# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1916_S84
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84 Proceedings of the twenty-sixth convention

3. Our Negro Congregations.

The number of our Lutheran Negro congregations is at present 36 and that of the preaching places 15, thus 51 stations in all. The places and names of the stations as well as statistical data on them will be found in the appended table.

The new congregations and preaching places are: 1. Immanuel at Kernersville, N. C. This station should already have been listed in the preceding report. 2. Immanuel at Brooklyn, N. Y. 3. Immanuel in Alexandria, La. 4. Christus near Rosebud, Wilcox Co., Ala. 5. Oak Hill, Wilcox Co., Ala. 6. St. Andrew's near Vredenburgh (Sedan), Monroe Co., Ala. — The preaching place in Camden, N. J., has, as already noted, been given up for lack of time and strength. The same is true of Kannapolis, N. C.

The 50 congregations and preaching places count at present a total of 2456 souls (that is, persons who are baptized and under the pastoral care of the missionary, large and small), 1300 communicant members (that is, confirmed persons, young and old, who are entitled to take part in the Holy Supper), and 337 voting members (that is, male members who are entitled to vote). This means for the two years of the report an increase of 242 souls, 155 communicant and 75 voting members. The number of souls had been given to us somewhat too high two years ago.

At the following 13 stations a smaller or larger decline has taken place in this biennium: Little Rock, Ark., Mansura, La., Bethlehem and St. Paul in New Orleans (both in souls), Rocks, Monroe, Mount Pleasant, Drys Schoolhouse, Grace in Greensboro (in souls), Elon College and High Point in North Carolina, Meherrin (in souls) and Richmond, Va. The decline at these places has various causes: lack of mission material, moving away, deaths, branching off, opposition, poor premises, infrequent service, excessively high figures in earlier reports, and the like. The same holds with regard to the standstill which the following 8 stations have to record: Johnson, La., Carrollton and St. John's at New Orleans, the Immanuel College congregation, Rockwell, Catawba, Conover and Southern Pines in North Carolina. A relatively slight progress has taken place at 13 stations: Atlanta, Ga., Springfield, Ill., Redeemer and Mount Zion at New Orleans, Brooklyn, N. Y., Reimerstown, St. Paul at Charlotte, Gold Hill, Albemarle, Winston, Salisbury, Sandy Ridge and Fayetteville in North Carolina. A comparatively great progress is shown by the following 11 fields: Napoleonville, La., Trinity Chapel in New Orleans, St. Louis, Mo., Yonkers, N. Y., Washington, D. C., Spartanburg, S. C., Kernersville, Greenville, Meyersville, Wilmington and Concord in North Carolina. In Concord the soul-