# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1930_S135 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) "gation. 134 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 9. Mount Pleasant, N.C. Founded 1893. Mis- sionary: J. W. Fuller. Membership: 59. Gain: 1. Property: Church, school, and parsonage. The church was considerably damaged by a storm, May 14, 1929. The congregation has had the damage repaired at a cost of $300. 10. Drys Schoolhouse, N. C. Founded 1897. Missionary: J. W. Fuller. Membership: 45. Prop- erty: Church. Student Pledger is conducting a summer-school of six weeks’ duration here. 11. Fayetteville, N.C. Founded in 1913. This station was twice abandoned and the work resumed. The work here is now being done by students under the supervision of Pastor Fuller. Membership: 5. No property. 12. New Bern, N.C. This town is in the Black Belt of Eastern North Carolina. In August, 1928, Pastors L. and M. Dorpat, father and son, both of Meherrin, Va., visited New Bern, and some months later the town was explored by Pastors Frank Alston and M. Dorpat. The Board decided to place Pastor M. Dorpat at New Bern. He arrived there on De- cember 27, 1928, and remained there till May of the following year, when he removed to Baltimore to take charge of the work in that city. In a short time a missionary is again to be placed at New Bern, and in the mean time students from Greensboro will serve the station under the supervision of Pastor Fuller. New Bern is the home of Mollie Louder and the orphans which she has adopted. The Board could not see its way clear to found an orphanage, - but hopes that charitable friends will remember Mrs. Louder and her orphans. Membership: 20. 18. Salisbury, N. C., Founded in 1895. Mission- ary: Felton Vorice. Membership : 70. Gain: 17%. Property: Church and school. 14. Catawba, N.C. Founded 1895. Missionary: F. Vorice. Membership : 23. Gain: 8. Property: Church, which is in great need of repairs. 15. Conover, N.C. Founded in 1904. Mission- ary: F. Vorice. Membership: 3. Decrease: 4. Property: Church. , 16. Rockwell, N. C. Founded in 1893. Mis- sionary: F.H. Foard. Membership: 48. Gain: 8. Property: Church and school.. 17. Bostian Cross Roads, N. C. Founded 1904, Missionary: F.H. Foard. Membership: 44. Gain: 1. Property: Church, owned by the congre- 18. Gold Hill, N.C. Founded in 1893. Mis- sionary: F.H. Foard. Membership: 32. Gain: 2. Property: Church. ~ ‘were released to the congregation there. 19. Hight Point, N.C. Founded in 1908. Mis- sionary: J. E. Shufelit. Membership: 5%. Gain: 38. Property: Church, which also serves as school. Missionary Shufelt greatly desires a new church in a better location. The living conditions have so changed in this rapidly growing industrial center that our little church has white neighbors on both sides. Pastor Shufelt is of the opinion that an appropriation of $12,000 for a new church-school would take care of the congregation’s needs. 20. Winston-Salem, N.C. Founded in 1913. Missionary: Jesse A. Hunt. Membership: 46. Increase: 24. Property: Church. 21. Greensboro, N.C. Founded in 1893. Mis- sionary: Paul D. Lehman. Membership: 186. Increase: 21. The two congregations — Grace and Luther Memorial — were united in 1928. The new church-school was dedicated May 11, 1930. This beautiful building, in which also the students of the college attend services, was erected at a cost of $32,427.07. The old Grace Church was destroyed by fire, “November 11, 1928. The lot has not yet found a buyer. During the vacancy Prof. Wm. Gehrke served the congregation as pastor and was assisted by the students. Pursuant to a resolution passed by the Synodical Conference two years ago, the sum of $7,500 was contributed from the Colored Missions treasury to the building of Ebenezer Church, the white church to which the professors of Immanuel Lutheran College with their families belong. Later the sum of $1,500 was loaned this congregation by the Col- ored Mission’ Board. 22. Southern Pines, N.C. Founded in 1898. Missionary: Prof. Walter H. Beck (member of Wis- consin Synod), who serves the congregation with the help of students. Membership: 39. Gain: 5. Property: Church. 28. Meherrin, Va. Founded in 1883. Mission- ary: L. Dorpat. Membership: 107. Decrease: 32. Members of the congregation living in Baltimore Hence the great decrease. Property: Church-school, parson- age, and 28 acres. 24. Baltimore, Md. Founded in 1929. Vacant. Candidate J. Schlichting of the Springfield Semi- nary has accepted the call to this station and will be installed in August. The station was served by Pastor M. Dorpat from April, 1929, to April, 1930. Services are held in a Y. M.C. A. eae Mem- bership: 18. . \