Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1950, Page 74

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74 Proceedings of the Forty-First Convention,

has been done so far for the Negroes in our District, yet there
remains much land to be possessed. In the entire State of Arkansas,
for instance, we do not have a single Negro mission or organized
congregation. In Tennessee we have a school and.a small congre-
gation in Memphis, St. Philip’s Church in Chattanooga, and
a preaching station in Nashville. In all of Missouri, the cradle of
the Missouri Synod, after more than 110 years, we have but eight
Negro congregations, of which one is in Kansas City, six in
St. Louis, and one in St. Louis County.

God grant that our District may realize what still needs to be
done, and may He grant us the will and the strength to meet the
challenge and opportunities of our time.

Holy Sacraments, St. Louis, Mo.

Holy Sacraments, founded by the Rev. Andrew Schulze in
1942, has within eight years grown from a few souls into a flourish-
ing congregation of 316 souls and 170 communicant members, with
a Sunday school enrollment of 137 children. A chapel, costing
about $17,000, was built in 1944 with the help of interested people
in St. Louis and the entire Western District. About the same time
this mission received its own full-time pastor. The mission until
June, 1949, was supervised jointly by the Missionary Board of
the Synodical Conference and the Mission Board of the Western
District, but the subsidy was furnished exclusively by the Western
District, In 1949 this congregation contributed a total of $4,701.65
for all purposes. Holy Sacraments is located in a good residential
section and has a very bright future. At present the congregation
is without a full-time pastor. (Rev. H. Bloedel is serving as interim
pastor.)

St. Michael’s, St. Louis County, Mo.

St. Michael’s, established by the Rev. Andrew Schulze only
a few years ago, is located in South Kinloch Park, St. Louis County.
As in the case of Holy Sacraments, a few members of St. Philip’s,
St. Louis, formed the nucleus of the new mission. Shortly after the
work was started, a small chapel was built with the help of inter-
ested people, especially in St. Louis. It has not yet been possible
to provide this congregation with a full-time pastor. At present
the Rev. Norman Streufert of Elim Lutheran Church is serving
the mission, which numbers about 83 souls, 43 communicants,
20 voting members, and 20 Sunday school pupils. Total contri-
butions in 1949 were $609.

Good Shepherd, St. Louis, Mo.

Good Shepherd is a mission which was established by the City
Mission Society of St. Louis and is being cared for by students of
Concordia Seminary. This mission numbers 71 souls and 15 com-
municants. Total contributions in 1949 amounted to $221.10.

Resurrection, St. Louis, Mo.

Resurrection is another project of the St. Louis City Missions
Society and is also cared for by Seminary students. The 1949
statistics show 78 souls and 28 communicants. Total contributions
amounted to $176.29.

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