LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1929, Page 86

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88 Proceedings of Thirty-Fourth Regular Convention

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in the following recommendations: —
“1. In view of the fact that Synod alread
engage in Immigrant Mission work in Wester
“2. That very recently an j
Herzer) has been successfully called;

“6. That other churcheg and
have been very successful in this Mission
“Your Committee recommend
1929 — the missionary being but recent
$3,000 annually,”

The recommendations were adopted.

Christian knowledge.

The Board then pointed out the difficulty of finding suitable
pastors for these foreign-tongue Congregations, even among such
students as were familiar with the one or the other language required,
There are Opportunities of importing workers from foreign countries
if the money can be made available to have them come over and if
the assurance can be had that they are Properly trained.

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1929. 89

The report of Committee No. 11 on these matters was as follows:
. Regarding calling pastors from Europe for this ‘mission we
mmend that only such men from Europe be called as are grad-
ted from, or recommended by, the faculty of the Seminary at
ah lendorf, Germany.

‘sic salary of these missionaries be 20 per cent. over and above the

"galary paid to the missionaries of the respective District. We recom-

and this because we have been convinced that missionaries have

“Yeft foreign-tongue missions to accept calls into English or German

fields on account of financial reasons, and since the number of those
able to speak the foreign tongues is so limited, we cannot afford to

‘lose them because of financial difficulties.

3. We recommend that $1,000 be granted for the publication of
the necessary literature.

4. We recommend that the $24,000 requested for this mission be
granted.

5. Since thousands of Mexicans come to our country and since
to a great extent these people are blind heathen, your Committee
recommends — ,

a. That a committee be appointed by Synod to study the pos-
sibilities of starting more aggressive mission-work among the Mex-
icans;

b. That, as soon as opportunities offer, this committee encourage
the mission-board of the respective District to start work for the
time being;

ce. That the President of Synod be empowered to appoint a Board
for Mexican Mission within the present triennium, if necessary, and
that the Board of Directors fix the budget of the same;

visable to introduce Spanish into one or more of our colleges in the

hwest.
Southwes Action.

Synod took action as follows: —

Recommendations 1, 3, 4, and 5a, b, and ¢ were adopted. Rec-
ommendation 2 was declined, since the Board has the authority to
increase the salaries if necessary. Recommendation 5d was not
adopted.

Indian Missions.
(Extracts from the Report.)

With praise and thanksgiving to the Lord of the harvest we
Teport to Synod that our work among the Indians in the past trien-
nium has been successful.

Missionary 0. Boettcher is in charge of the Red Springs-Neopit-
Morgan parish. According to his report there are 189 souls, 92 com-
mMunicant members, and 23 voting members in this parish. Ser-

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