# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S196
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 185

1. Recommend, That the petition of the Ev. Luth. Free Church
of Saxony to extend the loan of $14,183.84 and $4,000 from our
General Church Extension Fund be granted; and we further recom-
mend that, in view of the present difficulties under which the brethren
of the Free Church are laboring, their request for a subsidy of
75,000 RM., or $30,000 per annum, at the present rate of exchange, be
granted, if possible.

2. In respect to Ev. Luth. Free Church of Alsace we recommend
that the requested subsidy of $5,000 per annum, at the present rate
of exchange, be granted, if possible; for it is feared that the with-
holding or curtailing of this subsidy would mean the bankruptcy and
probable extinction of this courageous little band of faithful Lu-
therans.

3. In respect to the Ev. Luth. Free Church of Finland your Com-
mittee respectfully recommends that the requested subsidy of $3,010
per annum, at the present rate of exchange, be granted, if possible.

4. We especially want to commend the unselfish, self-sacrificing
labors of the four Finnish pastors, who with large families, totaling
twenty-eight children, with no parsonages or churches and with
salaries averaging only $60 a month, are continuing undaunted to
spread the unadulterated Gospel of Christ in Finland.

5. In respect to the brother in Estonia, standing alone and
isolated in his field, cut off almost entirely from any contact with his
brethren of the faith in Europe, but carrying on the work of the
Kingdom with commendable zeal and diligence, we heartily recom-
mend the granting of a subsidy of $250 per annum, at the present rate
of exchange, which under the condition in which he is laboring is
indeed a modest request.

6. Finally, your Committee would also recommend the granting
of $500 per annum requested by your Board for Home Missions in
Europe, needed for unforeseen emergencies and traveling expenses, for
a representative of the brethren of Alsace, Finland, and Estonia to
attend the biennial convention of the Ev. Luth. Free Church of
Saxony, which personal contact with the brethren we hold to be not
only wise, but essential for the unity and progress of our churches
in Europe and for the spiritual welfare and encouragement of our
brethren.

7. We also believe that it would be well to pay out of the above
grant the subscriptions to our synodical periodicals for the pastors
of Alsace, Finland, and Estonia, who because of their poverty are
unable to pay for these church-papers themselves.

8. After hearing the report of Dr. Koch of Berlin, Pastor Oesch
of London, Pastor Boecler, the special representative of Synod, and
Pastor Martin Strasen, recently returned from Alsace, we believe it