The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Sheet 137

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

25. Washington, D. C. Founded in 1916.
Vacant. Candidate Schlichting will serve this
station. Membership: 12.

26. Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1918. Mis-
sionary: Paul Trumpoldt. Membership: 74. In-
crease: 15. A new church is in course of erection.
This new church will cost about $25,000.

27. Chester, Pa. Work was begun here in 1928.
Missionary: Paul Trumpoldt. Membership: 15.
No property.

28. Yonkers, N.Y. Founded in 1907. Mission-
ary: Wm. O. Hill, since March 9, 1911. Member-
ship: 147%. Gain: 89. A parish-house, costing
$12,000, was dedicated November 10, 1929. This
building has a suitable auditorium in which ser-
vices will be held for the present, until such a time
when the congregation will be able to build a church.
Since the congregation procured the funds neces-
sary to erect the parish-house, it was not necessary
to help it with a loan, as the Board had been author-
ized to do so by the last Synodical Conference, to
the extent of $15,000. Hearty thanks are due the
white congregation of Pastor A. von Schlichten for
having granted this colored congregation a place to
hold its services during all these years.

The total baptized of the twenty-eight congrega-
tions in the Southeastern Field is 1,743.

IsoLATED CONGREGATIONS.

1. Little Rock, Ark. This is our oldest colored
congregation; it was founded December 2, 1877, by
Missionary J. F. Doescher. Pastor Adolph H.
Poppe, minister of the white congregation in Little
Rock, serves the ten souls of this station.

2. St. Louis, Mo., Grace. Founded in 1903.
Missionary: John Fey. Membership: 112. In-
crease: 37.

8. St. Louis, St. Philip’s. Founded May 8, 1928. ,

Missionary: Andrew Schulze. Membership: 239.
Increase: 99. Property: Church. Prospects for
a continual growth are good. ‘The congregation
contributes $100 monthly to the salary of the pastor.

4. Kirkwood, Mo. By request of the white con-
gregation (Rev. Wm. Maschoff) the work was begun
here on February 9, 1930. ‘The services are held in
the white Concordia Church. The little congrega-
tion is meeting with the opposition of the colored
sectarian preachers of the town.

5. Springfield, Ill. Founded in 1886. Mission-
ary: Clifford L. Bliss. Membership: 102. No
gains and no losses. Property: Church-school.
The building was thoroughly repaired and renovated

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this summer at a cost of $5,000. The General Con-
ference of our Colored Missions convened here
July 31—August 4.

6. Jacksonville, Ill.
sionary: C. L. Bliss.
Property: Chapel.

7. Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1924. Missionary:

Founded in 1925. Mis-
Membership: 11. Loss: 3.

Marmaduke R. Carter. Membership: 207. In-
crease: 59. Prospects are very promising. Prop-
erty: Church and parsonage under one roof. The

church has a capacity of 130, but services are some-
times attended by 150.

S. Cleveland, O. Founded in 1926 by Pastor
A. Katt. Missionary: E. G. Mueller. Member-
ship: 75. Increase: 42. Services are held in the
school of Pastor Katt’s congregation. Since June,
1930, the mission-congregation is paying a monthly
rental of $10 for the use of the school hall.

9. Cincinnati, O. Founded in 1922. Mission-
ary: Omar F. J. Rau. Membership: 49. In-
crease: 10. The building, which serves as church
and school, belongs to the Lutheran Church Federa-
tion of Cincinnati.

10. Buffalo, N.Y. Founded by Missionary H.
F. Wind in 1926. Missionary: E. R. Pflug, who
also assists Pastor Wind, the City Missionary of
Buffalo. Membership: 40. Increase: 25. A chapel
is greatly needed. We hope that our good fellow-
Lutherans of Buffalo will do as did the Christians
of Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati and help the
colored Lutherans of their city in getting a house of
worship.

11. Los Angeles, Cal. Founded in 1919 by Pas-
tors J. W. Theiss and Walter Troeger. Missionary:
John McDavid. Membership: 95. Increase: 20.
Property: Church. Pastor McDavid also labors in
three public institutions.

12. Oakland, Cal. Founded in 1926. Mission-
ary: John McDavid. Since June, 1929, Prof. Otto
Theiss conducts the services on three Sundays of
every month. Pastor McDavid says of his assistant:
“He is not only an able man, but a zealous mis-
sionary.” Membership: 23. Increase: 3. Ser-
vices are held in a lodge hall. :

Summary: Eleven isolated congregations and
a preaching-station with 963 baptized members;
eight congregations in Louisiana, with a baptized
membership of 1,657; twenty-eight congregations
and preaching-stations in. the Southeastern Field,
with 1,473 baptized members; thirty-two congre-

gations and predching-stations in Alabama, with a’

membership of 2,567. Total membership: 6,930.