FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
July 1-3, 1974
(Ridgecrest, North Carolina)
The Foreign Mission Board met in Convention-wide session at Ridgecrest, North Carolina,
during Foreign Missions Week, June 29-July 5, 1974. The president of the Board, W. 0.
Vaught, Jr., presided.
Charles T. Carter,
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama:/ L. Earl Tew, J. R: White; Arkansas : W. 0. Vaught, Jr.;
California: Jerry L. Harris; Colorado : Glen E. Braswell; District of Columbia: Kenneth
E. Thornton; Florida: Andrew M. Hall, Don Mott; Georgia: Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr., William
L. Self, Ohlen R. Wilson; Illinois : Raymond L. Odle; Indiana: Ronald P. Liesmann;
Kansas : J. W. Pace; Kentucky: Mrs. Ray Mullendore, Eldred M. Taylor; Louisiana : John
G. Alley; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Hubert G. Keefer; Mississippi : James
Richardson, John L. Taylor; Missouri : John W. Goodwin, James W. Hackney; New Mexico :
J. D. Ratliff; North Carolina: Mrs. Thomas C. Womble, Mrs. J. E. Collette; Oklahoma :
Robert L. Lynn, Harvey Albright; Oregon: William 0. Crews; South Carolina: Lonnie
Shull, Ira Craft; Tennessee : Jonas L. Stewart, C. Clifton Ward; Texas : Travis S.
Berry, Clyde J. Childers, James Flamming, James G. Harris, B. J. Martin, Ralph M. Smith,
E' H. Westmoreland; Virginia: Mrs. James T. Cravens, Lonnie E. Quillen, Jr.
Local Members : Franklin D. Hall, Hiram L. Harrison, Scott C. Humphrey, Neal T. Jones,
M. Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S. Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen,
Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E. Crandall, Austin W. Farley, H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, Charles W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, Robert Covington, Winston
Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, E. L. Deane, Samuel A. DeBord, Jesse C.
Fletcher, Franklin T. Fowler, lone Gray, Eugene Grubbs, Dwight Honeycutt, Eugene L. Hill,
Stanley Nelson, Floyd H. North, R. Allen Orr, R. Keith Parks, Sam Pittman, G. Norman
Price, Sidney C. Reber, Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, W. L. Smith, Richard M. Styles,
Wilbur Todd, Melvin E. Torstrick, Joseph B. Underwood, Ralph West, E. L. Wright, Elizabeth
Minshew.
Radio-TV Commission Representative (working in liaison with Foreign Mission Board in
Richmond): Fred Laughon and family.
Monday, July 1, 1974
Meetings of the following "Special Committees" were held on Monday afternoon, July 1,
1974 as follows:
2:00 P.M.
2:30 P.M.
3:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
5:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
- COMMITTEE on BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION - Rm. 54, 2nd Fl., Aud . Annex
- COMMITTEE on MISSIONARY SUPPORT - Rm. 52, 2nd Fl . , Aud. Annex
- COMMITTEE on STUDY OF RETIREMENT POLICY OF BOARD - Rm. 56, 2nd Fl.Aud.Anne>
- SALARY STUDY COMMITTEE - Rm. 51, 2nd Fl., Aud. Annex
- COMMITTEE on TERMS of SERVICE & LENGTH of FURLOUGH - Rm. 56,2nd Fl. Aud. Annex
- COMMITTEE on WORD PROCESSING CENTER & COMMITTEE on COOPERS & LYBRAND
ACCOUNTING STUDY - (Joint Mtg.) - Rm. 55, 2nd Fl., Audi Annex
- COMMITTEE on MILEAGE EXPENSES - Rm. 48, 2nd Fl . , Aud. Annex
Dinner - 7:00 P.M. - Ridgecrest Dining Hall.
Dr. E. H. Westmoreland, Board member from Texas, read a passage of Scripture and led
in the opening prayer.
Members of the Board and its staff, along with their wives/husbands, enjoyed an oppor¬
tunity for fellowship during a steak dinner, prepared by the Ridgecrest Management.
The President, Dr. W. 0. Vaught, Jr., and the Executive Secretary, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen,
recognized members of the Board elected to Board membership during the meeting of the
SBC in Dallas, Texas June 1974. These members were:
State
Ray W. Benfield (absent)
Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr.
James Richardson
Lonnie Shull
Ralph M. Smith
Jonas L. Stewart
L. Earl Tew
Local
Gurney W. Grant (absent)
Franklin D. Hall
Hiram L. Harrison
