# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1924_S64
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64 Proceedings of the twenty-ninth convention

sit, ought to take up the cause of the poor Lazarus lying before their door by carrying on mission among their colored brethren; since members from our Negro congregations in the South also move into these cities; but since our treasury for the Negro Mission is so taxed by the building of chapels in the South and the expansion of the educational institutions for workers among the Negroes that it would hardly be possible for it to acquire property and build chapels in the large cities named: the Synodical Conference [Synodalkonferenz] therefore takes the liberty of calling the brethren's attention to how beneficial it would be for the mission among the Negroes if they, like the Northern Illinois District and the congregations in Cincinnati and Detroit, saw to it that the necessary buildings were placed at the disposal of the Commission for the Negro Mission. The treasury for the Negro Mission would thereby be relieved to a considerable extent and the mission work could be taken in hand in many places where at present it cannot be done for lack of the necessary means. — Adopted.

The Synodical Conference rejoices that things are going so well with the Negro Mission in St. Louis, and herewith expresses its appreciation that Grace congregation has already collected $1,745 for the purpose of erecting a new church and school and a worthy women's society about $4,000. We recommend that it be approved that, in addition to the sum on hand, about a further $13,000 be expended for a new church and school in St. Louis, so that the plan of the Mission Commission can be carried out.

Petition of St. John's Congregation at Yonkers, N. Y. This petition contains the following proposals: creation of a church building fund for the work among the Negroes; incorporation of the older Negro congregations; purchase by installments of the property bought by them; a budget for the newly created church building fund and administration of this fund by the Commission for the Negro Mission.

We recommend that this petition be referred to our Negro Mission Commission for closer examination and consideration, and that the Commission report to the Synodical Conference in two years. — Adopted.

Petition of the California and Nevada District, signed by P. Haserodt, the representative of the Negro Mission. This petition advocates that the mission among the Negroes begun in San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Oakland be carried on on a larger scale through the appointment of a missionary of its own. (PP. Theiss and Tröger have carried on this mission for about two years.) Our recommendation reads: We encourage the Reverend Negro Mission Commission to take up this mission to the best of its ability and also to consider whether it would not be advisable to send Dir. Drewes there to reconnoiter the field. — Adopted.

Since our synods now work in financial matters with a so-called budget system, and since it causes great difficulties to collect gifts for special treasuries that are not taken into account in the budget, such as the building fund for the Negro Mission, we recommend that not only the treasury for current expenses of the Negro Mission but also the necessary sums for buildings in the Negro Mission be taken into account and included in the estimate or budget of the various synods. — Adopted, and resolved that the officers of the Synodical Conference present this matter to the synods concerned.