# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1954_S185
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Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America, 1954 188

Exhibit “Cc”
AFRICAN MISSIONS — PROPOSED BUDGET 1954—55
Budget Request Expended Budget Request

7-1-53 ‘191-53

to 6-30-54 to 6-30-54 to 6-30-55
1. Automotive Expense $ 7,200.00 $ 15,457.34 $ 15,000.00
2. Efik Translations __ - 500.00 500.00 500.00
3. Temporary Building Costs 3,000.00 145.60 1,000.00
4, Parsonage — Permanent Const, __ 21,000.00 12,797.42 10,000.00
2: Charity a ain 5 235.00 143.34 300-00

+ Equipmen ’ . :
7. Automobiles 13,000.00: 15,931.54 20,000.00
8. Local Leave _ 1,500.00 1,426.26 2,500.00
9. Travel to and from Africa 25,000.00 27,462.07 35,000.00
10. Maintenance |. - 3,000.00 8,008.94 9,000.00
11. Medical Expense 1,000.00 239.38 500.00

12. Miscellaneous

weet 3:500.00 3,107.80 4,000.
13. Salaries

107, 00
90,000.00 96,321.05 73,200.00

14. Cost of Living Allowance” — — 17:490.00¢ 97,380.00
15. Pension-employer's pay a — —- 6,780.00
16. Missionaries’ Equipment Grant .. — 1,675.00 1,400.00
17. Education, Miss onaries’ Children —_— 215.00 500.00
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Gross Cost $173,985.00 $183,430.74 $199,980.00

Grand Total

Missouri Synod — 84.2919 _ 370,881.24 $353,993.89 $383,693.07 (84.597 %
% $ 2iosl2i 1'9 ; 2:217:87 2}

Norwegian Synod — 472% 081, 1986.38 . 489%

Slovak Synod — 1.006% - 4,426.41 4,224.97 4,413.09 973%)

Wisconsin Synod — 14,230 Jo nnn 62,612.14 59,761.21 63,229.97 (13/941 %)
—

$440,001.00 $419,966.45 $453,554.00

EXPLANATION OF BUDGET
Domestic Missions

1. Equipment. Equipment for church buildings and schools, such as chairs,
books, school desks, blackboards, ete.

2. Rent Paid — stations, parsonages. In some parts of our field we must pay
rental for buildings and rooms for church purposes, The Missionary Board pays
rental on the following parsonages: Mobile, Atmore, Vida, Camden, Ala.; New
Orleans (2), Baton Rouge, Shreveport, La.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Milwaukee, Wis.;
Chicago, 1]. (2); St. Louis, Mo.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Salisbury, High Point, N.C.

. Repairs. Estimated cost based on a five-year average expenditure. Item
pertains to chapels, schools, and Parsonages,

4. Salaries. Regular Salaries with proposed increases and new workers,

5. Expansion. Here new strategic fields are included. Opportunities still
present themselves for a general expansion program,

6. Concordia Seminary Summer Course. This course has the approval of the
Synodical Conference Convention. Two or three workers in our field are given
the opportunity to enroll at our summer school.

Sundries and Interest Paid. This includes support of pastors and teachers,
moving expenses, S. S, Literature, emergency grants; also includes interest paid
on C.F.C. loans (Milwaukee and Selma).

9. Travel Expense. Item covers missionaries’ automobile mileage, travel by
bus, train, and streetcar; also superintendents’ travel] expense. Many rural sections
are served, which entails a heavy mileage expense. Mileage allowances have
been increased.

13—14, Colleges — Operation Cost. The amount requested covers salaries of
instructors, improvements, and repairs at I.L.C. and A. L.A.

19. Administrative Expense. Salary and general office expenses.

20. Board Meeting Expense. This item covers traveling, hotel and incidental
expenses of members of Plenary Board for three meetings (Chicago and St. Louis),
and the expenses of the Executive Board; which meets in St. Louis monthly,

21. Superintendents, Includes salary of superintendents (one vacancy at
present).

. 23. Insurance. Reserve. According to Synodical Resolution 39th Convention
1946, pages 56—57), “the sum of $2,000 shall be added each re our Domestic