FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
August 8, 1975
(Glorieta, New Mexico)
The Foreign Mission Board met in Convention-wide session at Glorieta, New Mexico, during
Foreign Missions Week, August 2-8, 1975. The President of the Board, James G. Harris,
presided .
PRESENT: State Members : Alabama: L. Earl Tew, J. R. White; Arkansas : James F. Sawyer;
California: Mrs. Cherry Y. K. Chang; Colorado: Glen E. Braswell; District of Columbia:
B. Ross Morrison; Florida: Andrew M. Hall, Don Mott; Georgia: Mrs. Lindsey Barron,
Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr., William L. Self, Ohlen R. Wilson; Illinois : A. F. Tuck; Indiana:
Ronald P. Liesmann; Kansas : J. W. Pace; Kentucky: Rollin S. Burhans, Mrs. Ray Mullendore:
Louisiana : John G. Alley, Miss Myra Gulledge; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Hubert
G. Keefer; Mississippi : James M. Richardson, John Lee Taylor; Missouri : Homer D. Carter;
John W. Goodwin; New Mexico: J. D. Ratliff; North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield, Grady Baxter
Wilson; Ohio: W. Paul Payne; Oregon: William 0. Crews, Jr.; South Carolina: Ira Q. Craft,
Lonnie E. Shull, Jr.; Tennessee: Joe L. Orr, Jonas L. Stewart, C. Clifton Ward; Texas :
Travis S. Berry, Harold T. Branch, Morris G. Cobb, James G. Harris, Lory Hildreth,
Ralph M. Smith, Joe E. Trull; Virginia : W. Curtis' English, Lonnie E. Quillen, Jr.
Local Members: Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, t
Hiram L. Harrison, Scott C. Humphrey, Neal T. Jones, John W. Patterson, Julian H.
Pentecost, Bruce H. Price, Ml Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S.
Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams.
Staff: J. Bryan Brasington, Charles W. Bryan, Baker J. Cauthen, Louis R. Cobbs, Robert
Covington, Winston Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, E. L. Deane,
Franklin T. Fowler, H. Cornell Goerner, lone Gray, W. Eugene Grubbs, George Hays, Eugene
L. Hill, Dwight A. Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey, W. David Lockard, Frank K. Means, Stanley A.
Nelson, Floyd H. North, R. Keith Parks, Sam Pittman, G. Norman Price, Sidney C. Reber,
Don A. Reavis, Davis L. Saunders, Rogers M. Smith, Truman S. Smith, W. L. Smith, Richard
M. Styles, Wilbur N. Todd, Melvin E. Torstrick, Joseph B. Underwood, Ralph West, Elbert
L. Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
Radio-TV Commission Representative (working in liaison with Foreign Mission Board in
Richmond): Fred Laughon and family.
Wednesday, August 6, 1975
Meetings of the following "Special Committees" were held on Wednesday afternoon,
August 6, 1975, as follows:
12:30 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
3:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
- COMMITTEE on TERMS of SERVICE & LENGTH of FURLOUGHS - Lunch -
SW Corner, Mn. Dining Hall
- SALARY STUDY COMMITTEE - Rra. N1 (New Mexico Hall)
- COMMITTEE on WORLD HUNGER & RELIEF - Rm. N2 (New Mexico Hall)
- COORDINATING COMMITTEE for SPECIAL STUDY - Rm. Ml (New Mexico Hall)
- COMMITTEE on MISSIONARY SUPPORT - Rm. М2 (New Mexico Hall)
- RETIREMENT COMMITTEE - Rm. N1 (New Mexico Hall)
Members of the Board and Staff, along with their wives/husbands, enjoyed an opportunity
for fellowship during a special Dinner at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 6, in a private
section of the Main Dining Hall.
The President, Dr. James G. Harris, and the Executive Secretary, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen,
recognized members of the Board who were elected during the meeting of the Southern
Baptist Convention in Miami, Florida, June, 1975. Board members and Staff were asked
to give personal introductions, including members of their families. The President and
the Executive Secretary expressed deep appreciation for the number of Board members who
were present and for the excellent opportunities afforded at that time to become
acquainted. New Board members were extended a cordial welcome to service on the Board
and keen anticipation was expressed with reference to the work that would be enjoyed
together in the days that lie ahead.
Following the Dinner, the President called attention to the Work Study Groups and the
13 committee assignments that had been forwarded from the office of the Executive
Secretary.
During discussion of the special Work Study Groups, a motion was made and carried,
indicating the desires of committee chairmen to hold sessions that evening rather than
wait until the time of the Board Meeting on Friday morning. Accordingly, arrangements
