FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
December 9, 1975
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session, Tuesday, December 9, 1975,
3:00 p.m. , in the Baker James Cauthen Chapel. The First Vice-President, J. Roy
Clifford, presided.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama:
Florida:
Indiana:
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L. Earl Tew, J. R. White; D.
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: B. Ross Morrison,
Don Mott; Georgia: Mrs. Lindsey Barron, Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr.; Illinois: A.F.
Ronald P. Liesmann; Kansas : J. W. Pace; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan:
Keefer; Mississippi : John L. Taylor; New Mexico: J. D. Ratliff; North
Ray W. Benfield, Mrs. J. E. Collette; Oklahoma: Harvey Albright, William
Neptune; Oregon: William 0. Crews, Jr.; South Carolina: Ira Q. Craft; Texas: Travis
Hubert G.
Carolina:
S. Berry;, Virginia: W. Curtis English, Lonnie EL Quillen, Jr.
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Local Members: V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, Hiram L. Harrison, Scott C. Humphrey,
Neal T. Jones, Bruce H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S.
Stratton, Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E. Crandall, Gurney W. Grant, J. Leonard
Moore, John W. Patterson, Julian H. Pentecost, H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, J. Bryan Brasington, Charles W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, Winston
Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, Everett L. Deane, James G. Edwards,
Franklin Fowler, Cornell Goerner, lone Gray, George H. Hays, Ward S. Hildreth, Eugene L.
Hill, Dwight A. Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey, W. David Lockard, Ralph A. McGee, Frank K. Means,
Stanley A. Nelson, Floyd H. North, R. Keith Parks, G. Norman Price, Samuel M. Pittman,
Don A. Reavis, Sidney C. Reber, Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, Truman Smith, W. L.
Smith, Richard M. Styles, Wilbur N. Todd, Melvin E. Torstrick, J. D, Underwood, E. L.
Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
The presiding officer called the meeting to order and extended a warm welcome to those
present.
The audience joined in singing the Hymn: "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," led by
Sidney C. Reber, director, Mission Support Division.
| Eugene L. Hill, secretary for Missionary Education, read a passage of Scripture and
led in the Opening Prayer.
Board minutes for November 8, 1975, were approved.
Visitors were welcomed by the presiding officer and the Executive Secretary
The Executive Secretary was recognized.
Dr. Cauthen called special attention to the change in the format of the Board Agenda
for the December meeting, to allow sufficient time for presentation and discussion of
the Report from the Coordinating Committee.
Reports from Area Secretaries, the Treasurer, Division Directors and Department Heads
were not heard. Reports that were prepared for the month of December 1975 were mailed
to Board Members, as follows:
Report of the Executive Secretary
December 9, 1975
As we meet today, we are grateful for the progress which has been made
in the important study of advanced plans which has occupied so much of
our attention throughout 1975.
The Coordinating Committee has worked diligently to bring the report
together. Dr. Frank K. Means has done an outstanding job in writing and
rewriting the report. It is our hope that at this meeting of the Board,
we will be able to give it preliminary consideration, looking forward to
final consideration at the meeting of the 3oard in January. It will be
necessary for us to bring this work to completion at the January meeting
in order for the report to be ready for the Executive Committee and the
Missions Challenge Committee.
We wish to express deep appreciation to the entire Board for all the
outstanding work which has been given to this important matter.
