The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1932, Sheet 128

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

Items of Missionary Interest.
(By the Eprror.)

Eastern Field Notes. — Only five years ago
St. Philip’s, St. Louis, had twenty-seven baptized
members and seventeen communicants; when it
recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, its member-
ship had grown to 352 baptized and 220 communi-
cant members. Indications are that St. Philip’s
may soon be self-supporting: In Buffalo the at-
tendances at :our colored mission chapel have been
trebled sincé the dedication of the new house of
worship. Apparently God has given us an open
door among the colored of Buffalo. God grant that
we may be able to take full advantage of our oppor-
tunities !— The following additions are reported by

Confirmation Class, Pentecost, at Yonkers, N. Y.
(Rev. Wm. O. Hill, pastor.)
One member of the class, a boy, is not on the picture.

Superintendent W. H. Gehrke of the Eastern Field:
Winston-Salem, two; Kannapolis, three; Greens-
boro, eighteen; High Point, four; Yonkers, seven.
Of these persons, twenty-four were received by con-
firmation. — Rey. and Mrs. C. J. Malloy rejoice over
the advent of a daughter. — Mrs. W. P. Alston, the
widow of the late Rev. Frank Alston, has also de-
parted this life.

Mount Zion School, New Orleans. — Due to
the missionary activity of the pastor and teachers,
Mount Zion School, New Orleans, is admirably ful-
filling its mission. Of its 205 enrolled pupils at
the end of the school-year thirty-eight were con-
firmed, and twenty were ready to enter the instruc-
tion class for confirmation. Of the remaining
pupils, 115 are baptized Lutherans, having been
gained in most instances by the pastor and the
teachers, and twenty-four are good prospects for

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confirmation, since they are brothers and sisters of
confirmed or baptized schoolchildren. Only twenty-
four of the children attending this school are classed
as “doubtful” missionary material. — We were per-
mitted to read the letter of a pupil of this school
in which he gratefully acknowledges that God had
graciously blessed his words of admonition to his
mother, who had been living in flagrant, transgres-
sion of the Sixth Commandment, but had, now
repented of her sins and was soon to be received
into the communion of our Church. | ie

Missouri Synod Convention and; Missions. —
The triennial convention of the Missouri.Synod was
held at Milwaukee, June 15—24. As in previous
conventions, much time was devoted to the cause
of missions. At the request of Synod’s Board of
Directors, Pastor F. C. Streufert of Chicago, a mem-
ber of the Board of Directors, made a very thorough
survey of the missionary enterprises of Synod dur-
ing the past year, and his report occupied the atten-
tion of a number of committees several days prior
to the opening of the convention. A number of
suggestions offered in Pastor Streufert’s report
were adopted by the convention, while others will
be further considered during the next triennium.
In future, missions among the Indians, foreign-
tongue peoples, immigrants, seamen, and Jews will
be conducted by the Districts in whose territory
such missions are carried on. Synod also resolved
to engage a full-time secretary of missions, whose
duty shall consist in gathering and furnishing in-
formation on all missions of Synod in order that
they may be conducted in a more uniform and
efficient manner.

Station KFUO. — In 1931 our Lutheran Radio
Station KFUO was on the air 1,098 hours and
59 minutes. During the last months of the year
KFUO served the public with thirty-four weekly
broadcasts, consisting of forty-two different features,
which consumed twenty-eight hours. Gospel Voice,
the official bulletin of KFUO, costs fifty cents a year
and has 2,173 subscribers. That the programs of
KFUO are greatly appreciated and actually fill a
need is plainly indicated by the thousands of com-
mendatory letters received. It truly is a missionary
agency and has paved the way for our missionaries ;
it may be credited with bringing many unchurched
to divine services and haying helped to organize and
build congregations. It deserves our hearty support.

Institutional Missions in Adelaide, Australia.
Our brethren in Adelaide, Australia, are doing
mission-work among the inmates of the public insti-