The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Page 140

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Wisler; Treasurer, Theo. W. Eckhart;
Secretary, Pastor E. L. Wilson.

The Board meets on the second Tuesday of the
month. The meetings following Easter and Labor
Day are plenary meetings; that is, these meetings
are attended also by the representatives of the Wis-
consin, Norwegian, and Slovak synods. The plenary
meetings last two and three days. During the past
two years thirty-six meetings were held, including
the special meetings. Exact minutes are kept of all
meetings.

The terms of the following members of the
Board have expired: Rey. Im. F. Albrecht (Wis-
consin Synod), Rev. J. Daniels (Slovak Synod),
Rey. L. A. Wisler, and Theo. W. Eckhart (Trea-
surer). Because of advanced age, Rey. J. E. Thoen
(Norwegian Synod) resigned in April, 1930.
A member of the Norwegian Synod must therefore
be elected in his stead.

2. Field Secretary. — Since the old regulations
no longer suit present conditions, the Board asks
that they be withdrawn and that the Board be in-
structed to draw up new regulations, to be presented
for approval in two years.

3. Constitution Committee.—The committee ap-
pointed two years ago to submit a constitution for
an organization having in view the closer contact of
our colored congregations, among themselves and
with the Synodical Conference, is ready to report.

4. Missionary Personnel: 1 Director of Missions ;
2 superintendents, one of whom also serves mission-
stations; 7% white and 2 colored professors; 2 col-
ored matrons and four female teachers at our higher
schools; 15 white and 22 colored pastors; 2 white
male and 1 white female teacher; 16 colored male
teachers and 51 colored female teachers. Total,
124 persons (27 white and 97 colored). Two years
ago the number of laborers was 121.

5. Mission Property. — The Mission owns 8 col-
lege buildings besides 4 other buildings and 3 pro-
fessors’ homes (in Greensboro), 21 chapels, 37
chapel-schools, that is, buildings having separate
schoolroom and church auditorium, but both under
' one roof; 8 school-buildings; 9 parsonages; 5 teach-
erages. The buildings in Chicago, Cincinnati, and
Yonkers’ do not belong to us. All the property
owned by our Colored Missions may be estimated
at about $500,000.

- 6. “Tight in the Dark Belt’’—Miss Rosa
“Young, Hamburg, Ala., has written a gripping
book, in which she aes her life and the eco-
¢ and religious conditions of the Black Belt

Recording

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Missions. Books like this cannot but awaken and
strengthen our mission-zeal. A layman this year
presented all the graduates of the St. Louis and
Springfield seminaries with copies of this fine book.

7. Our Two Missionary Periodicals. — The
Missionstaube and the Lutheran Pioneer are pub-
lished in the interest of our Colored Missions, but
both publications also bring articles of general mis-
sionary interest. They appear monthly, have six-
teen pages, and cost each 50 cents a year. Every-
body should try to gain readers for these per iodicals
since they wield a tbleseed influence.

8. Stereopticon Lectures. — To awaken the in-
terest of our people in our Colored Missions, three
stereopticon lectures have been prepared. One
treats of Alabama, another of the two Carolinas,
and the third of the remaining mission-field. These
lectures are at-the service of our people; all they
are asked to do for the use of the lectures is to
pay the postage. Send your order to the office:
3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

9. Inberal Givers. — During the past two years
our Colored Missions have received a number of very
liberal gifts. Here follow the names of the givers
and their gifts: 1. The ladies’ aids of Lincoln and
Marathon Counties, Wis., $1,000 for the chapel at
Ackerville, Ala.; 2. Lutherland, Pocono Pines, Pa.,
$1,500 for a chapel at Bashi, Ala.; 3. Mesdames J.
Firzlaff and A. Heinecke, Sheboygan, Wis., $2,200
for a chapel at Catherine, Ala., and a teacherage at
Buena Vista, Ala.; 4. N. N., $1,530 for a memorial
chapel; 5. part of the Peter H. Kruse Bequest,
$1,000.

It is truly heartening to see from these gifts
that our work among the despised sons and daughters
of Ham has its friends who for Christ’s sake are
willing to give larger gifts for our Colored Missions.
May the bounteous Lord richly repay them, and
may their example arouse holy emulation among us!
May the Lord also richly bless those many Chris-
tians who have shared their limited income with
the Lord that His work might be carried on among
the Negroes of our country!

10. Missions in Africa. —It is generally known
that our colored Lutheran Christians have a burning
desire that our Church may bring to their racial
brethren in the darkness of Africa the bright light —
of the Gospel. How sincere they are in this wish is
quite apparent from the fact that they have gath-
ered the sum of $5,824 in order that- this work in
Africa may be taken up.

Because of the great importance of this project
the Board was asked to present this matter to the

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