# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S155
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Missions in General 156

efforts to pay their debt to the Church Extension Board of Synod,
and that all Districts exert their efforts toward the prompt repay-
ment of loans on the part of congregations.

Resolved, That Synod delete from its books a balance of $300
due from the defunct St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Minatare,
Nebraska.

Resolved, That Synod express its appreciation of the faithful
services of Mr. B. A. Schieferdecker, who was a member and the
treasurer of the Church Extension Board from 1914 to his death
on June 4, 1938, by a rising vote.

Resolved, That Synod express by rising vote its appreciation of
the faithful services of Mr. H. Papke, who was a member and sec-
retary of the Church Extension Board from 1917 to the present
year. He has asked to be relieved of his membership on account
of advanced age.

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

Repayments of Church Extension Loans

Concerning this matter, see Memorials 709 and 710, pp. 263 to
266 of Reports and Memorials.

Committee 2 brought in the following resolution:

Resolved, That the present scale of 10 per cent. be retained,
but that the Church Extension Board be permitted to make ex-
ceptions by operating with a graduated scale.

Action of Synod: This resolution was adopted.

Church Extension Loans to Colored Missions
(Memorial 711)

In view of the great migration of Negroes to Northern cities,
the inadequate appropriations to carry out an energetic missionary
policy, the active interest of groups of churches, conferences, and
Districts in the Northern Negro, the necessity of suitable build-
ings, and the deficit in the building fund of the Missionary Board,
* the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other

States is herewith very respectfully petitioned so to amend its
- regulations as to permit the General Church Extension Board to
take favorable action, after careful investigation, on requests for
loans emanating from individual member churches, groups of
member churches, or organizations composed of member churches
for the purpose of erecting or acquiring and repairing suitable
buildings for the use of churches composed of colored brethren.
Respectfully submitted by

Wrtt1am H. GEHRKE