Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1950, Page 73

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He was formally commissioned in. June, 1947. By July, 1947, two
lots had been bought in a section in South Dallas, and a neat
chapel had been. built, dedicated in July, 1948. The group of
Dallas ladies helped liberally to finance the building program, and
it is still helping in carrying on the work.

There is as yet no organization in this mission. The number
of communicants as of December 31, 1949, was seven.

THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS DISTRICT
By the Rev. Geo. C, Albers, Executive Secretary

The Central Illinois Distict has now assumed the’ supervision
of Negro Mission work within its territorial area “according to the
setup suggested by the Synodical Conference.” The Mission Com-
mittee will now make surveys of territories where congregations
could and should be established.

The existing congregation now under the supervision of the
Central Illinois District is Holy Trinity at Springfield, Ill. This
congregation has been served for the past months by Prof. Mark
J. Steege of Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Ill. Professor Steege
presents the statistics of this congregation for 1949 as follows:

Baptized Members 2 --ee-canananeece nen en een eeeece cence 66
Communicant Members . | eneeeensceneeeseeeneeeereeerenteeeneeee 34
Voting Members . aaenececeeconeeetuesenentsesenenensnsuseuensetenentcnnneneeraees 7
Sunday School Pupils _ ene nenecee eee cece ec eece cee nen erence tenance 26
Sunday School Teachers _. caesnadeusneesenes 3
Enrollment in Summer School - OR 3

‘During 1949 six children were baptized; 176 partook of Holy
Communion; two persons were buried.

The total contributions and collections of the congregation in
1949 amounted to $1,143.85; total amount remitted to Missionary
Board, $447.50; total amount used for home purposes, $730.53.

THE WESTERN DISTRICT
By the Rev. Martin C. Schaefer, Executive Secretary

The Western District, in June, 1949, adopted the following
resolution: “Resolved, that we recognize in the Negro Christians
and Negro congregations our brethren in the faith; that we gladly
admit them into membership with the Western District.”

Hereupon the following Negro congregations, having applied
for membership, were accepted: St. Philip’s, Holy Sacraments, and
St. Michael’s, the last mentioned of South Kinloch Park, St. Louis
County, and the other two of St. Louis.

Negro congregations in the Western District at present number
ten. There is also one preaching station and one comparatively
large grade school. One of the ten congregations, St. Philip’s of
St. Louis, has been self-supporting for quite a number of years
and is therefore not included in this report. Neither is the congre-
gation and the school in Memphis, because these, for good reasons,
have remained temporarily under the supervision of the Missionary
Board of the Synodical Conference.

While we of the Western District are grateful to God for’ what