# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S375
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 375

New Stations Opened — 1951—1955

Total

Districts 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 5 Years
* Alberta and British Columbia 8 4 2 1 vi 22
* Atlantic - 5 4 6 4 6 25
* California and Nevada ee 13 14 15 q 7 56

Central ......---_ _ 4 4 4 4 8 24
Central Illinois ee 2 2 3 1 11
* Colorado __... t= 3 3 7° 9g 25
Eastern —.._.. _ . 5 3 8 3 3 22
English OS 3 4 5 8 25
* Florida-Georgia —________- - 2 2 6 3 11 24
Jowa East — _ _ —_ _ _ _—
.. Iowa West _— —_— 4 1 — 5
. Kansas 3 2 3 3 3 14
* Manitoba and Saskatchewan. — 1 2 — — 3
Michigan _.....---__-_.--__----- 6 4 8 4 12 34
Minnesota .. 1 3 3 — 5 12
* Montana _._-_______ — —- 3 4 3 1 11
North Dakota __..--_.--.--__---_- 1 — 4 — 1 6
North Wisconsin —...-..-- 4 1 2 1 1 9
Northern Illinois ——._-_____-- 1 3 4 1 2 il
Northern Nebraska —.—-...-. 1 _— 1 — 2 4
* Northwest -_.......-----_-—--__- 6 3 11 8 6 34
* Oklahoma ___....--.--_---_ — 4 3 — il 1 9
* Ontario _.- dB 3 vi — 8 34
South Dakota -.......-.---— -_=— 1 3 5 1 10
South Wisconsin — 1 3 4 — — 8
* Southeastern —_.—-_--__. 2 2.4 3 1 12
*Southern __._......--——-—_---__-— 4 6 3 3 —_ 16
* Southern California _... 2 6 7 13 6 34
Southern Illinois —--...--.-.-- 1 1 3 — — 5
Southern Nebraska -__. ceeneceoseee 1 — 3 1 2 7
Texas _.. 1. 4 6 4 5 vi 26
Western —.._.........------—---—------ _ 1 1 —_ 3 3 8
Totals —..__-——— S107 91 134 = 92 122 546

* Indicates subsidized Districts

IV. Home Mission Expansion During the Next Decade

We have been operating with a goal of 120 new stations a year.
We have on several occasions surpassed that goal. However, during
the past ten years we have averaged 105 new stations annually.

It is our opinion that as the church steps up the tempo of
its work in every other department, it also should increase the
pace of its Home Mission expansion. In view of the tremendous
opportunities which confront us in North America, we cari ‘barely
afford just to mark time. We believe it is not at all unrealistic
to strive for a goal of 135 stations annually. On the accompanying
table we show what a goal of 135 new stations. annually means
for the next decade. ;