# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S642
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642 FINANCIAL MATTERS
Members died 813
Members retired, living - _ 566
Members withdrawn 1,624 393 1,772
6,187 6,418
Congregations enlisted 00 4,480 4,603
Institutional boards - 107 109
Synod’s and Districts’
salary-paying boards 54 54
4,641 .
ONE YEAR’S GROWTH 4,766
Workers Congregations
January 31,1956 8,190 4,603
January 31, 1955 7,811 4,480
379 = 4.85% 123 = 2.75%
REPORT ON GRADUATES
1953 Mem. N. Mem. 1954 Mem. N. Mem. 1955 Mem.N, Mem.
St. Louis 1022 92) «110 110 102 8 139 8455
Springfield ___ 39 34 5 44 = 43 1 4731 16
River Forest _ 5] 43 8 113 74 39 115 61 54
Seward 37.29 8 39 33 6 49 14 35

Pastors 11
Male Teachers 22
Female Workers 5

Total 38

Total employers’ payments transferred to the Pension Con-
tingent Fund — $42,896.21.

22. The above tabulation of membership reflects a gratifying
increase from 85% to 87% in the participation of workers in Synod,
and from 90% to 94% on the part of congregations. There still
are about 800 pastors, professors, and male teachers who have not

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