# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1958_S130
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1380 Proceedings of the Forty-fifth Convention

Exhibit “H”

AFRICAN MISSIONS BUDGET
Actual 1957—58 Proposed
Cost Approved Budget
7-56-6-57 udget 1958—59
l. Salaries $ 72,756 $ 82,320 $ 85,000
2. Cost-of-Living Allowance _.___. 11,875 18,000 18,000
3. Rents While Home on Fur. _ 3,118 3,000 3,000
4. Pension, Employer’s Share _.____. 4,118 5,000 5,000
5. Travel to and from Africa _.___ 29,210 25,000 35,000
6. Parsonages — Permanent _. 11,403 35,000 15,000
7. Maintenance 9,794 10,000 12,000
8. Seminary Operations 3,188 4,000 2,950
9. Ogoja Province ..... - 2,843 3,000 7,500
10. Ghana Expansion . —~ — — 2,000
Il. Automobiles _.__.... 9,811 12,000 10,000
12. Automobile Expense __....__. 12,383 15,000 15,000
13. Equipment _2 4,216 5,000 5,000
14, Equip. and Rehab. Grants ____ 2,660 7,000 7,000
15. Local Leave 684 1,500 1,500
16. Medical Expense 806 1,000 1,000
17. Edu. of Miss. Children .. — 1,379 7,400 1,500
18. Insurance Reserve ____. — — 500 500
19. Charity oo 277 500 500
20. Miscellaneous and Contingent __ 3,302 4,000 5,000
21. Africa Visitation 0 — — 2,550
$183,823 $239,220 $235,000
Mo, Synod _ 84.752% $199,167
Wis. Synod _. eee 13.958 32,801
S. EL Cc. _. . 773 1,817
E. L. Synod 2 O17 1,215

100.000% $235,000
EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED BUDGET

Domestic Missions

1, Salaries — $150,000. A total of 50 workers (27 pastors, 5 male
teachers, 28 lady teachers) are on the payroll of the Missionary Board.
Most of these workers are under the supervision of two Regional Mis-
sion Committees, one in Selma, Alabama, and the other in New Or-
leans, Louisiana. Last year all workers were granted a salary increase.
Their earnings now closely approximate the salary level prevailing in
the Southern District. All self-sustaining congregations are also en-
couraged to increase the salaries of their pastors and teachers.

2, Expansion —0. This item formerly applied to the development
of new mission stations in Florida, but that work has now been taken
over by the Florida-Georgia District; therefore the item has been
eliminated from the budget of the Missionary Board.

3. Rent Paid (Stations and Parsonages) — $10,000. Rental for build-
ing and rooms used for Sunday school and church purposes in Mobile,
Prichard, Vida, Maysville, Gadsden, Atmore, and Bessemer, Alabama;
Pensacola, Florida; Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson,
Mississippi. Also parsonage rental at various locations.

4. Travel Expense — $10,000. Missionaries receive an auto mileage
allowance of $30 per month if their assignment is in the urban areas.
In rural sections they receive 7¢ per mile. The traveling expenses of
Regional Mission Committee members are also charged to this account.