# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S302
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congregations by interest-free loans "that seek support for a church
building and for which the district itself cannot provide."

It should further be noted that your commission was obliged to
fill vacancies, since teacher Th. Weseloh and Pastor C. Purzner
withdrew, after faithful service, when they moved away. Teacher H. F.
Hölter (secretary) was elected in place of the former, and Pastor
H. H. Bartels (chairman) in place of the latter. Your commission has
held, besides its regular meetings, many extra sessions as well.

Your commission further asks the Reverend Synod to be willing to
make the following changes in the regulations for the Church Building
Fund of 1902:

1. In the first resolution, line 2, the word "incorporated" should
stand in place of "poor." After "can and shall" should be added:
"up to half the cost of the building." The resolution would then
read: Resolved, that a General Church Building Aid Fund be
established, out of which advances can and shall be made, up to half
the cost of the building, to such incorporated congregations of our
Synod as are not able to undertake a needed church building from
their own means.

2. Addition to No. 2 of the second resolution: The congregation
shall, however, be required to report to the commission's treasurer
once a month on the state of its account.

3. In No. 6 of the same second resolution, the word "may" should
stand in place of "shall."

4. In No. 7 of the same resolution, "10 percent" should be
substituted throughout for "5 percent."

5. In No. 8 of the same resolution, line 2, the word "and" should
stand in place of "or," and the following should be added: If a
congregation cannot give a mortgage, the notes must be endorsed by
two members of the congregation of good standing and financial means.

6. The following should be added as No. 9: Should a vacancy occur
in the commission, the remaining members of it are authorized to fill
it, with the General Präses's [president's] knowledge.

7. Should a division arise in a congregation, the property of that
congregation, to the extent the Synod still has a claim upon it, shall
remain with the part that stays faithful to our Synod; in the
opposite case, the commission shall be required to sue for any debt
still outstanding.

The Commission of the General Church Building Aid Fund:
Pastor H. Bartels, chairman,
                              3736 Morganford St., St. Louis, Mo.
Teacher H. F. Hölter, secretary,
                              3543 Texas Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
A. C. F. Wichman, treasurer,
                              7116 Michigan Ave., St. Louis, Mo.