# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1930_S56
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56 Proceedings of the thirty-second convention

Details.

1. The Mission Commission. In accordance with the resolution passed two years
ago that the vacancy then existing in the Commission be filled by the election
of a layman, Mr. Theodor Steinmeyer, architect, of the congregation Holy Cross
in St. Louis, was elected at that time.

The officers of the Commission are: chairman: P. Otto C. A. Böcler; vice-chairman:
P. Louis A. Wisler; treasurer: Mr. Theodor W. Eckhart; recording secretary:
P. E. L. Wilson.

The Commission meets every second Tuesday of the month. The meetings after
Easter and after Labor Day are plenary meetings; that is, the representatives
from the Wisconsin Synod, the Norwegian Synod and the Slovak Synod also come to
these meetings. These plenary meetings last two to three days. In the past two
years 36 meetings have been held, including special meetings. Exact minutes are
kept of the proceedings.

The terms of service of the following members have expired: President Im. F.
Albrecht (Wisconsin Synod), P. J. Daniels (Slovak Synod), P. Louis A. Wisler,
Mr. Theodor W. Eckhart (treasurer). P. J. E. Thoen of the Norwegian Synod
resigned in April 1930 on account of advanced age. A member from the Norwegian
Synod must therefore be elected in his place.

2. Field Secretary. Since the old regulation no longer suits present
conditions, the Mission Commission asks that it be rescinded and that the
Commission be instructed to submit a new regulation after two years.

3. The committee appointed two years ago, which was charged with drawing up a
constitution for a closer organization of our mission congregations with one
another and with the Synodical Conference (*Synodalkonferenz*), is ready to
report.

4. Mission workers. The following workers are in the service of our mission:
1 mission director; 2 superintendents, of whom 1 also serves mission posts;
7 white professors and 2 colored; 2 colored matrons and 4 women teachers at
our educational institutions; 15 white and 22 colored pastors; 2 white teachers
and 1 woman teacher; 16 colored teachers and 51 women teachers -- altogether
124 persons (27 white and 97 colored). Two years ago the number of workers was
121.

5. Mission property. The mission owns the following property: 3 college
buildings together with 4 other buildings and 3 professors' residences (in
Greensboro), 21 chapels, 37 chapel-schools, that is, buildings that have
separate school space and church space but both under one roof; 8 schoolhouses;
9 parsonages; 5 teachers' residences. The buildings in Chicago, Cincinnati and
Yonkers do not belong to us. The entire property has an approximate value of
$500,000.

6. Light in the Dark Belt. The teacher Rosa Young in Hamburg, Ala., has written
a fascinating book in which she describes her life and portrays the economic
and religious conditions in the Black Belt of Alabama as well as our mission
work there. Such