English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . That a committee be appointed to take into con-sideration the proper arrangements to be made for thepromotion of church extension, and that they confer withthe Lutheran Mission and Church Extension Society nowin existence and approved by the General Council in refer-ence to this matter. 3. That until permanent arrangements are made, allfunds raised for this cause be placed in the treasury of theLutheran Mission and Church Extension Society, to beheld and managed by it in trust for the General Council, inaccordance with the purpose
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . That a committee be appointed to take into con-sideration the proper arrangements to be made for thepromotion of church extension, and that they confer withthe Lutheran Mission and Church Extension Society nowin existence and approved by the General Council in refer-ence to this matter. 3. That until permanent arrangements are made, allfunds raised for this cause be placed in the treasury of theLutheran Mission and Church Extension Society, to beheld and managed by it in trust for the General Council, inaccordance with the purposes and intention of the donors. This was the first move in the direction of a ChurchExtension Fund for the benefit of the English work of theGeneral Council beyond the environment of 1871 a number of ministers and laymen in Philadelphiaorganized a Church Extension Society which was dulyincorporated, the object being to help missions in thatcity and vicinity. With the calling of a Superintendentof English Home Missions, the Church Extension idea. Rev. G. II. Gerberding, A NEW ERA 97 was made to embrace the whole General Council, and everySynod interested in the general English work was asked tocontribute to the fund from year to year. It was to carry out this purpose that the Committeewas appointed in 1889. So important was the matterregarded by the Committee that they set to work atonce to perfect arrangements with the existing ChurchExtension Society to enlarge its scope and become custo-dian of the funds for the larger work. Although theGeneral Council did not meet until in 1901, they alreadyin January, 1890, met the officers of the existing LutheranMission and Church Extension Society in Philadelphia,and proposed to them the appointment of the Rev. W. , Jr., the Missionary Superintendent, as anagent for the collection of funds for the purpose of ChurchExtension. This resulted in the adoption of the followingby the Society: Resolved, That in acc
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