The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1928, Page 151

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TIE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

State in almost every respect. But we must see to
it that we do not experience in Alabama what we
experienced in North Carolina. The mission-school
is our best mission agency.

h. Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro,
N.C.— The time has come when two new build-
ings are called for, a dormitory for the boys and an
administration building. The former would cost
about $55,000, while the latter would come to about
$68,000, a total of almost $125,000. The Board
has requested its architect, Mr. Theo. Steinmeyer,
of St. Louis, to prepare blue-prints, so that they
may be presented to the convention. It would take
too much space to present the need of these build-
ings in print. This will be done on the floor of the
convention at Omaha. There a plan will also be
presented how the necessary funds may be procured.

i. A College Church in Greensboro. — About
four blocks from the college two lots were purchased
in June, 1928, on which a church for our Luther
Memorial Congregation is to be built. The building
site cost $1,600. Street improvements, ete., will
cost another $1,600. Our Grace Church in Greens-
boro is about two and a half miles away from the
college. The opportunities for the future growth
of Grace Church and School are not favorable.
For this reason we feel that Grace Church should
be united with Luther Memorial. The old property
should be sold. In this way the $15,000 appro-
priated two years ago for a new school-building for
Grace could be used to build a school for Luther
Memorial. The neighborhood in which Luther
Memorial Chapel and School are to be erected is
new, and the prospects of gathering a large con-
gregation are very good. For the erection of a
combination chapel and school $30,000 would be
required.

j. The white Ebenezer Church at Greensboro is
the church home of our professors and their fam-
ilies. These form a good share of the congrega-
tion. Ebenezer is compelled to build and asks the
Synodical Conference to help. The Board is of the
opinion that $7,500 should be appropriated.

k. Philadelphia.— Our plant, a former store,
has become too small, and Missionary Paul Trum-
poldt emphasizes the pressing need of more room.
The confirmed members of this congregation last
year contributed an average of $40 each—a fine
record. In the same block in which our plant is
located there is also the church of one of our white
congregations, which desires to vacate its present
location because of the rapid increase of the colored
population in the neighborhood. ‘The congregation

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asks $40,000 for its property. Since this price is
too high for us in more than one respect, the Board,
after a thorough investigation of conditions, asks
for an appropriation of $25,000 for a church in
Philadelphia. There are good prospects for the
gathering of a large congregation from the better
class of the Negro population. We would again
call attention to the fine success we have had in
St. Louis and Chicago with new buildings. Plans
for the church can be presented.

May God, who has blessed our Lutheran Chris-
tians with temporal and spiritual blessings in an
abundant measure, make them willing to bring
those offerings which will be needed to spread His
kingdom among the children of Ham!

Recapitulation of Requested Appropriations.
Chapel in Birmingham ..............-++++-ee $15,000

Addition to Alabama Luther College............ 6,000
Schools in North Carolina ...................- 32,000
Lot and chapel in Pensacola ..............+-. 6,000
Lot and chapel in Catherine .................- 1,200
Lot and chapel in Maplesville ............-... 1,200
Five teacherages in Alabama .........-..-.++-- 3,000
Parsonages in Alabama ..........--.---+-ee-0+s 1,700
Chapel in Camden ............---------0-+e=> 2,000
Parsonage for the Camden parish ............. 850
School equipment in Alabama ..............+..- 1,500
Dormitory in Greensboro .........-+-++++e+e++ 55,000
Administration Building in Greensboro......... 68,000
College Church in Greensboro ..........-----++ 30,000

Contribution to building of Ebenezer Church in
Greensboro ...... cece cece cece secceees 7,500
Church in Philadelphia ...............++-+---- 25,000
$255,950

To our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
be praise and thanks for the great and manifest
blessings which He has bestowed upon the labor of
our missionaries! May He fill their hearts with
joy, love, and endurance in their arduous, but glo-
rious and blessed work! And may He ever increase
our fervor in prayer and the willingness of our giv-
ing for this blessed work, which is growing and
increasing from year to year! May He grant us
the privilege of experiencing the truth of the words
of the royal singer David: “Ethiopia shall soon
stretch out her hands unto God’!

In the name and by authority of the Board for
Colored Missions,

CuristoPHER F. DrREwES, Director of Missions.

Resolutions Adopted
by the Synodical Conference at Omaha, Nebr.,
August 8—13, 1928, with regard to matters re-
ferred to in the report of the Mission Board for
Colored Missions.