History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . the Pitts-burgh Synod. The exercises of the convention were openedwith a sermon by Rev. Dr. William A. Passavant, pastor loci,from the text Luke 10: 11, Notwithstanding, be ye sure of this,that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. The occasionfor this convention was for the purpose of friendly consultationas to the best means to be pursued to supply the spiritual desti-206 KUHNS tution in the western counties of th
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . the Pitts-burgh Synod. The exercises of the convention were openedwith a sermon by Rev. Dr. William A. Passavant, pastor loci,from the text Luke 10: 11, Notwithstanding, be ye sure of this,that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. The occasionfor this convention was for the purpose of friendly consultationas to the best means to be pursued to supply the spiritual desti-206 KUHNS tution in the western counties of the State. It was the mis-sionary spirit. At the second convention of this Synod, at Ship-penville, in June, 1845, the office of Synodical Missionary wascreated. The problem of financial support for this office wassolved at a special meeting of laymen, who pledged their respec-tive churches for the support of the missionary appointed atthe present session of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pitts-burgh. The amount pledged was $203. At this same conven-tion, by resolution, the Pittsburgh Synod met, June 7, as a HomeMissionary Society. On May 28, 1846, at Greensburg, Pa.,. REV. HENRY WELTY KUHNS, through the influence of Revs. Henry Zeigler and W. A. Passa-vant, the Pittsburgh Synod adopted its Missionary Constitu-tion, which in its essential features is still in force; andbetween 1845 and 1867, mission support was given to no lessthan 123 congregations. Members of the Pittsburgh Synod hadbeen asked to undertake mission work in Nebraska, but thatSynod at that time was conducting all the mission work it couldassume and successfully support. The suggestion was made bymembers of the Pittsburgh Synod, probably Revs. Bassler andPassavant, thai the Alleghany Synod be invited to undertake mis-sionary work in the territory of Nebraska. 207 MISSIONARY WORK OF ALLEGHANY SYNOD The credit for inaugurating the Lutheran mission work inNebraska belongs, therefore, to the Alleghany Synod. Th
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