# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1930_S48
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48 Proceedings of the thirty-second convention

26. Philadelphia, Pa. Founded 1918. Missionary: Paul Trumpoldt. Souls: 74.
Increase: 15. A new church is currently being built, which will cost about
$25,000.

27. Chester, Pa. The work was begun in 1928. Missionary: Paul Trumpoldt.
Souls: 15. No property.

28. Yonkers, N. Y. Founded 1907. Missionary: Wm. C. Hill, since March 9, 1911.
Souls: 147. Increase: 39. On November 10, 1929, the congregation dedicated its
parish house, which cost $12,000. The neat building is to be used for the time
being also for worship, until the congregation is in a position to build a
church. Since the congregation raised the building costs itself, it has not
become necessary to make it a loan of $15,000 from the mission treasury, as
was resolved at the last convention of the Synodical Conference
(*Synodalkonferenz*). Sincere thanks are due to the congregation of P. A. von
Schlichten, which has housed our congregation all these years.

The total number of souls, or baptized members, in the Southeastern mission
field is 1,743.

Independent Congregations.

1. Little Rock, Ark. Our oldest mission station, founded on December 2, 1877,
by Missionary J. F. Döscher. P. Adolf H. Poppe, pastor of the white
congregation in Little Rock, serves the few souls, 10 in number, that are
still there.

2. St. Louis, Mo., Grace. Founded 1903. Missionary: Joh. Fey. Souls: 112.
Increase: 37. Property: church-school.

3. St. Louis, Mo., St. Philip's. Founded May 8, 1928. Missionary: Andreas
Schulze. Souls: 239. Increase: 99. Property: church. The prospects for further
growth are good. The congregation contributes $100 a month toward the pastor's
salary.

4. Kirkwood, Mo. The work was begun here on February 9, 1930, at the wish and
counsel of the white Concordia congregation (P. Wm. Maschoff). The services are
held in the church of this congregation. The young station is now going through
the usual crisis, in which the colored sectarian preachers have united in an
assault.

5. Springfield, Ill. Founded 1886. Missionary: Clifford L. Bliss. Souls: 102.
Neither increase nor decrease. Property: church-school, parsonage. The church
was thoroughly repaired and renovated this summer. The cost came to about
$5,000. From July 31 to August 4 the General Conference of our *Negermission*
[mission among African Americans; the period's term "Negro Mission"] met in the
midst of this congregation.

6. Jacksonville, Ill. Founded 1925. Missionary: C. L. Bliss. Souls: 11.
Increase: 3. Property: a little church.

7. Chicago, Ill. Founded 1924. Missionary: Marmaduke N. Carter. Souls: 207.
Increase: 59. The prospects for growth are good. Property: church and
parsonage under one roof. The church seats 130 persons; yet the service is at
times attended by 150 persons. The pastor of the congregation can report more
fully if desired; he is one of the two colored representatives at this
convention.

8. Cleveland, O. Founded 1926 by P. Artur Katt. Missionary: Ernst G. Müller.
Souls: 75. Increase: 42. The con-