# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S11
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1926. 11

another prominent resident of Concord expressed to me some years ago:
"If all the Negroes would be like the Lutheran
Negroes, they would be all right." [Printed in English.] The judgment of such men is a
testimony that our Lutheran Negroes really do all honour
to our dear Lutheran church. It occurs to me also that a
man who has lived for years next to our church and school in Concord
told me a year ago that he could not wish for any quieter and
more orderly neighbours than our members.

11. Immanuel, Shankletown. (Founded in September
1919. Missionary: Melvin Holsten.*) Shankletown is a suburb
of Concord. The congregation there is a branch of Missionary Holsten's.
It has experienced some growth and numbers 39 souls and 23 confirmed
members. Last autumn the school was reopened. It
is held in the church.

12. St. Paul's, Charlotte. (Founded 1891. Missionary:
John W. Fuller, since 9 August 1925.) Rev. John McDavid, trained
at Springfield, Ill., who served this congregation for about twenty years,
was transferred to Los Angeles, Cal., in August 1925.
Missionary Fuller, formerly missionary at Spartanburg, S. C., became his
successor. The statistical figures have remained almost the same.
Souls: 174 (increase: 2); communicant members: 68; voting
members: 28. The people in the neighbourhood of our mission station
belong to the poor and seldom stay long in the same board
shacks. The constant coming and going makes it impossible for people
to be added to the congregation permanently. About two short blocks
north of our mission property the city of Charlotte has erected its
fine public buildings. This has raised the value of our
property and will probably gradually change the whole appearance of the
neighbourhood.

13. Mount Zion, Charlotte. (Founded 1896. Missionary:
J. W. Fuller, since 9 August 1925.) The number of souls has grown a little.
It is 66. Confirmed members 27. Our members here
are somewhat better off in worldly things than the people in
St. Paul's congregation. They own their own home; and its value has
risen because the neighbourhood borders on the finest part of the fine city of
Charlotte. Missionary Fuller writes: "The condition of this station
is satisfactory, with some signs of growth."

14. Bethel, Charlotte. (Founded in September 1911.
Missionary: J. W. Fuller, since 9 August 1925.) "This congregation
has a future," writes the missionary, "but not soon. We have
here some aged members who cannot come to St. Paul's church.
I serve them pastorally." Because of the illness of the
woman teacher last autumn the school was closed. Whether it will be reopened
is doubtful. — Souls: 37; communicant members: 22. — The
resolved union of the three congregations in Charlotte has not yet
come about.

15. Bethlehem, Monroe. (Founded 1900. Missionary:
J. W. Fuller, since August 1925.) Monroe lies about twenty-five
miles southeast of Charlotte. The congregation was almost extinct a few years ago;
but now the number of souls has already risen to 40
and the number of communicant members to 24. Missionary Fuller
says: "Some repairs to the property are necessary; I believe the
members will see to this."