Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1950, Page 22

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22 Proceedings of the Forty-First Convention,

Statistics of Geographical Districts of the Lutheran Church
in Nigeria

District Churches Souls Com. Day 8. P. T. Bapt. Conf. Mar. Bur.
Eket _................ 19 2,174 882 1,154 52 335 228 «8636022
Otoro .......--.------- 16 2,108 735 7037 260 lll #11 28
Ukpom 19 3,120 924 1,155 47 334 138 39 21
Ibesikpo .. 61 10,189 3,251 5,125 205 2,125 423 73 72
Calabar 1 75 ~~ 40 20 2 7 9 — 1
Tho ones ene 4 822 273 201 9 180 109 3 8
Ikot Ibritam .. 18 1,087 361 493 26 293 122 920 1

Total ....-.... 138 19,576 6,466 8851 368 3,534 1,140 182 148

A total of 16,464 communed in 1949. Holy Communion is cele-~
brated in each church four times annually.

Contributions of the seven districts in 1949 amounted to
$25,812.50 in U.S. currency. ,

The seven districts are served by the following pastors and
teachers:

Eket— Rev. V. Spiekerman, Rev. C. W. Baringer.

Otoro — Rev. H. Ottemoeller and Lay Missionary H. Hedman.

Ukpom — Rev. E. Westcott.

Ibesikpo — Rev. D. U. Ekong, Rev. J. P. Kretzmann, Rev. R. A.
Krugler, Rev. A. W. Machinske, Rev. N. H. Reim, Rev. J. Rusch,
Rev. W. H. Schweppe. Teachers: E. Baer, Helen Kluck, and Lucile
Kraus.

Calabar — Rev. J. U. Ekong.
Ibo — Rev. J. Kretzmann, Rev. W. Schweppe.
Ikot Ibritam — Rev: P. G. Anderson, Rev. J. L. Konz.

Comparative Statistics for Africa

1946 1947 1948 1949
Churches .....-.-..--------------- 83 108 130 140
Baptized Members -...... 11,125 13,295 16,225 19,576
Communicants -_.........-- 4,148 4682 | 5,488 6,466
Baptisms —..........-.-.--------- 1,603 2,935 3,168 3,534
Communed. .........------------- 10,395 11,983 13,627 16,464
Confirmations a 500 821 983 1,196
Schools __....-.---.-.---.---------- 67 87 94 109
Pupils _..2-...--------------- 4,657 6,201 7,430 8,851

Truly, “this is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”
Ps. 118: 23.
Consecrated Workers

When the Missionary Board in 1948 presented its report on
Africa to the Fortieth Convention of the Synodical Conference,
it enumerated a number of salient facts which, by the grace of
God, have contributed toward the building of a strong Lutheran
Zion on the Dark Continent. For a better evaluation of our present
setup we shall re-emphasize a few of these facts.

God has been most gracious in giving us consecrated and
faithful pastors who are filled with a desire to establish a church