
the following new workers just came into India: Andrew Fritze
(Ceylon), George Luecke, and Miss Adeline Rink. On the other
hand, the Lord took out of busy mission activity Miss Betty Rose
Wulf and Missionary Daniel Chuvala, while Missionaries R. H.
Brauer, A. J. Buehner, William Landgraf, George Schroeder, and
B. Strasen resigned from mission service.

China — Hong Kong

For China the last triennium was a time of most severe trial
as far as our mission work was concerned. The three missionaries
who were still in China when last we reported to Synod have been
able to leave that country. One of these is planning to return to
the work among the Chinese in Formosa and another to the work
in Hong Kong. In most of the stations where we had work, there is
still some church work going on, by native workers and members,
though they face great difficulties. A truly amazing mission de-
velopment took place in Hong Kong. From scratch three years
ago, we now have 691 members there, with active work at twelve
Stations and about thirty different places, with one missionary and
four women workers and about fifteen full-time Chinese workers,
four of them regular evangelists. One of these, Paul Chang, has
been ordained and is now to serve in the True Light Mission in
New York. The work is carried on among regular residents of