# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1852_S198
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County, Ohio; 7. that at Detroit, Mich.; 8. that at Altenburg, Perry Co.,
Mo.; 9. that at Eisleben, Scott County, Mo.; 10. that at Columbia,
St. Clair County, Ill.; 11. that in Monroe County, Ill.; 12. that at
Milwaukee, Wis.; 13. that at Eden, Erie County, N. Y.; 14. that at
Collinsville, Ill.; 15. that at Neudettelsau, Ohio; 16. that in Noble
County, Ind.; 17. that at Centreville, Ill.; 18. that in Fairfield County,
Ohio; 19. those in Huntington, etc., Counties; 20. that in Minden,
Washington County, Ill.; 21. that in Lancaster, Ohio.

    These requests were granted after the committee appointed for the
purpose examined the reasons given and found them valid.
    Note. — The letter of excuse from Pastor Scholz and his congregation
for their absence from last year's synodical convention was, by the
former's own account, lost, and they were therefore, through no fault of
their own, listed as unexcused in the last report.
    The total number of members now belonging to the synod, including
the professors and parish schoolteachers, is 114; the number of pastors
in particular, 96. Though we must now mourn the loss of a faithful
laborer in the Lord's vineyard (Pastor Reissner), the synod has
nonetheless gained 18 pastors and three teachers since the previous
session.
    The Reverend Pastor Krause and schoolteacher Seitz were present at
this year's synod as guests.

The synod's standing committees are:

    1. The Examination Commission, consisting of the directors of
the two seminaries, Professor Walther and Dr. Sihler, together with the
synod's president, Pastor Wyneken.
    2. The Mission Commission: Pastor Sievers, chairman; Pastor
Lochner, secretary; F. W. Barthel, treasurer.
    3. Board of Oversight, namely for Concordia College:
Pastor Schieferdecker and A. B. Tschirpe; for the seminary at Fort
Wayne: Pastor Keyl and Ch. Piepenbrink. In addition to these: Pastor
Wyneken as the synod's president for both institutions.
    4. Electoral College: The Board of Oversight and the following
pastors: Professor Walther, Dr. Sihler, A. Hoyer, K. A. W. Röbbelen,
Th. J. Brohm, O. Fürbringer, F. Sievers.
    5. Correspondent with foreign countries: Professor Walther.
    6. Chronicler: Pastor O. Fürbringer.
    7. Committee for publishing the "Lutheraner": Pastor Bünger
and F. W. Barthel.
    8. Committee on church matters:
        a. On the interior construction of churches, information and,
on request, drawings are provided by Pastors M. Wege and Lochner.
        b. On exterior construction: Pastor Brauer.
        c. On church furnishings: Pastor Brohm.
        d. On church music: Cantor Bünger in St. Louis.