# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S58
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58 Proceedings of the twenty-fifth convention

there once a month on Sunday morning in a small rented house to an average of 23 hearers, and has a Sunday school with 35 children. He says in his report: "We need a suitable room. The rented room is very small and not at all inviting. But there is no other place to rent. We therefore need a building in Albemarle in which church and school can be held." Pastor Foard has long been asking for a teacher. It is simply impossible for him to keep school in all four places. The teacher should be appointed in Albemarle.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., 21 miles southwest of Concord, is the fast-growing metropolis of North Carolina. It has 34,014 inhabitants, of whom 11,752 are Black. We have three congregations there, which are growing finely inwardly and outwardly.

St. Paul's. Missionary: John McDavid. Teacher: Frank D. Alston. Under the missionary's active labors this congregation has grown finely again, despite the separation of the Bethel congregation two years ago. It numbers 108 souls (increase: 15), 57 communicant members (increase: 11), 12 voting members (increase: 5). The services on Sunday evening are attended on average by 55 persons, the weekday services by 18 persons. The Sunday school has 70 children. In the weekday school 109 children are taught by the missionary and the teacher. This summer the congregation is raising $150 from its own midst for improvements, without in any way suspending its contributions to the mission treasury.

Mount Zion, Meyersville. This station lies 1½ miles east of the center of the city of Charlotte in a fine part of town. It numbers 34 souls (increase: 1), 20 communicant members (increase: 1), 4 voting members (increase: 1), 60 Sunday-school pupils. The children of school age attend the St. Paul school. For nine months Missionary McDavid has also served the new stations Spartanburg and Atlanta and therefore had to be absent a great deal from his congregations and from his school.

Bethel. Missionary: C. P. Thompson. This congregation, organized on April 21, 1912, is located in the northwestern part of Charlotte, which goes by the name of Greenville and has 4,101 inhabitants, among them 2,221 Negroes. The new chapel was dedicated on August 4, 1912. The little church together with the lot cost 992 dollars. Statistics: 26 souls (increase: 10), 14 communicant members (increase: 3), 2 voting members (decrease: 1), 63 weekday-school pupils, 30 Sunday-school pupils. On average 29 persons attend the services on Sunday morning and evening. The congregation would probably have grown better if Pastor Thompson had not had to hand over the congregation in Monroe to our Missionary McDavid in January of this year. The school stands in good