# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S210
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210 Constitutional Matters

A New District in the Southeastern States
(Memorial 503)

At Cleveland, in 1935, after having received the consent of the
English District in 1933, the Southeastern Conference petitioned
the Ven. Synod for permission to form a new District of Synod
in the Southeast, offering the following reasons in support of its
petition:

1. The remoteness of our Missouri Lutheran congregations in
North and South Carolina in most cases prevents congregational
representation at the District meetings of our English District on
account of heavy financial expenses.

2. The development of the missionary opportunities in our
section of the country calls for a more concerted cooperation
also on the part of our local congregations.

3. The purposes of the congregations of the Southeastern Field
as well as the general purpose could be more effectively and satis-
factorily served by a local District of Synod.

The Delegate Synod referred the petition back to the South-
eastern Conference with the instruction to confer with the brethren
of the neighboring Districts in order to bring about, if at all pos-
sible, the formation of a new District. In view of the fact that
conditions in the Southeast were such as to demand immediate
attention, the General Home Mission Board was instructed to act
immediately. This Board accordingly sent representatives to look
into the field and has since supported the missionary expansion
work at various points.

Working in conjunction with the Executive Secretary of Mis-
sions, the Rev. F.C. Streufert, and a commission appointed by the
Home Mission Board, the Southeastern Conference has conferred
with all pastors and congregations in the following area relative to
the formation of a new District of Synod in the Southeast: North
and South Carolina, including Augusta, Ga.; north along the Shen-
andoah Valley to Harrisbur , Pa; east to Trenton, N. J.; south
along the Delaware River, including Camden, N. J.

In this area there are 68 pastors and 80 congregations and
missions. There are 11,975 communicants (1936 statistics). This
does not include the advisory pastors. To date (April 1, 1938) we
have received official action in favor of the formation of a new
District from 46 pastors and 57 congregations. Tentative approval
has been received from 5 pastors and 5 congregations. Of the
remaining 17 pastors and 17 congregations, from whom we have
received no official expression, 9 are members of the Baltimore
City Conference, which voted unanimously in favor of the new
District. No opposition to the new District has been voiced by
any pastor or congregation within the area involved.