The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1932, Page 68

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68 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

in recent years, as well as those who will be brought
to Holy Baptism, to become good members of
Trinity.

May the risen Savior remain with the congre-
gation and keep it in that healthy spirit which is
manifest in its members now; and may He also
bless the work of the pastor, so that many more
souls may be caught for Trinity and the kingdom of
Christ with the Gospel net! EE. H. Winpervuse.

Echoes from the Recent Plenary Board
Meeting.

The Missouri Synod sees itself compelled to
reduce its appropriations for Colored Missions by
10 per cent. This makes imperative further reduc-
tions in the operating expenses of our Mission.

The plenary meeting decided to recommend to
the Synodical Conference that our colored educa-
tional institutions limit their work to the training
of pastors and teachers and such confirmed Lu-
therans of the Synodical Conference as are willing
to pursue the prescribed courses, that Alabama
Luther College serve as a girls’ preparatory school
for Immanuel Lutheran College, and that the work
at Immanuel Lutheran College be limited to the
training of pastors and teachers. Luther Prepara-
tory School at New Orleans is to be discontinued.

The Synodical Conference is also to consider
whether it is advisable to continue publishing the
LuTHERAN PIONEER and the Missionstaube. These
two papers are being published by our Colored Mis-

Alabama Luther College.

sions at a considerable loss, and this fact brings up
the question, “T’o be or not to be?” No doubt many
will feel that the discontinuance of these two mis-
sion-papers, the only missionary periodicals within
the bounds of the Synodical Conference, will be a
decidedly backward step. On the other hand, how-
ever, the Board can scarcely be blamed to think of
their discontinuance if our people do not show more
interest in their publications.

The plenary meeting is of the opinion that our
schools in cities should be two-room schools, pro-
vided the number of pupils willing to submit to the
conditions for admission justify it.

Candidate Otis Demouy is to be called to Con-
cordia, New Orleans; Candidate Walter Hart is to
be tendered a call to Spartanburg, S.C.; Rev. G.
S. Roberts is to be transferred from Spartanburg to
Alabama; and Rev. Fuller will be transferred to
Alabama, provided his health permits it.

Concordia, New Orleans, is in great need of a
chapel, but to date no suitable location has been

New Administration Building, Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N. C.

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