# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S202
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202 Reports and Action on Various Mission-Fields

and more efficient, the majority of District Home Mission boards
have arranged for missionaries’ conferences of all the missionaries
of their respective Districts. At these conferences topics of a rather
practical nature are presented and discussed. In order to make
these Conferences possible, the District mission boards helped the
missionaries defray the traveling expenses. Since these conferences
prove to be of real lasting value to the missionaries, all District
mission boards might be encouraged to arrange for such mission-
aries’ conferences at regular intervals.

Annual Mission Conferences. — These were held in 1939 and
in 1940. (In the year when Synod convenes no mission conference
is held.) Nearly all District Home Mission boards were represented.
Topics of mutual interest were discussed. We believe that these
conferences mean much for the development of Home Missions.

Policy Concerning Reduced Subsidies. —It is the established
policy of the Board of Home Missions to encourage the var‘ous
District mission boards to request the subsidized parishes of theic
Districts to reduce their annual subsidy request. We do not believe
it to be unreasonable under ordinary circumstances to expect an
annual reduction of 5 or 10 per cent. and even more. If all of the
mission-stations could be prevailed upon to do their part con-
scientiously and according to ability, thousands of dollars could be
released annually for mission expansion in the Districts. The
Board of Home Missions would appreciate reaction of the venerable
Body on the policy established.

Subsidies from 1938—1940, — 1938 1939 1940
Alberta and British Columbia District... $25,100.00 $26,500.00 $27,500.00

Atlantic District 2. acces cece 34,350.00 34,500.00 31,900.00
California and Nevada District.... - 18,500.00 18,000.00 17,000.00
Central District (Evansville, Ind.) ............ — — 480.00
Colorada District... 16,500.00 18,000.00 17,980.00
Manitoba and Saskatchewan District...... 22,700.00 23,950.00 22,700.00
North Dakota and Montana District .__.... 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,240.00
Northern Wlinois Dist. (foreign-tongue) 3,378.84 2,857.95 910.00
Northern Nebraska Dist. (Omaha and

Pavillion, Wyo.) -......----.-- — 314.30 300.00
Northern Wisconsion Dist. (Indian Mi 13.69

sions)  _............
Oklahoma District 0000.2. 12,350.00 13,000.00 12,500.00
Oregon and Washington District. - 25,000.00 24,000.00 22,085.00
South Dakota District 0. - 5,000.00 4,500.00 2,500.00
Southern District . 16,320.00 16,000.00 15,250.00
Southeastern District .. . 8,987.57 9,028.53 18,000.00
Southern California District . 14,520.00 15,000.00 14,450.00
Texas District 2. 0... 14,365.00 16,000.00 18,000.00

Western District (Carthage) _ 0.0. 895.00 — —
Expenses of Board 200000 eceeececeeee 341.02 320.40 325.81
Missions Conference 0020.00.00... -e-cee eee — 109.30 236.36
Spanish Literature 00 — 524.12 —

$231,321.12 $235,604.60 $235,357.17
Less sale of Italian and Spanish hymnals 98.32

$235,258.85