# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S664
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664 FINANCIAL MATTERS

While Synod’s budget increased from $9,100,000 to $12,900,000,
an increase of $3,800,000, our congregations failed to reach the
$9,100,000 goal by $889,202.13. This added to $3,800,000, plus a pos-
sible drop in receipts from Sundry Sources for 1956, calls for
$4,798,599 more from our congregations in 1956. But our congrega-
tions have pledged only $4,672,408 more!

EXHIBIT “Cc”
1955 and 1956 District Pledges to Synod
(1954 Statistics Used)

District

Communicants
Remitted to
Synod 1955
Pledged to
Synod 1956

Increase
over 1955
Per Cent of
Increase for 1956
Remitted
per Comm. 1955
Pledged
per Comm
1956

*Alta.-B.C. 11,271/$ 18,382/$ — 49,000/$ 30,618/166.7/$1.63]$ 4.35
*Atlantic 65,353] 274,432 560,000} 285,568!104.0| 4.20 8.57
*Calif.-Nevada _| 22.573 115,000 205,000 90,000) 78.1] 5.10] 9.08
‘Central _ 97,134} 785,000 960,000; 175,000} 22.3] 8.08/ 9.88
Central Illinois! 36,725] 271,605 406,000} 134,395] 49.7] 7.40} 11.06
*Colorado _ -| 17,050 67,824 138,000 70,176/103.4; 3.98] 8.09
‘Eastern ____ _| 36,141] 170,991 300,000) 129,009] 75.4] 4.73] 8.30
English __.__| 78,894 391,768 827,598] 435,830/108.7; 4.97] 10.49
*Florida-Ga. __. 6,064 31,312 63,611 32,299/103.1] 5.16] 10.49
Iowa East ___.. 24,567; 195,000 270,000 75,000] 38.4] 7.94] 10.99
Iowa West _..... 39,509} 311,269 500,000] 188,731! 60.6] 7.88] 12.66
Kansas | 29,785 240,744 361,500] 120,756) 50.1) 8.08] 12.14
*Manitoba-Sask.| 10,596 20,120 52,000 31,880/159.4) 1.90] 4.91
Michigan _____| 111,593 756,385] 1,165,000] 408,615] 54.0| 6.78 10.44
Minnesota ____| 108,970 648,637] 1,000,000) 351,363! 54.2| 5.95 9.18
*Montana _____ 5,677 24,747 ,000 35,253/142.5] 4.36] 10.57
North Dakota 16,844 92,521 170,000 77,479} 83.7| 5.49] 10.09
North Wis. | 55,833 305,665 452,000) 146,335] 47.8) 5.47| 8.10
Northern Ill, __| 99,925 660,510 860,000! 199,490; 30.2] 6.611 8.61
Northern Nebr. { 32,166 142,587 265,000, 122,413] 85.9] 4.43] 8.24
*Northwest _...| 27,298 130,977 266,500) 135,523/103.4) 4.80! 9.76
*Oklahoma ___ 9,972 55,049 94,000 38,951| 70.8] 5.52| 9.43
*Ontario | 18,605 65,027 105,000 39,973] 61.5] 3.50) 5.64
South Dakota _{ 19,185 93,810 155,000 61,190| 65.2] 4.89] 8.08
South Wis. ____| 80,039 445,000 737,600] 292,600] 65.7| 5.56] 9.22
*Southeastern _ 23,159] 125,000 217,000 92,000] 73.6] 5.40] 9.37
*Southern ___j - 13,306 21,721 75,000 53,279/245.3} 1.63] 5.64
*Southern Calif. | 32,742 101,090 231,000] 129,910/128.5] 3.09] 7.06
Southern Ill, | 24,388 166,356 241,000 74,644) 44.8] 6.82] 9.88
‘Southern Nebr. | 28,471 193,100 290,000 96,900} 50.1] 6.78] 10.19
Texas | 38,735 166,718 320,000} 153,282] 91.9] 4.30] 8.26
Western .______| 83,998 563,042 927,000] 363,958] 64.6] 6.70] 11.04

Totals ~———|1,306,568]$7,651,401 [$12,323,809|$4,672,408| 62% |$5.86|$ 9.43
* Denotes subsidized Districts in 1956.
Notice that our Districts will have to give 62 per cent more on an

. average than last year if they would reach the total they have pledged
for this year.

Had our Districts given what they had pledged for 1955, Synod
would have received $8,330,714 from them instead of $7,651,401.
We have a real venture in faith ahead of us this year.

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