Foreign Mission Board Rooms
July 12, 1951
The Forei n Mission Board met in regular session at 3s 30 p.m. on
Thursday, July 12, 1951 , with hr. Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, T. Rupert Coleman, ... Rush Loving,
Shad Medlin, J. 0. Loving, Car is T. Long, Clyde V. Hickerson, Mrs.
Paul Lalloque, Emmett Y. Robertson, V . T. Rankin, uaker James Cauthen,
Everett Gill, Jr., E. L. Deane, L. P. Seay, Mary !•'. Hunter, lone
Gray, Edna Frances Dawkins, hr. Buxton. Visitor: Mrs. J. T. Ayorinde.
Dr. Coleman led in prayer.
Mr. Jenkins welcomed Mr. Shad Medlin as a new member of the Board.
Dr. Rankin made a very brief report.
On the motion of Dr. Coleman it was voted to hold the September
meeting of the Board on September 6 instead of September 13-
On motion of Dr. J. 0. Loving it was voted to accept with rerret
the resignation of Miss Emily Lansdell as a missionary of the Foreign
Mission Board.
Dr. Gill gave the following report:
All seems to be quiet for the moment on the Latin American missionary
front, with the exception of the fact that we are facing seme difficulty
in s curinr permits for our new missionaries to enter Argentina. This
is the first time in history, as far . s I can ascertain, that this has
happened .
On the other hand, we are happy to report that plans are being formulated
for the launching of a simultaneous evar. elistic crusade in Ar -entina,
Uruguay, and Paraguay, with Rev. o. Y. Dossey of the Home Mission Board
assisting in this undertaking during the fall months. We shall aLl be
hoping and praying that there shall ~e an outpouring of God's spirit
as missionaries and national leaders labor together for the winnin- of
the lost.
Recently or treasurer, Mr. „verett L. Deane, visited the .aptist
Publish ling "ouse in El Paso, Texas; and isses Edna Frances Dawkins
and ' ary Lib Fuqua have just returned from a tour of Mexico, visiting
the capital and our growing work in the city of Guadalajara. These
visits are always appreciated by our national friends and mission-
arie s .
Dr. Cauthen avt the following report:
Conditions in Dhina -row increasingly difficult for Christian work.
The overnment is no longer content with mere acr roval on the part
of national Christian organizations of the government's policy, but
those organizations are now called upon to become active instruments
in carrying out the government's policy. In particular, Christians
are ur. ed to denounce reactionary elements in their own midst.
As a consequence of this emphasis, some leaders un of
government propaganda have hurled accusations at their orethren and
at the missionary movement in general as oeing imperialistic in
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and milty of cultural agression in China.
. any noble Christian people are under arrest in China today. ,.e
cannot know what their fate will be. Preside:! Henry Lin is still
in prison in Shanghai, and his wife is able to send him food day by
day, out there is no way of knowin- whether he v ill be released or
whether he will have to lay down his life for his Master. V.e are
u. able- to send any funds to China uecause our orethren dare not
accept them.
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work is, of course, reatly penalized by the
financial handicap, but the Lord may use this situation to develop
the initiative and self-support of the Chinese chu ches to a degree
hitherto unknown.
With the pressure of government propaganda resultin: in denunciations
being hurled at one another by some leaders, we are grateful to say
that up to this point very little of this spirit has been found in
