Richmond, Virginia
July 16, 1964
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 3:00 P.M. on
Thursday, July 16, 1964, with Dr. Roberson presiding.
Present: State Members: G. W. Riddle, Ala., Blake Woolbright, Calif., John
Robert Stiff, Va.
Local Members: Wade Bryant, J. Roy Clifford, H. Addison Dalton, Joseph P.
Edmondson, Curtis English, R. Stuart Grizzard, M. Josiah Hoover, W. Rush
Loving, J. Walter Martin, Ryland 0. Reamy, Meredith K. Roberson, D. 0. Rose,
James T. Todd.
Staff: Rogers M. Smith, Winston Crawley, Cornell Goerner, Ralph A. Magee,
E. L. Wright, Jesse C. Fletcher, Edna Frances Dawkins, William W. Marshall,
R. Keith Parks, Louis R. Cobbs, Truman S. Smith, Eugene L. Hill, Fon H.
Scofield, lone Gray, Harold Basden, G. Norman Price, Inez Tuggle.
Dr. Stiff read a Scripture passage and led in a special prayer for Dr. Leroy
E. Green, Board member from Prentiss, Mississippi, whose wife's funeral service
was being conducted at the time of the Board meeting. Dr. Stiff asked God's
blessings upon the two missionary daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Green, Mrs. Hal
B. Lee, Jr. of France and Mrs. S. Payton tfyers of Nigeria.
The funeral service for Mrs. J. G. Loving, the wife of Dr. J. G. Loving, who
served as medical adviser of the Foreign Mission Board for twenty years, from
1933 to 1953, was also held on July 16 at eleven o'clock. Dr. Stiff remembered
in prayer Dr. Loving and his family in this time of sadness, and the Board
voted to take formal action to express its deepest sympathy to these families
in their time of bereavement.
Dr. Stiff also remembered in prayer Dr. and Mrs. Cauthen as they are on a
journey to the Orient, visiting Hong Kong, Taiwan, Okinawa, Japan, and Korea.
Dr. Smith read the following telegram from Dr. Cauthen: "GREETINGS TO BOARD,
STAFF AND NEW APPOINTEES. EXCELLENT VISIT HONG KONG AND TAIWAN. ALL WELL.
CAUTHEN. "
Dr. Jesse Fletcher introduced two new members of his staff, Louis R. Cobbs,
Associate Secretary for the Volunteer Division of the Personnel Department,
and Truman Smith, Associate Secretary for the Candidate Division in the
eastern section of the States.
Dr. Smith read the following report of the Executive Secretary who at this time
is in the Orient:
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Mrs. Cauthen and I regret to miss the meeting of the Foreign Mission Board
today, but we are grateful to be on our journey to the missions of the Orient
that we have not visited in many years. This trip will take us to Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Okinawa, Korea and Japan. The Board was so gracious in suggesting that
we take some time in returning after completing the visits to the fields. We
are, therefore, returning by ship. We will leave Yokohama, Japan, August 12
aboard the President Wilson and arrive in San Francisco on August 24. We will
be back in Richmond by the close of the month.
We particularly regret to miss the appointment service for the splendid group
of new missionaries who will be appearing before the Board at this meeting. We
pray God's blessings upon each of them as they turn their faces toward the
mission field.
We are grateful to all members of the staff for carrying the responsibilities
during the weeks of this absence. Dr. Smith will be here until just before the
Foreign Missions Week in Glorieta.
It is encouraging to note that the outlook for the Cooperative Program is good.
It appears now that there will be a large sum of money from the Cooperative
Program at the end of 1964 for advance. It is possible the Foreign Mission
Board may receive as much as $1,000,000 from this source. This is particularly
heartening in view of the fact that we have not had advance funds for several
years.
The work of preparing the 1965 budget is well under way. A careful study of the
