# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1892_S51
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1892. 51

Support of the Widows and Orphans of Missionaries and Teachers who Served in the Negro Mission.

The following report was presented by the committee appointed for the purpose.

Report of the Committee for the Evaluation of a Petition from Pastor G. J. Wegener, concerning the Support of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Negro Mission Missionaries.

Pastor G. J. Wegener requests, on behalf of the Southern District of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States, that the Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*] take over the support of the widows and orphans of deceased Negro Mission missionaries and teachers in the said district.

Since the Negro Mission [*Negermiſſion*, the period's term] is the concern of the Synodical Conference, and since the Negro Mission missionaries and teachers are called, appointed and paid by the Negro Mission board in the name of the Synodical Conference, it appears to the undersigned committee to be the duty of the Synodical Conference to provide for the support of the widows and orphans of its missionaries and teachers. We therefore recommend to a Reverend Synodical Conference

1. that the Synodical Conference, in accordance with the above petition, take over the support of the widows and orphans of its Negro Mission missionaries and teachers;

2. that the Negro Mission Commission be instructed to defray the costs of support from the Negro Mission treasury;

3. that the Synodical Conference leave it to the Negro Mission Commission to determine the amount of the support.

The Committee
H. Sprenzeler,    H. T. Rohlfing,
F. W. A. Notz,    Henry Fischer.

Resolved: To adopt this report and accordingly to grant the petition for support contained therein according to the proposed provisions.

Inquiries from Two Pastors and Their Congregations Concerning a Change of Their Hitherto Synodical Affiliation.

After discussion of the committee report submitted on this matter, the Synodical Conference declared:

1. The following decision of the same is a general answer to a general question.

2. The right and the freedom to join a synod, or to withdraw from one, is an inalienable congregational right.