# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S289
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

‘Reports and Action on Various Mission-Fields 201

o fewer than 485 institutions. In addition, 484 pastors in charge
ongregations are active in 733 institutions. The latter report
r’ 75,000 visits made.

But there still is room. Some synodical Districts cover prac-
cally all the institutions within their bounds. May other Districts
low their example.

“he institutional missions are fostered and maintained by
ither larger or smaller groups of congregations or by Districts
through subsidies granted from the District mission treasuries.
Sundry Missions. — According to the resolution passed in the
2 convention all foreign-tongue missions as well as the Indian,
Jewish, Immigrant and Seamen’s missions were transferred to the
‘Districts in which they are conducted. During the past. triennium
the Indian Missions in North Wisconsin were absorbed by the North
Wisconsin District Mission Board, the Foreign-tongue Missions in
: Chicago by that of the Northern Illinois District. The Indian mis-

n in the State of Washington and the Spanish mission in Los
eles were closed. The Immigrant and the Seamen’s Missions of
New York City, under the care of the Atlantic District, are main-
‘tained from the proceeds of the properties of the Lutheran Immi-
grant Society of New York City.

The Christian Day-School and Subsidies from Mission Fund. —
e day-school is indeed the best-known agency for Christian
‘parents to carry out the injunction of the Lord “Feed My lambs.”
4 And what a wonderful missionary agency could our day-schools be
everywhere if we would but make use of the glorious mission
pportunities opened to us! We are, however, afraid that not all
f-us are up and doing to make the Christian day-school a blessed
“missionary agency.

_ The District Home Mission boards have long ago realized the
importance of the day-school for the proper upbuilding of the
“Lord’s kingdom. For this reason the Districts have set aside a
larger or smaller percentage of their mission funds to help main-
tain such schools. Roughly speaking, about 140 teachers are sup-
ported in part or in full by the District mission boards; about 35 of
these are in the subsidized Districts. In the present fiscal year
about $35,000 (largely furnished by the Board of Home Missions)
_is needed to subsidize teachers for salaries, rents, equipment, etc.
The subsidies granted for the maintenance of Christian day-schools
‘ vary in the different Districts from year to year, from no per cent.
to fifty-five per cent. of the available District Home Mission funds.
Missionaries’ Conferences.—In order to improve upon the
‘work done, to advise. the missionaries in the performance of the
-peculiar tasks confronting them, to encourage them to continue in
the face of many disappointments, to make them better qualified