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Foreign Mission Board Rooms
January 5, 1950
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at U:00 p.m.
on Thursday, January 5, with Mr. Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, H. C. Thomas, T. Rupert Coleman, Elmer
’.Vest, Hill Montague, Mrs. Tom Smith, J. G. Loving, Emmett Y. Robertson,
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Rush Loving, R. C. McDanel, Clyde V. Hickerson, M. T. Rankin, Frank K.
Means, Everett L. Deane, Fon H. Scofield, Josef Nordenhaug, S. E. Maddox,
Edna Frances Dawkins, Nan F. Weeks, Louis P. Seay, Everett Gill, Jr.,
Genevieve Greer, Mary E. Fuqua.
Dr. Rankin gave a brief report of the meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Convention in Nashville in December.
On motion of Dr. Hickerson it was voted to invite the state Baptist
secretaries and editors of Baptist papers to the meeting of the Foreign
Mission Board in March. While in Richmond, they will be the guests of
the Board.
On motion of Dr. Coleman it was voted to place Mr. and Mrs. A. Scott
Patterson of Nigeria on the emeritus list of missionaries as of March
1, 1950.
On motion of Dr. Coleman it was voted to record the resignation of
Miss Iola McClellan upon official notice to the secretary of her im¬
pending marriage on January
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On motion of Dr. Loving, Dr. and Mrs. Heber Peacock were appointed as
missionaries to Europe; and Miss Ann Wollennan as a contract worker in
Brazil.
Dr. Rankin gave the charge to the appointees and Dr. Nordenhaug gave
the prayer of dedication.
Dr. Gill gave the following report:
REPORT <F LATIN AMERICAN SECRETARY
This will be ny last reDort before leaving for a two months' tour of
South America, including Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay,
and Brazil. I hope to be back in time for the semi-annual meeting
March Iii-15.
No unusual developments have taken place in Latin America since the
last Board meeting. We are encouraged, however, about the situation in
Colombia, where a revolution was expected. However, the conservative
Catholic powers are in control, making it still impossible for us to
send in new missionaries. This does not apply to our language students
who go in as tourists.
A conference with Dr. and Mrs. McGlamery enabled us to study carefully
the whole question of the future medical program in Barranquilla. In¬
stead of beginning the erection of the new hospital building, he is
renting a ten room house, where he will set up temporary quarters, near
the site of the new hospital. This will be in addition *o the small
clinic being operated in the San Felipe section of Barranquilla.
Good news comes from Rio, where Dr. T. B. Stover writes concerning the
Publishing House: "Believe it or not, we actually signed the papers
and paid the money for the new property on which we will build our new
shops for the Publishing House and Bible Press." This has been a
long, hard process, but the property is now in our hands, and we can go
ahead with plans for the expansion of this growing work.
He also states that "I signed the final papers in the customs house
yesterday which gives us the full privilege of inporting book paper
free of duty. This means a tremendous saving, especially in the print¬
ing of Bibles." He goes on to say that Bibles brought in from England
and the United States are costing an average of thirty-four per cent
more per book than ours are costing us to produce in Brazil.
