Richmond , Virginia
July 15, 1965
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The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday,
July 15, 1965 with Dr. Roberson presiding.
Present: State Members: J. Ray Garrett, D. C.; James W. Abernathy, Indiana;
R. Knolan Benfield, North Carolina; 0. K. Webb, South Carolina; J. Robert Stiff,
Virginia.
Local Members: T. F. Adams, Wade Bryant, J. Roy Clifford, Joseph P. Edmondson,
Curtis English, J. C. Hatfield, Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson, J. Walter Martin, J.
bsonard Moore, John L. Moran, James E. Rayhom, Ryland 0. Reamy, Hunter Riggins,
Meredith K. Roberson, Edwin L. Shattuck, Dalton Ward.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, Rogers M. Smith, Frank K. Means, Winston Crawley, H.
Cornell Goerner, J. D. Hughey, Franklin T. Fowler, E. L. Deane, E. L. Wright, Jesse
C. Fletcher, Edna Frances Dawkins, William W. Marshall, R. Keith Parks, Louis R.
Cobbs, Truman Smith, G. Norman Price, Harold Basden, Floyd North, E. L. Hill, Fon
Scofield, lone Gray.
Dr. John L. Moran read a Scripture and led in prayer.
At this time a special commissioning service was held for the new Missionary
Associates and Special Project Nurses.
On the motion of Dr. Clifford the following missionary associates and special
project nurses were employed.
Missionary Associates
Tripoli, Libya
South Brazil
Liberia
Switzerland
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lewis Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. George Oakes
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cornilous Pou
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Enoch Sommerkamp
Two-Year Special Project Nurses
Ocie Jacqueline Eubank Nigeria
Rebecca Jean Potter Yemen
Janyce Etta Rader Nigeria
Joyce Edna Rader Nigeria
Each candidate gave a brief testimony of his Christian experience and call to
missionary service, and the entire group was commissioned as missionary associates
and special project nurses.
Dr. Cauthen gave the charge to the new missionary associates and special project
nurses and preseated certificates.
Rev. Edwin L. Shattuck gave the Prayer of Dedication.
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Dr. Cauthen welcomed new Board members who were attending for the first time. He
also stated that Dr. James W. Abernathy, Board member from Indiana would be resign¬
ing from the Board due to his moving from Indiana to take a pastorate in Kentucky,
effective August 1, 1965.
Dr. Cauthen filed the following report of the Executive Secretary.
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Since the last meeting of the Board a very intensive period of work has been experi¬
enced. The Conference for Furloughing missionaries, the Southern Baptist Convention,
the Foreign Missions Week in Ridgecrest, the meeting of the Baptist World Congress,
the Missionary Consultation in Miami Beach, the summer training for Missionary
Journeymen and the Orientation for outgoing new missionaries have all been experi¬
enced during this time. The thoroughness with which responsibilities related to all
these meetings have been discharged by members of the Board and staff gives occasion
for expressing the deep appreciation we all feel to the body of men and women who
labor together so effectively in the cause of our Lord
Those who have shared in all of these meetings are impressed by the depth of concern
in the hearts of Baptist people both in this country and throughout the world for a
greater outreach of Christian witness in the days ahead. There is a spirit of ad¬
vance. A great tide of missionary concern is moving and we have reason to believe
God is at work among us pointing toward significant days ahead.
