# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S38
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38 Proceedings of the thirtieth convention

7. We recommend that gifts for this purpose not be sent in generally
for the Negro Mission, nor for the budget fund, but that when the monies are sent in it be expressly mentioned
that they are designated for the new residence hall at Greensboro. —
Adopted.

It was resolved to commission the Mission Board
to see to the carrying out of these resolutions.

Further, the committee recommends that for the time being the erection of the administration
building and other alterations be set aside,
since these matters can still wait. — Adopted.

We further recommend that the Board for Negro Mission be
commissioned to appear before the standing boards of the various synods
with the request to be permitted to hold a special collection
for the new building at Greensboro. — Adopted.

On 2., Alabama Luther College, Selma, Ala. The committee
recommends the appropriation of $6,000 for a classroom. — Adopted.

C. Details.

On 1. The committee recommends that on the occasion of the fiftieth
anniversary of the Negro Mission our gratitude for the blessing experienced
be expressed by a fitting celebration. Special
celebrations may take place in schools, Sunday schools, churches and
mass meetings. A history of the Negro Mission may
appear either in the form of a book or in our periodicals;
many articles by missionaries may also appear in our periodicals.
The "Missionstaube" and the Pioneer may give special consideration to the Negro
Mission. Special collections should be taken up by congregations, children and societies. — Adopted.

On 2. Your committee was informed that our coloured
brethren have collected the sum of $2,500 for a mission in Africa.
We recommend to the Synodical Conference (*Synodalkonferenz*):

1. That we express our joy at the mission zeal
of our coloured brethren. — Adopted.

2. That we commission the Mission Board to investigate this matter:
if necessary, to send one or more representatives to Africa
and in two years to make recommendations to the Synodical Conference in the matter. — This point (2) was adopted in the following
amended wording: Resolved to instruct the Mission
Board to keep in view the matter of a heathen mission in Africa, to gather all information about it, and to
report to the Synodical Conference again later.

On 6. Your committee recommends:

1. To give the permission requested in this section;

2. To create a special building fund into which these monies
shall flow. — Adopted.

On 7. Recommendation of the committee: to give the Board the permission
mentioned in this point. — Adopted.

On 8. Recommendation of the committee:

1. That the other synods belonging to the Synodical Conference also
be asked to take a similar step for the Negro Mission
to that which the Missouri Synod has already taken, namely that each