Richmond, Virginia
April 9-10, 1963
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The Foreign Mission Board met in semi-annual session April 9-10, 1963, with Dr.
Homer G. Lindsay presiding.
Present:- State Members: G. W. Riddle, Ala.; Loyd L. Hunnicutt, Ark.; George R.
Wilson, Ariz.; J. Blake Woolbright, Calif.; B. Frank Foster, D.C.; Homer G. Lindsay,
Fla.; 0. M. Cates, Ga.; Dick H. Hall, Ga. ; James W. Abernathy, Ind.; Forrest H. Siler,
Kan.; Fred T. Moffatt, Ky.; J. Chester Badgett, Ky.; J. Norris Palmer, La.; Leslie M.
Bowling, Md.; Leroy E. Green, Miss.; Ralph M.G. Smith, Mo.; E. Norfleet Gardner, N.C.;
Mrs. W. A. Mitchiner, N.C.; R. Knolan Benfield, N.C.; M. Willard Dobbs, Ohio; Anson
Justice, Okla.; Thomas L. Neely, S.C.;
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K. Webb, S.C.; James A. Canaday, Tenn. ;
R. Paul Caudill, Tenn.; Mrs. Herschell Emery, Tenn.; Mrs. J. Woodrow Fuller, Texas;
Phillip Brown, Texas; John Robert Stiff, Va.
Local Members: T. F. Adams, Joseph P. Edmondson, J. Levering Evans, Horace L. Ford,
R. Stuart Grizzard, Oscar L. Hite, M. Josiah Hoover, Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson, L.
Howard Jenkins, W. Rush Loving, J. Walter Martin, Ryland 0. Reamy, Meredith K. Rober¬
son, J. Roy Clifford, H. Addison Dalton, James T. Todd, Mrs. John C. Tyree, P. Earle
Wood.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, Rogers M. Smith, Frank K. Means, Winston Crawley, Cornell
Goerner, Franklin T. Fowler, E. L. Deane, Ralph A. Magee, E. L. Wright, Elmer S. West,
Edna Frances Dawkins, Bill B. Cody, Jesse C. Fletcher, William M. Dyal, Jr., Eugene
L. Hill, Joseph B. Underwood, Fon H. Scofield, Floyd H. North, lone Gray, Genevieve
Greer, Inez Tuggle.
Guests : Dr. Herschel H. Hobbs, Dr. Cecil Ray, Dr. 0. D. Martin, Dr. Luther Copeland,
Dr. J. B. Hipps, Dr. Josef Nordenhaug, Dr. Lucius Polhill, Dr. Paul Crandall, Dr. C.
Bailey Jones, Mrs. Foy J. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Garis T.
Long, Dr. and Mrs. R. C. McDanel, Dr. Clyde V. Hickerson, Mr. and Mrs. Elton L. Phillips,
Dr. and Mrs. Howard L. Arthur, Dr. and Mrs. Neal Ellis, Dr. and Mrs. Herman P. Thomas,
Dr. and Mrs. Reuben E. Alley, Mrs. P. Earle Wood, Dr. Solon B. Cousins, Mrs. G. Paul
LaRoque, Mrs. Simeon Atkinson, Dr. Wade H. Bryant, Dr. and Mrs. Emmett Robertson,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Howard Jenkins, Jr., Miss Helen Jenkins, Howard Jenkins, III, Dr.
and Mrs. George W. Sadler, Mrs. Ike Ashburn.
Tuesday, April 9, 1963
The appointment service was held at the First Baptist Church at 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday,
April 9 with Dr. Lindsay presiding. Mr. Alan Brown led in the singing.
Dr. J. Blake Woolbright led the devotional period.
Dr. Cauthen gave the following report of the Executive Secretary:
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
It has been my privilege in the last few days to be in Japan for the opening serv¬
ices of the New Life Movement. It seems appropriate at this meeting of the Board
to think together concerning world evangelism in our day.
We keep in mind that from the very beginning of mission work the basic commitment of
all missionary labor has been to the task of evangelism. That labor is expressed
not only by preaching in regular services in the churches and special periods of
intensive effort to bring people to Christ, but also through the witness of Christian
schools, hospitals, and publication work.
During the past several years there have been conducted in many parts of the world
advance projects in evangelism and church development. Year by year, sums of money
have been set aside to help make these advance projects possible. Large efforts
have been made in many cities of the world and simultaneous evangelistic efforts have
been carried forward over wide areas.
All of us have rejoiced in the remarkable ministry of Dr. Billy Graham, who, as a
member of this Board, has rendered large service in the cause of world missions.
The splendid meetings he has conducted in many lands have indicated the heart-hunger
to be found and the responsiveness of people to the gospel as it is simply presented.
The remarkable effort now in progress in Japan is called the New Life Movement. The
name of this effort is very fortunate because it is the hope of this undertaking not
only to have large meetings at present, but also to see long-range benefits in the
life of the churches and in the task of bringing people to know Christ as Saviour.
This movement came about through the heart-hunger of missionaries and Japanese
colleagues in Japan. Representatives came to America to share their heart-burden
