The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-28
LUTHERAN SYNOD
MEETS NEXT WEEK
Sessions Will Be Held in St.
Johns Church, Cabarrus
County.
[special 10 rhe Times- plspatch.l

Charlotte. n. c.. April 27-Tuesday
evening. May G, in st. Johns Church.
In Cabarrus County, =. g, the one hun
drcd and tenth convention OF tho Evan
gclical Lutheran Synod OF North Caro-
una VIII convene. Tho exercises OF
mat evening will consist OF the
synodical sermon. which the president
Oh me synod VIII preach. and after the
sermon the Holy Communion will be
administers to the members of synod
The business sessions will begin on
wednesday and synod will not adj
Journ before Friday evening. This will
ne tho ninth time that synod has held
ITS annual meeting In this church
which is one OF the strongest Lutheran
churcaes In North Carolina. Another
interestins:fact in connection with this
church Is that from its membership
more candidates for the ministry have
been received into the synod than from
any other church in North Carolina
one special reason for holding synod
IN 81. Joints Church this year is that
thrce young men who are members of
that church Will be candidates for Or
dination rs ministers at this time, and
they expressed the desire To synod 10
be ordained In ;heii hollc church
The Lutheran Synod OF North Caro-
ma was organized in 1903. hut prior
10 th:.t time, in 111i, three Lutheran
churches had been organized in the
State--St Johns Church, Salisbury:
ST. Johns Church. In Cabarrus County
and Organ Church. in Rowan County.
these three being the Oldest churches
OF the Lutheran denomination in North
carolina The synod WAS organized
In 81. Johns Church. Salisbury Each
OF The three churches mentioned above
as the oldest churches of the synod
have had twenty pastors during the
one hundred and forty years OF their
history as organized churches
There are fiftyniuc clerical members
OF the North Carolina synod. forty-one
pastorates including almost three
times that many churches. and an en-
rolled church membership of 1870
There arc also 1856 baptized members
of the church, who have not been con-
hrmed, giving total baptized mem
bcrship of l2,ooG. and AN active mcm-
hcrship of 1853. In the catechumcn
classes LII members are enrolled.
The total number OF accessions 10
the membership OF the Lutheran Church
in this synod las year was l.o75.-341
by confirmation, 900 by certificate and
fourteen by restoration. The number
of infants baptized during tho same
year was 37S. and the number Of adults
was forty three.
There arc sixty organized Sunday
schools in the synod. and in these sun
day schools there are 20? officers and
teachers. 1850 scholars making n total
membership OF S.5S1.
The latest figures available in this
connection show that last Year the
churches of this synod contributed
s1ol.6a 10 the Orphans Home OF the
United synod in the South located at
Salem. Va; SIP to church extension.
S597.t to the Theological Seminary.
$2S7.l2 to the college. s41S30 to bene-
iiciary education. Sl.127. 60 to synod and
conference home missions. s773.S? to
United Synod home missions 81. 6Oo 81
TO United synod foreign missions, IS. OS
to aged ministers fund. SS55.79 to syn
odical fund. and S696.50 to other OBJ
Iects. The total amount contributed by
the churches of the synod TO bench
cences. including the contributions from
the Sunday schools. was $Io.76OI6. and
s5J.o22.61 was the total amount con
tributcd for all purposes during the
year.
The officers Of the synod are the fol-
lowing named: president, Rev NJ. NJ.
kinard. Phi. ID. y. d. OF Salisbury; vice
president. Rev, j. l.. Shenk. OF Green's
horo: secretary. Rev. Theo. G. Parker.
OF Barber: treasurer, James y. Heilig.
OF Salisbury.
Rev. g. y. Bernheim, u. n. of Char
lotte. is the senior minister of the
synod, he having spent sixty three
years in the ministry