# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S54
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54 Proceedings of the twenty-fifth convention

14 communicants, 3 voting members) and will probably remain small, since there is no mission material. For repairs the little congregation has raised 75 dollars.

St. Luke, High Point. High Point, fifteen miles southwest of Greensboro in Guilford Co., is a flourishing factory town with 9,525 inhabitants, of whom 2,099 are Negroes. The congregation was founded three years ago with people who come for the most part from our Mount Pleasant congregation. Two years ago it numbered 8 souls, 4 communicants and 2 voting members. The present membership is 18 souls, 11 communicants and 5 voting members. Two years ago the Synodical Conference at Saginaw resolved that a chapel should be built in High Point. The carrying out of this resolution has not come about to this day. The Commission, namely, instructed the missionary to explore the field thoroughly once more first. That was done in the summer of 1913. He stayed three months in High Point, preached every Sunday, made systematic house visits, and distributed printed invitations and tracts in the process. His reports were unfavorable: High Point has many different sectarian churches for colored people; the immigrant Lutherans show little interest and come to church very poorly. But now a gratifying turn for the better has set in. Missionary Lynn reports: "I am quite satisfied with the state of affairs in High Point. The services are better attended, although 85 percent are strangers. The Lutherans there do not attend the services as they should; yet my hopes for our mission here are high." The resolution mentioned is now to be carried out. Missionary Lynn and Prof. J. Ph. Schmidt have been instructed to find a suitable building lot. Lot and chapel will cost about $600.

Winston-Salem, 28 miles southwest of Greensboro, is one of the larger cities of North Carolina and, as is well known, an important tobacco center. The flourishing city has 22,700 inhabitants, of whom 9,087 are Negroes. About fifteen years ago mission work was begun in Winston, but after a few years it was given up again. While Mission Director Bakke was unable to travel for about seven months after an accident near Mansura on November 8, 1912, the Immanuel Conference (our workers in the eastern field) reported, at the Commission's inquiry, that Winston was one of the places that ought to be explored, and then resolved that Missionary Lynn should travel there once. That was done. On November 19, 1913, Director Bakke then traveled there with Missionary Lynn and confirmed the opinion that Winston-Salem is a promising place. Missionary Lynn preaches there regularly and at times has 23 hearers. He says: [Printed in English.] "I think our mission in Winston looks very encouraging."