# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1900_S49
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1900. 49

Pastor Siebelitz as assistants at his side. These two likewise accepted calls into the Missouri Synod in the autumn of last year, and Pastor Lankenau, with the double work at two stations and with his own school vacant besides, came into great difficulty, although Pastor Koßmann came to his help with the forenoon service in Mount Zion. That is now improving. Pastor Lankenau takes over Mount Zion. Candidate K. Kretzschmar from the St. Louis seminary takes over the station St. Paul, and the school there a candidate from the seminary at Addison, E. Heintzen. The third station, Bethlehem, stands under the faithful care of Pastor Koßmann, who at the same time teaches the second school class, while Teacher Rischow has the upper class. Mansura is the new station, 120 miles from New Orleans, under Pastor Pretzsch, where a chapel and parsonage have been built and the missionary has already gathered a fine little congregation of 38 souls and 26 communicants.

The second, larger field of our Negro mission is North Carolina. The first and oldest station is Concord, at which Pastor Bakke stood until the autumn two years ago. The Commission transferred him to Charlotte; in his place came Pastor Phil. Schmidt, who was ordained at the last convention of the Reverend Conference in Cincinnati. He serves at the same time Rimerstown and Dry's School House. Here, in the school, for seven years Teacher Rolf worked with great faithfulness and gratifying success, but because of the ill health of his wife he had to follow a call to Nebraska this spring. In his place this autumn comes teaching-office candidate W. Lohrmann from Addison. In Greensboro Pastor Johann C. Schmidt still works with his old faithful zeal and serves besides the branch Elon College. In Winston also he missionized for almost a whole year with great self-sacrifice, until last year Candidate J. F. Pfeiffer was installed there. Unfortunately he followed a call to Cleveland already this spring, and now Candidate R. P. Oehlschläger from the St. Louis seminary has been introduced there into the mission work of Pastor J. C. Schmidt. Teacher Persson was teacher in Greensboro with Pastor Schmidt, but was transferred two years ago to Southern Pines, while Teacher Buntrock, a Negro by birth but in upbringing entirely a German, trained in the seminary at Addison, took his place in Greensboro, working, according to the testimony of his pastor, with great faithfulness and rich blessing. In Charlotte and Meyersville Pastor Bakke now works, as already mentioned, our oldest, tried-and-true missionary; Teacher Persson will take over his school there. Southern Pines, which Pastor Bakke has served hitherto with preaching every two weeks, Candidate M. Nickel, likewise from the St. Louis seminary, will serve as pastor and teacher. He too is to be installed in his office in these days, whereby at the same time the newly built chapel is to be consecrated [continued on the next page]