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FOREIGN MISSION' BOARD MINUTES
January 11, 1972
The Foreign Mission Board held its regular monthly meeting, at 3:00 p.m., January 11,
1972, in the Foreign Mission Board Chapel, Richmond, Virginia with the First Vice-
President, Joseph B. Flowers, presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama : James R. White; Arkansas : W. 0. Vaught, Jr.,;
Florida: T. Rupert Coleman; New Mexico: J. D. Ratliff; South Carolina: Robert L.
Deneen; Tennessee: C. Clifton Ward; Texas : Joe L. Allbritton, James Flamming, E. H.
Westmoreland.
Local Members: Joseph B. Flowers, Robert B. Bass, Mrs. R. B. Carter, J. Roy Clifford,
Austin W. Farley, Paul E. Crandall, V. Allen Gaines, David S. Hammock, Mrs. Clyde V.
Hickerson, John W. Kincheloe, Jr., John W. Patterson, Meredith K. Roberson, Mrs. E. S.
Stratton, H. I. Willet.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, James D. Belote, Louis R. Cobbs, Winston Crawley, Edna Frances
Dawkins, William K. Dawson, E. L. Deane, Samuel A. DeBord, James G. Edwards, Franklin
Fowler, Jesse Fletcher, Ward S. Hildreth, Eugene L. Hill, J. D. Hughey, Frank K. Means,
Stanley A. Nelson, Floyd H. North, Norman Price, Sidney C. Reber, Fon H. Scofield,
Melvin Torstrick, Rogers M. Smith, W. L. Smith, Richard M. Styles, Joseph B. Underwood,
Elizabeth Minshew.
The meeting was called to order.
Sidney C. Reber, director of the Board's Management Services Division, led the audience
in the opening Hymn: "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling."
Dr. T. Rupert Coleman, Board member from Flordia, read a passage of Scripture and led
in prayer.
Minutes of the Board for December, 1971 were, approved.
The presiding officer and the Executive Secretary extended a cordial welcome to all who
were present, with special appreciation being expressed to state members of the Board
on behalf of their efforts to attend this first meeting in 1972.
Reports were called for as follows:
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY - Dr. Baker J. Cauthen gave the following report:
Mrs. Cauthen and I have just returned from a journey that took us to Hong Kong, Saigon,
Bangkok, Singapore, Bangalore, India, Ethiopia and Kenya.
The immediate occasion was the inauguration of Dr. Daniel C. W. Tse as President, and
Dr. Jachin Y. Chan as Vice-President of Hong Kong Baptist College.
These men are products of the Christian work done in Hong Kong and Macao. Dr. Tse
has his Doctorate of Philosophy in Physics from the Univeristy of Pittsburgh, and Chan
has his Doctorate in Philosophy from Louisiana State University. They are men of great
Christian dedication and rare ability.
The occasion in Hong Kong was outstanding in its expression of Christian quality and
in the clarity of purpose undergirding the work of this institution of higher learn¬
ing. Approximately 3,000 students constitute the student body. The school has al¬
ready attained high recognition and has an excellent reputation for the work being
done.
A visit to Hong Kong gives a feeling of confidence as one sees the fruitage of
Christian labor in churches, schools, hospitals, publications, a theological
seminary and four-year senior college, as well as programs of humanitarian service and
Christian compassion.
It was our desire to visit Dacca where missionaries have gone through difficulties
of recent hostilities. While it was not possible to go there, we were very grateful
to have the privilege of talking with two missionaries who had been in Dacca during
the fighting and had come to Bangkok to rejoin their families.
Three missionary couples were in Dacca throughout the war. Mr. and Mrs. James
McKinley, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thurman, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Bennett remained in Dacca
voluntarily because of their feeling of God's guidance. They suffered no injury
during the war, although they had to experience a number of nights of bombing. No
bombs fell close to their houses, but the sound of the bombing planes overhead had
to be endured. Mrs. Bennett continued school for the missionary children throughout