Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-24
ORDERS CHURCH SUSPENDED
LUTHERAN SYNOD DISCIPLINES
BALTIMORE CONGREGATION.
Officers and Delegates Elected Today.
Reading of the Reports.
Routine Business.

| The ConCorda congregation of Baltimore
was today suspended from the synod of
! Ohio of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
by President j. f. A. Doerman at the last
| session of the synod, which convened at
| 10 O'Clock this morning In the Grace Luz
theran Church. where the meeting had been
held for the past week.
This action was taken by the synod, it was
| stated, because the congregation had de-
| posed Rev. F. o. Schuk. the pastor of the
! Baltimore church, as alleged without
| sCriptural authority or warrant of good
| order
Rev. Doerman stated on the floor of synod
what he had done TO instruct the people of
! Concordia congregation in the premises,
| without favorable results however. Also
| that the opposition party had been request
| ed 10 send a representation to synod, which
! has not been done. The synod thefeupon
| resolved that the loyal party should be ad-
| vised to select favorable location and be-
gin operations anew with the help of the
mission board of the Ohio synod, and that
the congregation as such should be expen-
| ed from synodical membership.
Election of Officers.
The other business at this mornings ses-
s on was the election of officers which re-
suited as follows: Rev. J. +. A. Doerman of
this city, president, by reclamation; Rev.
II. II. Ack!er of West Virginia, vice pres
ident; Rev. F. o. Schuk, secretary; Mr.. N.
s Dasher of North Carolina. treasurer.
Rev. c. b. Gohdes was elected official
visitor of the Maryland and District of Co
lumb.a conference. Rev. H. H Ackler of
the Virginia conference and Prof. w. l..
Spielmdn of the North Carolina conference.
Rev. o. Mees was elected as collector for
the board of aid.
The synod elected the following delegates
10 the meeting of the joint synod of Ohio,
to take place at Appleton Wis, in 1908:
Rev. o. c. Mees was elected to represent
Concordia district, together W tn Rev H.
II. Ackler and Prof w. l.. Spielman of
North Carolina. The lay delegates will be
Mr.. A. G. Snyder of Baltimore, Mr.. j. P.
Meyer of Baltimore and Mr.. W. ]. Sites of
North Carolina.
clergyman. who represents the Lutheran
Church on the mission field of Porto Rico
attended the meeting today. and was intro
Guced to the other clergymen.
Afternoon Session.
The business this afternoon will consist
of the hearing of the reports of the various
committees, after which the synod will ad-
jOurn.
AT the session yesterday afternoon practi-
cally every delegate who spoke referred to
the great demand for ministers of the
church. Each speaker placed special en-
phasis upon the duty of the delegates in
educating young men and boys to higher
appreciation of the work in the missionary
field. There was also a discussion of the
means of educating young members of
the church for the missionary field.
President Doerman, in his address to the
synod, called attention to the untitled pull
pits, and he impressed upon each member
the need of sending at least one member of
the ministry to the missionary work.
Rev. A. G. Schultz submitted the report
of the special committee which had ar
ranged the precinct from which delegates
TO the joint synod next August are to be
selected. The precincts will not be changed.
Conference Minutes.
The committee on conference minutes
| reported that conferences had been held
semi-annually as ordered by the senate and
that the Washington and Maryland district,
North Carolina district, and West Virginia
district conferences were in order. The
| report was read by Rev. ]. r. Lauritzen.
Rev. l.. H. LutZ reported for the committee
on work This committee will have all the
arrangements for the next synod in hand.
Since the meeting of the last synod a new
school for the education of students for the
Lutheran ministry has been opened. 1t is
situated in Hickory, n. c., and all pastors
were urged to influence as many as pos
sible from their congregations to attend
the school. Prof. w. L. Speiman. head of
the institution, is a delegate to the synod
here.