Richmond, Virginia
January 11, 1968
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session on Thursday, January 11,
1968, at 3:00 p.m., in the Chapel of the Foreign Mission Board, with Mr. Hunter
Riggins, the Board's first vice-president, presiding.
PRESENT: Local Members : Hunter Riggins, J. Leonard Moore, David S. Hammock, Wade
Bryant, Mrs. R. B. Carter, Curtis English, Joseph B. Flowers, V. Allen Gaines, John
W. Kincheloe, Jr., Robert T. Marsh, Jr., Lucius M. Polhill, James E. Rayhorn, Meredith
K. Roberson, D. 0. Rose, Edwin L. Shattuck, Dalton Ward. State Member: Blake Wool-
bright. Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, Rogers Smith, Frank K. Means, Winston Crawley,
J. D. Hughey, Jesse Fletcher, Eugene L. Hill, Floyd H. North, Claude Rhea, Harold
Basden, William K. Dawson, E. L. Wright, E. L. Deane, Norman Price, Joseph B.
Underwood, Edna Frances Dawkins, lone Gray, Elizabeth Minshew.
VISITORS: Miss Jessie Green, Miss Bertha Jane Marshall, Miss Miriam Willis, Mrs.
Joseph B. Flowers.
Mr. Riggins called the meeting to order.
The meeting opened with the singing of the hymn:
by Dr. Claude Rhea.
of
"God/Grace and God of Glory," led
Mr. Dalton Ward led in prayer.
The Board's minutes for the month of December 1967 were approved.
Dr. Cauthen read the following telegrams:
"I am thinking of all of you today as the Board is in session and wish
I could be with you. Morris Ford"
"I trust you will have a good Board meeting today. Be assured of my
interest and prayers. Wish I could be with you. Franklin Paschall"
Dr. Cauthen reported with deep appreciation that a telephone message had come from
Dr. Robert L. Deneen, conveying his greeting to Miss Patricia Ann Haile and as¬
suring her and the Board of his hearty support in her appointment as a special
project nurse.
Dr. Cauthen reported that the state executive secretaries had been invited to at¬
tend the meeting of the Foreign Mission Board in April 1968. Replies which had al¬
ready been received indicated that a number of them plan to be present.
Dr. Cauthen gave the following report of the Executive Secretary:
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
At the close of 1967 the Foreign Mission Board received through the Cooperative
Program the sum of $646,536.10 for advance. These funds represent two-thirds of
the money received through the Cooperative Program after the Southern Baptist Con¬
vention Budget had been reached.
These funds are being earmarked for appropriation as follows: Latin America, $200,000;
Orient, $200,000; Africa, $100,000; Europe and the Middle East, $100,000; Special
Projects in Evangelism and Church Development, $46,536.10.
It is impossible to say how much these funds will mean in the furtherance of mis¬
sion work. The way they are eagerly being awaited is demonstrated by the fact that
Dr. Goerner today is recommending the appropriation of more than $84,000 of these
funds for urgent needs in Africa.
One particular significance has been the fact that through these funds, many of the
advance projects in Evangelism and Church Development throughout the world have been
made possible.
We are grateful that in the next three years such projects will take place in 74
countries. The acceleration of our efforts in evangelism through these projects
has been notable and we are grateful to our Lord for what is being accomplished in
His name.
At this season, we are hearing many splendid reports of the Lottie Moon Christmas
Offering. It is still too early to have any idea about the amount that will be re-
