# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S66
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

66 Proceedings of the Forty-First Convention,

years. At present, seminarians from I.L.C. are holding preaching
services, For the immediate present we have requested the serv-
ices of a vicar, and we will seek to integrate this church with
several others to form one parish.

Salisbury-Gold Hill-Rockwell Parish
Rev. Wiley H. Lash, Pastor

This parish has been served for many long years by a faithful
servant of our Lord and will remain self-supporting only during
Pastor Lash’s ministry. This veteran of the Cross is now seriously
ill. The Missionary Board should give serious consideration to
effecting a merger of this parish with Catawba and afford the
members the ministrations of the Gospel by means of a circuit-
rider arrangement. (Pastor Lash peacefully fell asleep in Jesus on
June 12.)

St. Andrew’s, Charlotte, N.C.
Rev. M. S. Dickinson, Pastor

St. Andrew’s Congregation is thriving under the blessing of
God and the vigorous leadership of her consecrated pastor. Today
the membership numbers 132 baptized members, 102 communi-
cants. In 1946 there were 69 communicants and 86 baptized
members. This growth in no small part can be attributed to the
merging of the missions and the acquisition of a suitable place
of worship. A serious housing problem needs immediate attention.
The pastor should not be living in the basement of the church.
A parish school is under consideration. This is a representative
church in the largest metropolitan center of the Carolinas and
should have far-reaching influence in extending our work.

St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Rev. G. N. Laurent, Pastor

God has richly blessed this congregation and the missionary.
For the past six years there has been an annual net gain of -souls
of almost 10 per cent. The congregation is endeavoring to stand
on its own feet financially. In a city with a Negro population of
more than 36,000 we should have more adequate facilities. We
recommend a Church Extension loan to provide Sunday school
rooms and fellowship facilities so that this church may truly be
the center of community life and be enabled to present a Christ-
centered program that is adequate for the needs of the people.
We are definitely of the opinion that this is a fertile field, but, as
church work is competitive as well as spiritual, we must give the
missionary tools with which to work.

St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, Va.
Rev. F. H. Foard, Pastor

This is the oldest Negro mission within the confines of the
Southeastern District. There are virtually no prospects for growth,
and the people are living on submarginal incomes. The congrega-
tion is still loyal. There are 185 baptized members and 85 com-
municants, some of whom are living in the North but who still
retain membership at “the Old Home Church.” The school, ably