# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S141
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Ey. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 127

Baptist ministers and two-thirds of the Methodists are unfit, either
mentally or morally, or both, to preach the Gospel to any one or to
attempt to lead any one. A large proportion of the church-members
are just as ignorant of true Christianity, as taught by Christ, as any
people in Africa or Japan, and just as much in need of missionary
effort as those in foreign lands.” The harvest, truly, is plenteous!

May the command.of Christ to preach the Gospel to every crea-
: ture and the encouraging increase which He has graciously given
@ impel us to still greater activity in evangelizing the Negro who lies
; at our door as poor Lazarus lay at the door of Dives! ;

4 ’ What though the skin be black or white or brown,
: The loving Savior wore for all the thorny crown.

Report of the Committee,

“a 1. Since 1908 our Colored Missions show a growth of 18 per cent.
E At present 15 white and 22 colored workers are active in them. In
’ the last triennium a number of buildings have been erected at various
stations. The Board for Colored Missions requests Synod to appro-
priate a sum to cover a shortage which resulted from the erection of
necessary buildings in the past year: Greensboro, N. C., $30,000;
Alabama Luther College, $5,000; St. Louis, $7,000; Philadelphia,
E $8,500; Los Angeles, $6,200; Alexandria, La., $6,000. Total, $57,900.
a 2. For the next triennium the Board for Colored Missions re-
; quests appropriations for the building of colleges, chapels, and schools,
F as well as alterations, at the following places: Alteration of Im-
" manuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N. C., $8,000; a new lecture
hall, $15,000; a lecture hall at Selma, Ala., $1,000; chapel and school
& at Atmore, Ala., $1,000; chapel and school at Lamison, Ala., $1,000;
chapel, school, and parsonage at Spartanburg, $10,000; six teacher-
ages in Alabama, $3,600; chapel and school in Birmingham, $15,000.
’ In North Carolina new school dwellings must be erected in the near
future, or we must give up our mission. At least $75,000 will be
needed for this purpose. In Charlotte, N. C., we have three congrega-
‘tions. These should be amalgamated as soon as possible into one
congregation after a suitable place has been found for the erection
e of the necessary buildings. The sum of $20,000 is necessary for
5; this cause. ,
: “8, In Yonkers, N. Y., a new church should be erected. $6,000 is
‘in this‘treasury; $10,000 more is needed. In Pensacola, Fla., $8,000
s necessary for the erection of buildings. The sum needed for new

‘sum the Wisconsin Synod has appropriated. _ Your Committee recom-
‘mends.to Synod that the Synodical Conference appropriate the sum
“of $215,000 for new buildings. a

No action was taken, as this is the province of the Synodical
onference. ‘

appropriations in the next triennium is $215,000 One-fifth of this’