# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1928_S48
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48 Proceedings of the thirty-first convention

3. The Wisconsin Synod resolved at its convention in Milwaukee in August 1927 to guarantee in the next two years the sum of $73,000 for our Negro Mission. With this it assumes its proportionate share of the support fully and completely. The growing interest in the last five years is to be ascribed especially to two circumstances: first, the calling of missionaries from among the members of the Synod; second, official representation in the direction of the Negro Mission through the membership of two pastors — Pastor Hönecke and President Im. F. Albrecht — on the Mission Commission. The Slovak and the Norwegian Synods also each have one representative on the Commission.

4. New Missionaries. During the past two years the following pastors have entered the service of our mission: 1. Lloyd R. Gauthreaux, a graduate of Immanuel Lutheran College in Greensboro, N. C., ordained on August 28, 1927. 2. Prof. Wilhelm Gehrke of Augusta, Mo., installed as professor at Immanuel Lutheran College in January 1928. 3. Cuthbert Malloy, a graduate of Immanuel Lutheran College, ordained and installed as assistant pastor in Kannapolis, N. C., on June 10, 1928. 4. Felton J. Vorice, a graduate of Immanuel Lutheran College in the year 1927, ordained and installed as pastor of the three congregations in Charlotte, N. C., on June 5, 1927. 5. J. Wilbur Twitty, a graduate of Immanuel Luther College this year; he will enter the Alabama Luther College in Selma, Ala., as professor in September. 6. Candidate Clifford Bliss, a graduate of the seminary in Springfield, Ill.; will be installed on August 5 as pastor of the Holy Trinity congregation in Springfield. 7. Candidate Ernst Müller, a graduate of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis; will be installed on August 5 as pastor of the congregation in Cleveland. 8. Candidate Paul E. Schauer, a graduate of the seminary in St. Louis; he will be installed on August 5 as pastor of Immanuel Congregation in Cincinnati. — Those who have left are: 1. Pastor Eugen B. Cozart; 2. Pastor Paul Gose; 3. Prof. F. C. Lankenau; 4. Prof. Hans Näther; 5. Pastor Wiley H. Lash; 6. Pastor Georg Kase, on August 5, 1928.

5. Mission Workers. The following workers are in the service of our mission: 1 mission director, 2 white superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent (the superintendents also serve mission stations at the same time), 5 white and 4 colored professors, some of whom also serve mission congregations, 2 colored matrons and 3 women teachers at our educational institutions, 12 white pastors and 1 white helper (Pastor Ad. H. Poppe in Little Rock), 1 colored superintendent, 20 colored pastors, 1 white teacher, 18 colored male teachers, 50 colored women teachers — altogether 121 persons (23 white and 98 colored). Two years ago the number of workers was 113.

6. Mission Property. The Negro Mission owns as property 2 colleges, 3 professors' residences (in Greensboro), 18 chapels, 4 chapels in which school is also held, 31 chapels and schools under one roof, 9 schoolhouses, 11 parsonages, 1 teacher's residence ($550) and 3 small houses occupied by church servants, together with the grounds belonging to them. The entire property has an approximate value of $430,000. The Commission is at present taking steps to determine the exact present value.

7. The Commission asks the Honorable Synodical Conference to grant it the right of sale.