# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1860_S79
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Institution for Training Preachers for North America in Nassau

An appeal by Pastor Brunn of Nassau, published in Ehlers' Kirchenblatt
[church newspaper], for the founding of an institution in which
capable young men would be prepared for admission to our synod's
schools, was read aloud and heard with great interest. The synod felt
obliged to express its heartfelt thanks to God for this prospect
opened to us, its joy over the projected undertaking, and its thanks
to our dear brother Brunn for his faithful concern for the church of
North America, as well as to resolve that the undertaking be not only
warmly welcomed by us through correspondence, but also, as far as
possible, supported with charitable gifts.

Pastor Röbbelen

Since Pastor Röbbelen, who is now back in Germany with his family,
has expressed the wish that, should he die, his family be helped to
return to America, the president was instructed to write to him that
the synod would fulfill his wish. And since he will further require
our support, it was resolved that Pastor Föhlinger and Mr. Bergmann
in New York manage and arrange this support, and that the district
treasurers send the funds given to them for this purpose to Mr.
Bergmann.

The Synod's Remaining Business

Those items of business which the synod could not, for lack of time,
dispose of were, by resolution, referred for disposal to the pastoral
conference to be held on Monday, October 22, including the adoption
of the minutes of the last two synod sessions. Some submitted papers
[Referate] that could not be discussed were recommended to the
respective district synods, in whose territory the authors live, for
discussion at their next sessions — for example, a paper on usury;
one on the relationship of congregations and pastors to each other
regarding the latter's support, etc.

After the pastoral conference had adopted the minutes of the last two
synod sessions, it took up a petition addressed to the synod from a
congregation in Wisconsin, requesting an opinion on two opinions
issued by the Michigan and Wisconsin pastoral conferences concerning
matters of excommunication [Bannſachen]. After the latter opinions
were read aloud and discussed at length, agreement was reached on the
following ruling:

1. The conference concurs with both opinions in holding that Mr.
Hilger, sen., in question, is to be regarded as under the ban,
because he had first publicly and solemnly, calling God to witness,
affirmed