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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 187

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Ev, Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 187

last missionary also our mission in Mexico City was temporarily
abandoned. Yet we believe that the field in Mexico is white unto
harvest and that we should reenter it as soon as possible. With our
help the Texas District is preparing a native from Mexico for the
ministry at our Springfield Seminary with the object in view of
dispatching him to that field after his graduation.

The South Dakota District, which had been self-sustaining, re-
ceived an emergency allowance because a prolonged drought and
devastating sand-storms reduced many of its parishioners to extreme
poverty, so that they were no longer in a position to support their
‘pastors. ;

Three Districts, the Eastern, the Northern Illinois, and the
North. Wisconsin, although self-sustaining, received subsidies from
Synod because they assumed, according to a resolution of the last
convention, the financial obligation of missions within their terri-
tory which heretofore had been conducted by separate synodical
boards,

If the appropriations to these three Districts and the emergency
allowance to the South Dakota District are deducted from our total
expenditures, the fact is disclosed that our Board used $53,793.10
less than in the previous triennium. To a few Districts larger sub-
sidies were granted than in former years because the mission oppor-
tunities in them were exceptionally promising. _

Upon the recommendation of our Board, Synod requested Mr. A.
W. Huge, its Auditor, to examine annually the mission accounts
of all subsidized Districts. Mr. Huge has complied with this request
and submitted a typewritten copy of his findings“to us. By means of
‘his report we have received a better picture of thé work done by the
‘individual Districts and have been enabled to bring about a more
uniform system of reporting. Also Pastor F. C. Streufert, Synod’s
‘Secretary of Missions, has supplied us with a vast amount of statis-
‘tical material on each subsidized District and at various times has
met with our Board to discuss vital problems and to bring about
‘better coordination of our entire work. Mission-conferences, although
the Synodical Handbook requires them, have not. been. held during
the past triennium in order to avoid expense.

Several months ago Synod’s Board of Directors referred “the
-candidate question” to a committee, consisting of the chairman of the
Committee on Missions, the Secretary of Missions, and our Board,
-for.a thorough study and possible solution. This committee is pre-
-paring a separate report to Synod. .

On the following page you will find a detailed report of our exten-
‘sive Home Mission work, prepared by Pastor E. Eckhardt, Synod’s
statistician. . F.F. Sevier, Chairman.